Mobile Cat Grooming Service

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Startup Cost
$20,000-$95,000
Difficulty
Intermediate
Time to Profit
8-15 months
Profit Potential
$60,000-$280,000/year

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

  1. Get cat grooming training
  2. Acquire mobile setup
  3. Get fear-free certification
  4. Target long-haired breeds
  5. Partner with vets
  6. Build cat reputation
  7. Emphasize stress-free

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