Your services
Your business
Minutes are the time at the table; turnover is added to every slot. Overhead is spread over the bookable hours you list, not the hours you happen to fill.
Add your services, then click Calculate.
Result
Profit per hour by service
| Service | Price | Slot (min) | Profit / hour | Price for target | Vs target |
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Own shop, booth rent or commission
| Model | Per week | Per working hour | Per year |
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What a price raise can cost
| Raise | Extra per week | Dogs you can lose first | Weekly change at your retention |
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How it is calculated
Slot: minutes plus turnover. Overhead per hour: monthly overhead × 12 ÷ (bookable hours per week × weeks per year). Contribution: price × (1 − card fee) − supplies. Profit per hour: contribution ÷ slot hours − overhead per hour. Price for target: ((target + overhead per hour) × slot hours + supplies) ÷ (1 − card fee). Models: own shop is revenue less fees, supplies and weekly overhead plus tips; booth rent is revenue less fees, supplies and rent plus tips; commission is your share of price plus tips. Raise break-even: extra net revenue ÷ (contribution + extra net revenue).
Not modelled: payroll and self-employment tax, insurance and licensing differences, no-shows and cancellations, rebooking freed hours, add-on services, your own unpaid admin time, and local market prices. Unverified: tested on hand-calculated examples, not on a real shop's books. It computes arithmetic; it does not tell you what to charge.
Common questions
How much should I charge for dog grooming?
Work backwards from the hours. Take the minutes the groom really takes plus the turnover between dogs, multiply by the hourly rate you want to take home plus your overhead per bookable hour, add shampoo and supplies for that dog, then divide by one minus your card-fee rate. That is the lowest price that hits your target. Local prices and what clients will pay still decide what you actually charge.
Why does my overhead per hour matter?
Rent, insurance, software and utilities are paid whether or not the table is full. Spread over the hours you can actually book, they are a cost of every hour. A groom that looks profitable on supplies alone can lose money once its share of the overhead is counted.
Which grooms are usually the least profitable?
Short, low-priced services booked with long turnover, such as a bath for a small dog or a nail trim, and large or matted dogs priced like a standard groom. Enter your own minutes and the table shows which lines fall below your target.
Is a raise worth the clients I might lose?
The raise table shows the share of dogs you could lose before a price rise costs you money. Overhead does not shrink when clients leave, so the break-even loss is the extra revenue divided by the new total contribution. A 10 percent raise on a business with thin margins can often absorb a loss of several percent of dogs. Freed hours can often be rebooked, which this tool does not credit.
Commission, booth rent or my own shop?
The tool replays your weekly mix three ways: you own the shop and pay overhead and supplies, you rent a booth and buy supplies, or you work on commission with the shop supplying everything. It compares weekly income and income per working hour. It does not model payroll tax, insurance differences, licensing, or the value of a shop owner's equity.
Does it include tips?
Enter a tip percentage and it adds tips to the booth and commission comparison and to the own-shop figure. Tips are not included in the per-service price floor.
Is my information uploaded?
No. The calculation runs in your browser from figures you type, nothing is sent to a server, there are no accounts, and it works offline after the page loads. No client or pet information is needed or accepted.