Pet services
Dog Grooming Profit Calculator
Works grooming profit, where profit per table hour is the real measure.
Result
Gross profit is what is left after the cost of doing the job. Overhead comes out of that: the building, the office wages, the vans, insurance, software and advertising. A healthy gross margin still loses money if overhead is larger.
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Revenue less product, groomer cost and overhead, giving profit per groom and per table hour. The per-hour figure is what reveals which bookings are worth the capacity, since a higher-priced groom taking twice as long can earn less per hour than two straightforward ones.
What moves the number
- Time per groom against the price charged.
- Product cost per groom.
- Overhead per table hour.
- No-shows and cancellations.
Where this one goes wrong
Rank the book by profit per table hour, because that ordering is frequently different from the price list and it should drive which bookings are encouraged and how the day is scheduled. No-shows are the other loss and a severe one in this trade, since a missed appointment is a lost table hour that cannot be resold, and a deposit or card-on-file policy is the usual protection.
Before you quote
- Rank bookings by profit per table hour.
- Track actual time per groom against the price.
- Hold a deposit or card on file against no-shows.
Questions
About this calculator
Which grooms are most profitable?
The ones highest in profit per table hour, which is frequently a different ranking from the price list. A higher-priced groom taking twice as long can earn less per hour than two straightforward ones in the same time.
What does a no-show cost a groomer?
The whole table hour, which cannot be resold. That makes no-shows a severe loss in this trade and it is why a deposit or card-on-file policy, with a stated cancellation window, is the usual protection.
How do I find the unprofitable bookings?
By recording actual time per groom against the price charged. The pattern is systematic rather than random, and it usually points at particular coat types or particular dogs whose price has been wrong every visit.
The formula
gross profit = revenue - direct costs
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How to use this calculator
- Revenue ($). Enter your own figure; the page starts at $33,000.
- Direct labour ($). Enter your own figure; the page starts at $16,000.
- Product and equipment ($). Enter your own figure; the page starts at $11,000.
- Other direct costs ($). Enter your own figure; the page starts at $2,200.
The result updates as you type, so you can try a figure, see what it does to gross profit, and change it back. Nothing you enter is sent anywhere or saved.
A worked example
These are the figures the calculator opens with. Every number in the results column below is produced by the same calculation the page runs, so you can follow it through before putting your own figures in.
What goes in
| Input | Value |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $33,000 |
| Direct labour | $16,000 |
| Product and equipment | $11,000 |
| Other direct costs | $2,200 |
What comes out
| Result | Value |
|---|---|
| Gross profit main result | $3,800 |
| Gross margin | 11.5% |
| Total direct cost | $29,200 |
| Profit per working day | $172.73 |
That is $3,800 at a 11.5% margin, about $172.73 for every working day. Overhead still has to come out of it.
How sensitive the answer is
Holding everything else steady and changing only revenue, this is what happens to gross profit. It is worth knowing which of your inputs the answer actually hinges on, and which barely move it.
| Revenue ($) | Gross profit |
|---|---|
| $16,500 | -$12,700 |
| $24,750 | -$4,450 |
| $33,000 example above | $3,800 |
| $49,500 | $20,300 |
| $66,000 | $36,800 |
Every other input is held at the example value while this one changes, which is not how a real job behaves. Treat it as a guide to which number matters most, not as five separate quotes.
What each figure means
- Revenue ($)
- A money amount, starting at $33,000.
- Direct labour ($)
- A money amount, starting at $16,000.
- Product and equipment ($)
- A money amount, starting at $11,000.
- Other direct costs ($)
- A money amount, starting at $2,200.
What the results tell you
| Result | What it is |
|---|---|
| Gross profit | The headline result. A money figure. |
| Gross margin | A percentage. |
| Total direct cost | A money figure. |
| Profit per working day | A money figure. |
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