Mobile Cat Grooming Service
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Overview
Mobile cat grooming brings feline grooming services to cats' homes, reducing stress from car travel and vet-like environments.
With 60M+ cat households and cats stressed by travel, mobile cat grooming generates revenue of $95,000-$320,000 with 65-80% margins.
The business requires grooming van or portable setup, cat-specific equipment, cat handling skills, fear-free certification, and mobile systems.
Services include mat removal and lion cuts, sanitary clips, nail trimming, gentle bathing, senior cat grooming, and stress-free home environment.
Pricing typically $80-$150 per cat with travel fees.
Success factors include cat behavior expertise and fear-free methods, in-home low-stress advantage, targeting long-haired breeds and seniors, managing difficult cats, and building cat-only reputation.
Marketing focuses on cat communities, veterinarians recommending, and stress-free messaging.
With cats outnumbering dogs as pets in 2025, mobile cat grooming offers purr-fect opportunities.
Required Skills
- Cat grooming certification
- Feline behavior expertise
- Fear-free handling
- Mobile operations
- Difficult cat management
- Low-stress techniques
Pros and Cons
Pros
- High margins
- Premium pricing
- Underserved market
- Low-stress advantage
- Cat owner willingness to pay
Cons
- Cat handling challenges
- Vehicle investment
- Smaller appointment volume
- Fear and aggression
- Travel time
How to Get Started
- Get cat grooming training
- Acquire mobile setup
- Get fear-free certification
- Target long-haired breeds
- Partner with vets
- Build cat reputation
- Emphasize stress-free
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