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Car Detailing Pricing Calculator | Mobile Detailer Job Math Sheet, Break-Even, Trip Fee & Price List Template | Google Sheets Excel

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Price every detailing service from your real numbers: see what a wash actually pays you per hour after the drive, product and card fees, your break-even price, a suggested price and a suggested trip fee.

Made for solo mobile car detailers.

WHAT'S INSIDE
- Start Here tab: 10-minute setup steps
- Example tab: a filled-in maintenance wash, interior detail, full detail and paint enhancement
- My Numbers tab: up to 6 of your own services side by side
- Per service: real hourly rate (before and after tax set-aside), owner pay vs. business profit, cost floor, break-even, suggested price (rounded up) and STATUS flag
- Suggested trip fee if you bill the drive as its own line

EXAMPLE (illustrative numbers)
A $75 maintenance wash, 2.00 total hours with setup and a 16-mile round trip: real hourly $22.16, break-even $91.14, suggested price $105, suggested trip fee $23.

HOW TO USE
1. Open the .xlsx. Google Sheets: upload it to Google Drive, open it, then File > Save as Google Sheets. Excel: just open it. No macros or add-ons.
2. Look at the Example tab, filled with illustrative numbers. Type only in the yellow cells; grey and blue cells are locked formulas.
3. Fill in My Numbers: your target pay per hour, monthly fixed costs, jobs per month, card fees, vehicle cost per mile, profit goal, tax set-aside and rounding, then each service.
4. Read the results: STATUS (LOSES MONEY / BELOW TARGET PAY / BELOW PROFIT GOAL / ON TARGET), real hourly rate, break-even, suggested price and a suggested trip fee.

FILE FORMAT
- 1 .xlsx spreadsheet (works in Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel) with 3 tabs: Start Here, Example, My Numbers
- 1 one-page Quick-Start PDF with the worked example and the formulas

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GOOD TO KNOW
- Example numbers are illustrative, not real customer data and not a promise of results.
- A spreadsheet template for estimates. Not financial, tax, or legal advice.
- For your own business use. Please don't resell or share the file.

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Estimating template only, not financial, tax, legal, or licensing advice. Example numbers are illustrative, not a promise of income. Check your state's contractor, sales-tax, and licensing rules.

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