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Express Grooming Calculator

Estimates time, pricing, and daily capacity for express bath-and-tidy grooming services vs full grooms.

Inputs

Results

Express service time (min)

48

Express price ($)$35.75
Express $/hour$44.69
Express grooms/day9
Express daily revenue ($)$321.75
Full groom $/hour$36.79
Full groom daily revenue ($)$260.00
How to Use This Calculator
  1. Enter Dog size class, Coat type, and Include nail trim?.
  2. Set Include ear cleaning?, Include sanitary trim?, and Full groom price ($).
  3. Adjust Working hours per day as needed.
  4. Review the Express service time (min) result.
  5. Use Express price ($) ($) and Express $/hour ($) to inform your decision.

What each input means

Dog size class
1 = Toy (<10 lb), 2 = Small, 3 = Medium, 4 = Large, 5 = Giant.
Coat type
1 = Smooth/Short, 2 = Double coat, 3 = Curly/Wool, 4 = Wire/Harsh.
Include nail trim?
1 = Yes, 0 = No.
Full groom price ($)
Your full grooming price for this size dog.
Working hours per day
Total grooming hours available per day.

What each result means

Express service time (min)
Total time for the express bath-and-tidy service.
Express price ($)
Recommended express service price.
Express $/hour
Revenue per hour doing express grooms.
Express grooms/day
Maximum express grooms you can fit in your working day.
Express daily revenue ($)
Total daily revenue if you only did express grooms.
Full groom $/hour
Revenue per hour doing full grooms (for comparison).
Full groom daily revenue ($)
Total daily revenue if you only did full grooms (for comparison).

How this is calculated

Worked example, using the default values

  1. Identify Input Parameters
    4 parameters
    Dog size class = 3, Coat type = 1, Include nail trim? = 1, Include ear cleaning? = 1 = 7 input(s) provided
  2. Calculate Express service time
    Express service time = baseBathTime + coatExtra + nailTime + earTime + sanitaryTime
    48 = 48
  3. Calculate Express price
    Express price
    35.75 = $35.75
  4. Calculate Express $/hour
    Express $/hour
    44.69 = $44.69

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