Free mobile detailing pricing tool
Mobile Car Detailing Pricing Calculator
Price the time around the detail as well as the work on the car. Test a package price, add an optional travel fee and see what remains after driving, materials and the costs you enter.
Use values for
Changing market loads regional example values and travel-cost guidance.
Your planning estimate
- Time occupied by this visit
- 2 hr 45 min
- Costs entered for this visit
- £29.00
- Earnings per occupied hour
- £34.91/hr
- Customer travel fee
- £5.00
- Current total charged to the customer
- £125.00
- Total price to reach your target
- £97.75
- Base package needed with this travel fee
- £92.75
Includes the overhead amount you entered. Missing costs are not estimated for you.
After entered costs, before tax.
Charged only on one-way miles beyond your included distance.
Your package price plus the planned travel fee, before any tax you need to add.
The target total less your planned travel fee, with a minimum of zero.
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
Allow for the whole job
Add detailing time, setup, clearing away and both journeys. The example assumes you travel from base to one customer and return, so vehicle costs use twice the one-way distance.
Keep travel costs and fees separate
Vehicle cost per mile is what driving costs you. Customer travel fee per mile is what you charge beyond an included one-way distance. A fee can be higher or lower than the driving cost.
Find the package price behind the total
Target total equals entered costs plus all occupied hours at your chosen earnings rate. Subtract the planned travel fee to see the base package price needed for that target, with a minimum of zero.
Questions about this planning estimate
Is the fee based on one-way or round-trip mileage?
The customer fee uses one-way miles above the included distance. Vehicle costs use the return journey too. For jobs linked into a longer route, allocate each driving leg once and use the service-area calculator for more flexible journey inputs.
Does CalMov itself charge a continuous rate per mile?
CalMov uses travel-charge brackets based on miles or journey minutes on Pro. This calculator's per-mile model is for planning. Convert your chosen charges into brackets in settings; they are not imported automatically.
Can this quote paint correction or a heavily soiled car?
Only after you choose a realistic scope, duration and materials estimate. The tool does not inspect the vehicle. Use a separate assessment when its condition makes the work uncertain.
Are these earnings guaranteed?
No. The result describes one job using your inputs, before tax. It does not predict demand, weather, cancellations or how many jobs you will complete.
From estimate to bookings
Publish clear detailing packages and leave time for the journey with CalMov.
Automatic travel pricing on Pro applies your distance or journey-time brackets to the one-way journey from business base to customer. Set your travel charges alongside the availability rules that protect your schedule.
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