Why is the big number a weekly total, not a price?

Because a campus does not sell one product. The week has to clear rent, wages, the replacement reserve and your pay. Once that number is honest, each trade gets a floor price by scaling what you already charge in the same mix.

Can I leave a trade at $0 volume?

Yes. Pick a tighter site type or type 0 in that row. Hidden trades do not get a slice of the overhead, because they are not on the page.

Should daycare occupancy be baked into dog-days per week?

Yes. 30 licensed dogs at 70% over 5 days is 105 dog-days, not 150. Type the days you actually invoice.

Why does worn-out equipment sit in the price?

Because you will buy it again. Spreading the cost over its useful life is a replacement reserve, not a depreciation lecture. If you skip it, the next dryer, treadmill or fence comes out of the pay you thought you were taking home.

Are these figures GST inclusive?

They are whatever you type. Use the same basis on every line. If your prices include GST, enter costs the way they hit your account. Mixing a GST-inclusive price with GST-exclusive costs will understate the gap.

Is this financial advice?

No. Every figure comes from the numbers you typed. The minimum price is the point where your weeks cover operating costs, the equipment reserve, card fees and the pay you said you wanted. It is a planning tool, not tax, accounting or financial advice.

What this site needs to take a week

Shared rent and shared staff, then grooming, daycare and boarding on top. One number for the week, then a floor for each line.

Start here. Your target

What you want to earn per yearOwner pay, before tax. Super is next. This is not the site's turnover.

Super on that pay

Your setup

Business type

Weeks the site trades

Days you are on site per week

Grooming slots lost and not refilledApplies to the grooming line only. Daycare and boarding volumes should already be after occupancy.

This week's mix

Type the volumes you actually invoice, after occupancy. A licensed 30-dog daycare at 70% over 5 days is 105 dog-days, not 150.

Grooming

Grooms per week

Average groom price

Consumables per groom

Daycare

Dog-days per week

Casual day rate

Food and waste per dog-day

Boarding

Pet-nights per week

Standard night rate

Food and laundry per night

Time on each job

Hours you are in the business

Extra unpaid hours per weekThe owner work that is not a groom, a playgroup or a night check.

Operating costs

Monthly lines are what you pay whether a customer turns up or not. Annual bills (permits, CPD) are labelled in the hint.

Rent and outgoingsThe whole site. Do not split it across the three trades by feel.

InsuranceOne policy for a mixed site is still a big number. Animals in care plus public liability.

Power, water, waste and laundryGrooming water plus daycare hose-out plus overnight climate.

Software and phonesOne system, several desks.

MarketingThe site, not a single trade.

Accountant, payroll and bookkeepingPayroll is the bill.

Council, DAB and planning conditionsMixed-use sites collect more than one fee.

Team

Team wages per monthEveryone except you. Reception, floor, groomers, night check. Award, super, loadings.

Cost of each week of mix

Card and platform feesStripe, Square, Tyro and any booking-platform cut. Typically 1.6 to 2.2%.

% of sales

Equipment you will have to replace

Cost spread over useful life becomes a yearly reserve, then a slice of the price. Type $0 if you truly will not replace it.

Grooming stations and wet room

Tables, dryers, tubs.

Cost

Years

Yards, floors and play

The daycare fabric.

Cost

Years

Runs or rooms and HVAC

The overnight fabric.

Cost

Years

Reception, CCTV and shared plant

The bits every trade uses.

Cost

Years

Weekly revenue this site needs

$13,528

to cover costs, equipment and the pay you typed

This mix is $4,101 a week shortAt today's prices the site keeps -$66,756 a year after costs. The gap comes out of your own pay.

Effective hourly rate

-$21.53

at your current prices

Weekly units in the mix

7,346

147 a week after leakage

At your current prices

Annual revenue	$471,330
Card and platform fees	-$8,955
Operating costs	-$144,840
Team wages	-$336,000
Equipment reserve	-$15,042
Variable costs	-$33,249
What you actually keep	-$66,756

Floor price for each trade

Trade	Now	Floor
Grooming	$105.00	$150.68
Daycare	$65.00	$93.28
Boarding	$45.00	$64.58

If the diary does not fill

Load	Volume	Revenue	You keep
50% of today's mix	3,673	$235,665	-$281,319
75% of today's mix	5,510	$353,498	-$174,037
100% of today's mix	7,346	$471,330	-$66,756

What a price rise is worth

Change	Extra per year
+5% on every price	+$23,119
+10% on every price	+$46,237

Same number of weeks of mix. Demand is usually less price-sensitive than owners expect, but test a rise on new clients before applying it across the book.

Then run the diary

Petboost is the software this calculator came from. Bookings, occupancy, packages and the record of what you actually charged.

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How this one works

Shared costs are not allocated by gut feel. The calculator scales every price by the same factor until the week covers the site.

A full groom diary cannot hide an empty boarding wing. Look at the mix table before you cut the day rate to "get the volume up".

Every figure comes from the numbers you entered. The minimum is the point at which revenue covers operating costs, team wages, the equipment reserve, card fees and the pay you said you wanted, across the weeks of mix you realistically complete in a year. It is general business information, not financial, tax or accounting advice. Last updated August 2026.

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