Free calculator
Is booth rental worth it for you? Run real numbers (rent, supplies, clients per week) and see your monthly take-home and break-even.
Everything updates live. Use realistic numbers, not best-case ones.
Insurance, license fees, subscriptions.
Booking, payments, scheduling tools.
Common range: 20–30% for self-employed.
Projected monthly take-home after rent, supplies, and tax set-aside.
Your projected profit margin gives you room for slow weeks and reinvestment.
Break-even & targets
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Rent comes out every week whether you booked clients or not. Break-even tells you how many clients you need before you've covered the building.
Each client adds service price minus the supplies it took. That number, not the sticker price, is what you can apply to fixed costs.
Self-employed estheticians often forget to subtract estimated taxes. We assume 25% by default; adjust based on your CPA's guidance.
If your projected margin is thin or you're booking below your break-even, the calculator flags it as high risk, even if the dollars look fine on paper.
A common solo-suite scenario with a $120 average ticket.
Monthly gross revenue lands near $10,300. After rent, supplies, software, and a 25% tax set-aside, estimated monthly profit is around $5,000. Break-even is roughly 14 clients/week. Anything below that, and you're working for the landlord.
Set service prices around time, costs, profit goals, and real margin.
Compare job offers, commission splits, tips, and effective hourly pay.
Calculate product cost per treatment and how it affects your margin.
Model facial pricing with add-ons and see bundled profit per booked facial.
Esthi hub
Break-even math, commission comparison, and the policy templates most solo estheticians need on day one — all in one hub.
Open the booth rental hub →A common rule is that booth rent shouldn't exceed 25–30% of your projected gross service revenue. If your weekly rent is $300 and you reliably gross $1,500/week, that's about 20%, which is workable. Over 30% gets risky.
Booth rent is fixed: you pay a flat amount and keep all your service revenue. Commission is variable: the spa keeps a percentage of every service. Booth rent rewards busy weeks; commission protects slow weeks but caps your upside.
Yes, tips count toward your take-home, but they can be inconsistent. We include them in monthly revenue but recommend setting your income goal based on services alone. Anything from tips is upside.
Established solo estheticians often book 15–25 clients/week. Newer providers may start at 5–10 while they build their book. The calculator will tell you how many you need just to break even.
Enter your share of the rent only. If you and another esthetician split $400/week, enter $200 as your weekly rent.
Yes. Enter your monthly retail revenue and cost separately. The calculator subtracts retail cost from retail revenue to add net retail profit to your total.