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Capacity & Clients Calculator

A goal is easier to plan for once it becomes a number of clients. $8,000 a month at a $100 average ticket is 80 clients; at $160 it is 50. This calculator turns your goal into clients a week and a month, and the hours they take.

Solo providers and owners enter a monthly revenue goal, their average service price, the days they work a month and whether the average service runs 60 or 90 minutes; an esthetician can weigh a higher ticket against a fuller book. Under “Customize your calculation” you can add the clients you see now and your current ticket to measure the gap.

Employees start from pay instead: a pre-tax pay goal for a week or a month, then how commission works. A barber on a flat 45%, a hairstylist whose rate rises with weekly sales, a nail technician paid by services a week: each enters their rate or tiers, plus any base hourly wage and tips. Reaching a tier pays its rate on all sales in that period, so the results show the tier your goal reaches and how many more clients unlock the next one, which can pay more for just a few extra bookings. Hours and days a week follow from your average service length.

It plans bookings and pay only: rent, pay and other costs belong in the Break-Even and Profit & Take-Home calculators.

Your numbers

Who are you?

Changes the example services in the wording only. The math is the same for every license.

Your pay goal is for a

Pre-tax pay for the period: commission, base wage and tips together.

The service revenue you want to bring in each month.

What a client spends on services per visit, on average.

How is your commission paid?

Your share of the service price. 0% if you are paid by the hour only.

Sales tiers count sales per

Your commission tiers

The first tier starts at 0. Reaching a tier pays its rate on all your sales in that period, not only the sales above it.

Paid for every hour you work, with clients or not. Leave blank if you are paid commission only.

Before tax. Tips count toward your pay goal.

Average service length
Customize your calculation

Clients you see in a typical month now.

Leave blank to use your average service price.

Cleaning, restocking, meetings and content: hours you work without a client.

Turns the hours a week into days a week.

Your results

Enter your numbers and select Calculate to see your results.

Estimates are for educational purposes and are not tax, accounting, or legal advice.

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