How to Price Mobile Hairdressing Services

Hairdressing is dominated by per-treatment pricing (a price for 'cut and blow dry', 'full head colour') rather than a flat hourly rate, because time and material cost vary so much by treatment. Other common models: package pricing (e.g. cut + colour bundles), recurring/repeat-client pricing for standing monthly slots, a minimum call-out charge (mobile-specific — covers your travel time/cost regardless of how small the job is), a separate travel charge beyond a set distance, and itemised materials charges for colour work. Factors that should genuinely drive your prices: service time (including mobile-specific setup/pack-down time), travel time and fuel cost, material cost (which varies a lot by hair length/thickness), your skill and experience level, local market rates, your client demographic, cancellation risk (a mobile no-show wastes committed travel time a salon could otherwise backfill), and your own insurance/compliance costs, which ultimately need to be covered by what you charge. We don't publish example price points here — use the free Treatment Pricing Calculator to build your own, based on your real costs.