Free mobile dog grooming tool
Mobile Dog Grooming Pricing and Capacity Calculator
Grooming duration is only part of a mobile groomer's working day. Model handover, cleaning, travel, cancellations and vehicle overheads to understand capacity and test a planning price.
Use values for
Changing market loads regional example values and travel-cost guidance.
Your planning estimate
- Total time one groom uses
- 2 hr 35 min
- Realistic appointments per day
- 3
- Realistic appointments per week
- 13.5
- Working day spent travelling
- 25%
- Cost per completed groom
- £18.66
- Money left after appointment and monthly costs
- £61.34
- Estimated earnings per hour
- £23.75/hr
- Average price needed for your target
- £83.24
- Grooms needed monthly to cover business costs
- 8.4
- Projected monthly revenue
- £4,680.00
- Most travel time at the current price
- 32 min
- Slots lost to cleaning, travel and empty time
- 1 fewer/day
- Nearby customer earnings
- £23.75/hr
- Distant customer earnings
- £19.90/hr
Calculated from the selected hourly earnings target.
Completed grooms required to cover the entered fixed monthly overhead before personal income and tax.
Capacity scenario after the selected unused-capacity allowance.
Total travel supported while meeting the selected target and holding entered costs unchanged.
1.5 further appointments per week are removed by the unused-capacity allowance.
Time-only comparison using 30 additional travel minutes; extra distance costs are not assumed.
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
Start with completed capacity
The tool calculates how many complete appointments fit into the day, then reduces weekly and monthly capacity by the cancellation or unused-capacity percentage you select.
Allocate monthly overhead carefully
Van finance, insurance, maintenance and other monthly overheads are divided across the expected completed monthly appointments. Lower capacity therefore increases the allocated cost per groom.
Choose the target that matches your plan
Hourly mode values the occupied time directly. Monthly-income mode spreads the selected personal-income target across expected completed appointments. Both remain estimates before tax.
Questions about this planning estimate
Does this calculator recommend prices by dog breed?
No. Coat condition, temperament, matting, service type and handling requirements can materially change grooming time even within the same breed or size.
How are cancellations included?
The selected percentage reduces expected completed weekly and monthly appointments. That also increases the monthly overhead allocated to each completed groom.
Is projected monthly revenue guaranteed?
No. It is a capacity-based planning scenario using your price, working pattern and unused-capacity estimate. It does not predict customer demand.
Can I charge automatically for travel to a grooming appointment?
Yes. CalMov's Automatic travel pricing on Pro lets you set travel charges by distance or journey-time bracket for the one-way journey from base to customer. The calculator can inform the amounts you choose; grooming time, cleaning and onward travel still need to fit in availability.
From estimate to bookings
Build a grooming schedule you can reach and automatically apply your travel charges 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.
Guides that use this calculator
- Mobile dog grooming route scheduling: a practical guide
Plan mobile dog grooming appointments around service duration, cleaning, customer postcodes and travel, and see when specialist grooming software fits better.
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