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Mobile Pet Grooming: Start, Price & Grow Your Van Business

Use the Mobile Pet Grooming Operations Kit to quote every job, track every pet, and build a full recurring client base from scratch.

Enroll now — $97

68 min · 30 video lectures · quizzes · assignments · workbook

About this course

Most mobile groomers undercharge, overbook, and lose clients between visits because they're running everything from memory or a paper notebook. This course fixes that.

Why it pays for itself:

  • You'll learn to run your mobile grooming business like an operator — quoting accurately before you ever pick up a brush, tracking every pet's history and vaccination status so nothing falls through the cracks, and managing your supply inventory so you never show up to a job short on shampoo.
  • The course is built around the Mobile Pet Grooming Operations Kit — a six-tab Excel and Google Sheets workbook designed specifically for solo groomers and small van operations.
  • Every lecture walks you through a real scenario inside the kit: how to set breed-size and coat-condition pricing in the Grooming Price Builder, how to log behavior notes and set next-visit dates in the Pet & Appointment Log, how to read your Supply Inventory reorder points before a Monday route, and how to pull your weekly profit number from the Income and Expenses tab in under two minutes.
  • By the end of this course you'll have your business set up inside the kit, your pricing model validated against real market rates, a rebooking and upsell system in place, and a clear picture of what your monthly revenue target needs to look like to cover your vehicle costs, supplies, and pay yourself.
  • We also cover the compliance basics — state certification requirements, vaccination policies, vehicle insurance, and what to do when you observe a skin condition or injury mid-groom.
  • Section six focuses entirely on recurring revenue and growth: how to convert one-time clients to standing 6-week or 8-week schedules, how to add a second groomer or route without losing the personal-service feel that mobile clients pay a premium for, and how to track your expansion metrics inside the same kit you started with.
  • This is operator-to-operator content.
  • No filler.
  • No generic business advice.
  • Just the exact workflow that makes a mobile grooming business predictable and profitable.

What you'll learn

  • You'll be able to build an accurate per-job quote using breed size, coat condition, and add-ons in under 60 seconds
  • You'll be able to maintain a complete pet health and behavior record for every client across every visit
  • You'll be able to set reorder points for van supplies so you never run short on a route day
  • You'll be able to track route revenue, job status, and monthly profit from a single workbook
  • You'll be able to identify your minimum viable weekly job count to cover all fixed costs and pay yourself
  • You'll be able to convert first-time clients to standing recurring appointments using a proven outreach sequence
  • You'll be able to handle the core compliance requirements — vaccination policies, certification, and vehicle insurance — correctly from day one
  • You'll be able to evaluate when and how to add a second groomer or van route without over-extending cash flow

Course curriculum

Section 1: Welcome & Kit Setup

  • Welcome: What This Course Does and How to Use It
  • Kit Orientation: Six Tabs, One System
  • Launch Checklist: Licenses, Insurance, and Certification
  • Van Setup: Equipment, Layout, and Opening Supply Order
  • Your First Paid Client: From Inquiry to Completed Job Row

Section 2: Pricing Every Job Accurately with the Grooming Price Builder

  • Breed Size Pricing: Why Size Adjustments Are Non-Negotiable
  • Coat Condition Surcharges: Protecting Your Time on Matted Dogs
  • Add-On Upsells: Building a Bigger Ticket Before the Van Leaves
  • Market Rate Validation: Are You Leaving Money on the Table?
  • Quoting on the Spot: Phone, Text, and Walk-Up Estimates

Section 3: Winning and Onboarding New Clients

  • Finding Your First Ten Clients Without Spending on Ads
  • The Booking Call: Intake Questions That Build the Pet Log
  • The First Appointment: Creating a Client Who Returns Every Time
  • Getting Reviews and Referrals Before You Have 25 Clients
  • Client Profiles: Building a Data Asset Worth Real Money

Section 4: Field Operations and Staying Compliant on the Road

  • Daily Route Planning: Maximizing Jobs Per Day Without Burning Out
  • Supply Management: Never Run Out on a Route Day
  • Health and Safety: What to Do When Something Goes Wrong
  • Vaccination and Compliance Records: Staying Protected Legally
  • Handling Difficult Jobs: Matted Coats, Senior Dogs, and Anxiety Cases

Section 5: Money, Bookkeeping, and Knowing Your Profit

  • The Income & Expenses Tab: Your Thirty-Second Daily Ledger
  • Your Cost Structure: Fixed, Variable, and What It Costs to Show Up
  • Pricing for Profit: Setting Rates That Cover Costs and Pay You Well
  • Tax Prep: What Mobile Groomers Can Deduct and How to Stay Ready
  • Monthly Profit Review: Reading Your Numbers Like an Operator

Section 6: Recurring Revenue and Scaling Your Grooming Business

  • Building a Standing Appointment Book: The Forty-Client Route
  • Loyalty and Retention: Keeping Clients Who Keep Your Business Alive
  • Adding a Second Groomer: When to Hire and What It Costs
  • Second Van, Second Route: Expanding Without Losing Quality
  • Growth Metrics: What to Track to Know the Business Is Working

Ready to start?

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Instant lifetime access · HD video · workbook & templates included

Who this course is for

Built for aspiring mobile pet groomers who want to launch their first van-based business.

Everything you get, working together: