Mobile Hairdressing & Barbering for Care Homes
Scheduled hair and barber rounds inside care homes, retirement villages and sheltered housing.
Care home residents often cannot travel to salons, and homes welcome reliable visiting stylists. Typical offers: scheduled half-day rounds with set prices for cuts, blow-dries and beard trims. A kit bag, portable basin and cordless tools are the whole setup. Block-booking with the home makes rounds efficient and income recurring. Gross margin figures are planning estimates of revenue minus direct costs (materials, consumables, fuel and per-job expenses); they exclude the owner's own labour, so treat them as a guide to job economics rather than take-home pay.
- Starting capital: 1000–3000 GBP
- Total starting capital: 2000 GBP
- Setup: 2-4 weeks
- Gross margin: 70-80%
- Business model: Per-visit pricing to residents with block bookings invoiced to the home, on weekly or fortnightly rounds
- Category: Personal Care
Risks
- Physically demanding: Standing all day in non-salon conditions.
- DBS and safeguarding: Enhanced DBS checks and home policies apply.
- Price sensitivity: Residents on pensions limit per-visit pricing.
Costs
- Equipment — Cordless tools, portable basin and cape kit — 600 GBP
- Compliance — Enhanced DBS check and public liability insurance — 300 GBP
- Branding — Uniform, branding and appointment cards — 400 GBP
- Sales push — Care home outreach visits and taster-day offers — 700 GBP