Running the Business

Mobile Grooming Business Software
The Book, the Van, the Pets and the Payments in One Place

A mobile grooming business is a van, a full book of repeat clients, and a lot of small details: which doodle gets the teddy bear face, which cat hates the dryer, where to park, and who still owes for last month. PetGroomBossPro keeps every pet and cut note on the home, books repeat appointments every 4, 6 or 8 weeks, takes requests from a Book Now link, puts the day on the groomer's phone, and charges the card on file when the groom is done.

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PetGroomBossPro showing a mobile grooming business's day of appointments with each pet's breed, size, coat and cut notes

Affordable Doesn't Mean Cheap.
This Is Real Software for Running a Mobile Grooming Business.

Plans start at $59/month, and the booking page, groomer app, repeat appointments, customer app and billing come with every plan. To see the whole platform first, start at PetGroomBossPro, then read the business side here: pricing, policies, repeat clients, hiring, a second van and the weekly office routine.

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Pets on Every Home

Name, dog or cat, breed, size, coat, rabies due date and cut notes for up to four pets per visit, carried forward to the next one.

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A Full Book of Repeats

Book a client every 4, 6 or 8 weeks on the same weekday, time and van. Each visit waits on Pending Jobs until you confirm it.

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Book Now Link

Customers pick a service, their pets, sizes, add-ons and a preferred day, and see their price. Each request lands in Leads.

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Groomer App

The day's appointments in order with set times, navigation, pet cards, a grooming checklist, photos and a time clock.

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Monthly Accounts

Senior living pet days, doggy daycare bath days and apartment communities get one statement a month for every visit.

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Paid Before You Pull Away

Complete creates the invoice and can charge the card on file. Customers can add a tip on a paid invoice.

Every Pet, Every Cut and Every Quirk, Saved on the Home

The difference between a groomer customers keep and one they replace is usually memory: remembering the blade, the face, the nervous ears and the gate code. PetGroomBossPro keeps that memory on the home. The next visit fills in from the last one, so nobody re-types the pets or the cut, and a second groomer can pick up the route without guessing.

  • Up to four pets per visit, dogs and cats
  • Breed, size (Toy to Giant) and coat type on each pet
  • Cut and behavior notes, typed once and carried forward
  • Rabies due date typed on each pet
  • Add-ons ticked on the job, priced from your own list
  • Van notes: where to park, gate code, outlet and water hookup
Example Appointment — Van 1, 10:30
Biscuit · Goldendoodle
Medium · Curly / Doodle · #7 body, teddy bear face
Dog
Pepper · Domestic Longhair
Medium · Long · lion cut, nervous with the dryer
Cat
Add-Ons
Teeth Brushing, Nail Grinding, Bow / Bandana
Add
Van Notes
Park in the driveway, outlet on the left of the garage
Note
Repeat
Every 6 weeks · Tuesday · 10:30 · Van 1
Next
Illustration of the pet details saved on a home in your client records.

Set Up in an Evening, Run It From the Van

Most mobile groomers are the groomer, the receptionist and the bookkeeper all at once. PetGroomBossPro asks for a few minutes of office work a day and a few taps per appointment. It runs in the browser on the iPhone or Android phone you already carry, with no app store download.

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Add Your Services and Prices

Set base prices per service, a price add-on per size, a minimum, add-on prices and any discount for repeat schedules.

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Bring In Your Clients

Type them in or use a CSV import. Imported addresses are placed on the map automatically.

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Book the Repeats

Put each regular on their 4, 6 or 8 week slot. Every visit waits on Pending Jobs with its day, time and van.

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Groom, Complete, Get Paid

Open the day on your phone, work the checklist, take photos, tap Complete and the card on file can be charged.

A Calendar App Doesn't Know a Doodle From a Cat

A calendar knows a time and an address. A mobile grooming appointment is a time, an address, two dogs and a cat, three different coats, a cut for each, a set of add-ons, a place to park the van and a card to charge at the end.

Ask a mobile groomer how the business really runs and you will hear the same story: a calendar app full of repeat appointments, a notebook of cut notes, a phone full of customer texts, and a Sunday night spent working out who is due, who paid and who still needs a reminder. Which blade did the shih tzu get last time? Did the new customer ever book after asking for a price? Is the daycare bath day this week or next?

That information belongs on the client and the home, not in a notebook in the van. When it lives in one place, the owner can take a day off, a second groomer can run a route, and the book keeps itself full.

PetGroomBossPro keeps the request, the pets, the appointment, the groom and the payment together, from the first Book Now click to the paid invoice.

Business Tools for Mobile Grooming Companies

Every tool here exists to keep the book full, the van moving and the money coming in with less time at the kitchen table.

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Book Now Page

A link for your website, Google Business Profile and social bios. Customers see their price and the request lands in Leads.

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Leads & Estimates

Every request arrives with its pets and quoted price. Estimates are approved online and become the job.

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Repeat Appointments

Every week, 2, 3, 4, 6 or 8 weeks, monthly or custom days, on the same weekday, time and van.

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Pending Jobs

Planned repeat visits and new requests on a map and list, with tomorrow first. One click confirms each visit.

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Pet Records

Breed, size, coat, rabies due date and cut notes on each pet, filled in from the last visit.

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Grooming Checklist

Coat and skin on arrival through final brush-out for each pet, plus a note for the customer and a printable Grooming Report.

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Routing

Auto-route Closest First or Furthest First from the shop, set the order, filter by van and print route sheets.

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Texts & Reminders

Two-way texting from the office and automatic night-before, on-the-way and arrived alerts.

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Customer App

A live map ("You're stop 12 of 20"), invoices, card updates, service requests, tips, rate and refer.

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Card on File

Auto-charge on completion or on a schedule, with sales tax, line items and past-due follow-up.

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Tips

Customers add $10, $20, $30 or another amount on a paid invoice, and the tips report shows them.

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Monthly Accounts

One statement a month for a senior living community, a doggy daycare or an apartment community.

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Groomers & Bathers

Employees with personal PINs and van assignments. A groomer and a bather can share a van.

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Van GPS

Every van shows on the office map while the groomer works the route.

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CSV Import

Bring your client list across. Imported addresses are placed on the map automatically.

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Simple Plans

Start $59, Pro $89 and Crew $199 per month, with a 14-day free trial and no credit card.

From One Van and a Notebook to a Bather, a Second Groomer and a Second Van

Most mobile grooming businesses grow the same way: one van, then a full book, then a bather to speed up the day, then a second groomer, then a second van and maybe a monthly account or two. PetGroomBossPro grows with each step. Employees get their own PIN and van assignment, the Scheduled list filters by van, auto-routing works from the shop, and every groomer sees the same pet and cut notes. For the full picture, read Running a Mobile Grooming Business: The Complete Guide for Owner-Operators.

  • Groomers and bathers with their own PINs
  • Vans assigned per employee, two people per van if you like
  • Scheduled list by day and by van
  • Recurring Clients list to move a client to another van or day
  • Monthly statements for community accounts
  • Van GPS on the office map
Example Week — Two Vans
Van 1 · Owner
Repeat doodles and cats on the north side, every 6 and 8 weeks
Van 2 · Second Groomer + Bather
Repeat clients on the south side, two new customers
Wednesday
Senior living pet day · one monthly statement
Friday
Doggy daycare bath day · one monthly statement
Every van, every pet, every invoice.
One office, however many vans you run.

Customers Know When the Van Is Coming, So the Dog Is Ready at the Door

A mobile groomer's day runs on time when the customer is home and the pet is ready. Night-before reminders, on-the-way and arrived texts, and a live map in the customer app tell them when to expect you. Replies come back to the office through two-way texting. When the groom is done, the invoice, card on file, online payment and tip are all in the customer app, along with a way to rate you and refer a neighbor.

  • Night-before, when-they're-next and arrived alerts, chosen by the customer
  • Live route map with their place in line
  • Two-way texting with the office
  • Invoices, card updates, online payment and tips
  • Rate and refer from the customer app
Example Client Record
Repeat
Every 6 weeks, Tuesday 10:30, Van 1
Pets
Biscuit (doodle), Pepper (cat)
Add-Ons
Teeth brushing, nail grinding
Billing
Card on file, charged on completion
Alerts
Night before and arrived texts on

Simple Plans for One Van or Several

Pick the plan that fits your business. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial and no credit card.

Compare plans on the pricing page.

Mobile Grooming Business Software — Common Questions

Is this only for big grooming companies?

No. It works for an owner-operator with one van and no employees. The same tools carry on when you add a bather, a second groomer or a second van, because each employee gets a PIN and a van assignment.

How do repeat appointments work?

Add Recurring Grooming books a client on the same weekday, time and van every week, 2, 3, 4, 6 or 8 weeks, monthly, or on custom days. Every visit is written up front and waits on Pending Jobs with its planned day, time and van until the office confirms it with one click.

Can customers book online?

Yes, through your Book Now link. Customers pick a service, how many pets, each pet's name, breed and size, how often, add-ons and a preferred day and time of day, and they see the price. The request lands in Leads and you get an email. You then confirm the time and book them. It is a request, not an instant calendar booking.

Does it handle cancellations and no-shows?

Your cancellation policy is your own. In the software, the groomer can Skip a visit with a note, and the office can reschedule it. If your policy includes a fee, you can add it as a line item on an invoice and charge the card on file.

Can I bill a senior living community or a daycare once a month?

Yes. Set the account to Monthly and it gets one statement each month covering every visit, instead of an invoice per pet.

How much does it cost?

Start is $59/month, Pro is $89/month, and Crew is $199/month. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial with no credit card, and you can click around a fully-stocked sample grooming company in the live demo first.

The business tools are one piece of how PetGroomBossPro runs a mobile grooming company. For pet records, the groomer app, scheduling, booking and billing, see the full PetGroomBossPro platform overview.

Running a Mobile Grooming Business Guides

Practical reading on starting with one van, pricing by size and add-ons, policies, repeat clients, slow weeks, reviews, the Book Now link, hiring, a second van, monthly accounts, the office routine, getting paid and switching software.

  1. Running a Mobile Grooming Business: The Complete Guide for Owner-Operators
  2. Starting a Mobile Grooming Business With One Van
  3. Setting Service Prices by Size in a Mobile Grooming Business
  4. Pricing Add-Ons in a Mobile Grooming Business: Teeth, Nails, De-Shedding and the Rest
  5. Writing a Cancellation Policy for Your Mobile Grooming Business
  6. Handling Late Customers and Unanswered Doors in a Mobile Grooming Business
  7. Building a Full Book of Repeat Clients in a Mobile Grooming Business
  8. Filling Slow Weeks in a Mobile Grooming Business
  9. Reviews and Referrals for a Mobile Grooming Business: Rate and Refer From the Customer App
  10. The Book Now Link: Putting Your Mobile Grooming Business on Google and Social Bios
  11. Answering Leads Fast in a Mobile Grooming Business
  12. Estimates for New Customers and Multi-Pet Homes in a Mobile Grooming Business
  13. Texting Customers From the Office in a Mobile Grooming Business
  14. Hiring a Bather for Your Mobile Grooming Business: Two People, One Van
  15. Hiring a Second Groomer for Your Mobile Grooming Business
  16. Adding a Second Van to a Mobile Grooming Business
  17. Monthly Accounts for a Mobile Grooming Business: One Statement for Many Visits
  18. Senior Living Pet Days: A Monthly Account for Your Mobile Grooming Business
  19. Doggy Daycare Bath Days: Running a Monthly Account in a Mobile Grooming Business
  20. Apartment Community Grooming Days for a Mobile Grooming Business
  21. The Weekly Office Routine for a Mobile Grooming Business
  22. Taking Time Off From Your Mobile Grooming Business Without Losing Clients
  23. Simple Reports Every Mobile Grooming Business Owner Should Check
  24. Getting Paid on Completion in a Mobile Grooming Business
  25. Tips in a Mobile Grooming Business: Letting Customers Tip From the Invoice
  26. Customer History in a Mobile Grooming Business: Every Visit, Note and Invoice in One Place
  27. Pet History in a Mobile Grooming Business: The Cut, the Coat and the Notes That Carry Forward
  28. Moving a Mobile Grooming Business Off Paper and a Calendar App
  29. Switching Software With a CSV Import: Moving Your Mobile Grooming Business Client List
  30. Choosing Mobile Grooming Business Software: What to Check Before You Switch

Close the Notebook.
Keep the Book Full.

Pets and cut notes that carry forward, repeat appointments, a Book Now link, a groomer app and payment on completion. Try PetGroomBossPro free for 14 days.

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