Free mobile barber business tool

Mobile Barber Pricing Calculator

A mobile haircut occupies more of the working day than the service itself. Add the journey, setup, cleaning and direct appointment costs to create a planning estimate based on your own diary.

The starting values are illustrative UK examples. Change every figure to match your own services and working pattern.
Service and appointment time
Direct appointment and journey costs

Only include costs created by this appointment. Monthly vehicle costs, general business overheads and tax are not included.

Our rough estimatesChoose the closest option, then amend it if you know your actual figure. These current UK estimates cover fuel or charging only—not finance, insurance, servicing or tax. See the source rates.
Earnings target and working pattern

Your planning estimate

Your £35.00 service occupies approximately 1 hr 25 min after travel, setup and cleaning. This is about £24.71 in gross revenue per occupied working hour before general overheads and tax.
Total time this booking uses
1 hr 25 min
Direct appointment costs
£4.20
Revenue per hour including travel
£24.71/hr
Money left after direct costs
£30.80

Before monthly business overheads and tax.

Price needed to reach your hourly target
£39.62

To cover the direct costs entered and value all occupied time at your target rate.

Maximum appointments per day
5

Whole appointments that fit at full calculated capacity.

Weekly revenue at capacity
£875.00
Monthly revenue at capacity
£3,500.00
Annual revenue at capacity
£42,000.00
Most travel time at the current price
19 min

Maximum total travel time while meeting the target, holding entered direct costs unchanged.

Suggested extra for an extended area
£8.33

Time-only estimate for 20 additional travel minutes at your target rate.

Adding 10, 20 or 30 travel minutes
+£4.17 · +£8.33 · +£12.50

Minimum price increases at your target rate; extra mileage and charges are not included.

Planning estimate only. Results depend entirely on the illustrative defaults and values you enter; they are not tax, accounting or market-pricing advice.

How the estimate works

Transparent assumptions, not a magic price

Count the complete appointment

The occupied time includes service, setup and cleaning, travel before the appointment and travel after it. This prevents an apparently short service from being treated as if it uses only chair time.

Separate revenue from contribution

Revenue per occupied hour uses the full service price. Contribution subtracts the direct consumable, parking, road-charge and mileage costs entered for that appointment, before general overheads and tax.

Treat capacity as a scenario

Daily, weekly, monthly and annual figures assume the calculated appointment capacity is fully booked. They are planning scenarios, not promises of demand or income.

Questions about this planning estimate

How much should a mobile barber charge?

There is no single correct market price. The calculator estimates the price required by the time, direct costs and hourly target you enter. Local demand, experience, service quality and competitors still matter.

Does the result include tax and all business overheads?

No. It includes only the direct appointment costs entered. Accountancy, insurance, marketing, subscriptions, tax and other general overheads need separate consideration.

Why include travel after an appointment?

That journey occupies time that cannot be sold to another customer. It may be a return to base or the journey towards the next appointment.

From estimate to availability

Turn these service, setup and travel times into bookable availability with CalMov.

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