Free Service Profitability Calculator

A service can be fully booked and still not make you enough money.

The Beauty Price Profit Check™ helps you work out your:

• True cost per appointment
• Real hourly earnings
• Profit margin
• Recommended price

Designed for braiders, hairstylists, beauty therapists, nail techs, lash techs, barbers, loc artists, wig and extension specialists and other beauty professionals.

BEFORE YOU START

Your price needs to cover more than your products.

TIME + SKILL + PRODUCTS + OVERHEADS + PROFIT

Your business model matters too.

A home-based stylist, mobile professional, chair renter, studio owner and salon owner will all have different costs.

1. SERVICE TIME

Enter the total time involved in the appointment — not just the hands-on treatment.

Include preparation, consultation, detangling, washing, drying, setup, cleaning, finishing and takedown where applicable.

2. PRODUCT COST

Enter what you actually use per client, not what you paid for your entire stock.

Include hair, extensions, colour, lashes, nail products, treatments and other materials.

Don’t forget small consumables such as gloves, thread, gel, files, foils, cleaning products and packaging.

3. YOUR BUSINESS COSTS

Your business has expenses even when you have no clients.

Consider:

Rent + insurance + booking software + phone + marketing + equipment + subscriptions + education + utilities + other regular costs

Use your realistic average number of monthly appointments, not your best month.

4. PAY YOURSELF

Your hourly rate should reflect your skill, experience, service time and business responsibilities.

Minimum wage is an employee benchmark — it isn’t automatically an appropriate self-employed rate.

Use the calculator to decide what you need to earn per working hour for your own circumstances.

5. PROFIT MARGIN

Your profit margin shows what is left from the service price after the costs included in the calculator.

For example:

€100 price − €60 costs = €40 remaining

That’s a 40% margin.

Remember: service margin is not the same as your final annual take-home income. Taxes, downtime, cancellations, equipment, marketing and other expenses can reduce your overall business profit.

WHAT SHOULD YOU ENTER?

Current Price — What you charge now.

Service Time — Total time required.

Products/Hair — Actual cost used per client.

Consumables — Smaller items used during the service.

Extra Products — Additional materials sometimes required.

Assistant Cost — What you pay someone helping you.

Hourly Pay — What you want to earn for your time.

Monthly Costs — Your regular business overheads.

Services Per Month — Your realistic average.

Target Profit Margin — The margin you want the service to achieve.

THE GOLDEN RULE

Don’t ask only:

“What are other people charging?”

Ask:

“Does MY price cover MY costs, pay me properly and leave enough profit to run a sustainable business?”

Because:

BUSY ≠ PROFITABLE

Your price should pay for your time, your costs, your skill — and your profit.

First Calculate what youre CURRENTLY earning – then use the next calculator is check if your price is ACTUALLY profitable:

Now let’s find out whether your price is actually profitable.