For New Zealand hair and beauty

Know your numbers.
Charge what you're worth.

You learned colour theory, not cash flow. That's normal. Pop your real figures in and these calculators do the sums for you, on New Zealand rates, in about the time a toner takes to process.

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Tools from $129Buy once, no subscriptionNZ rates built inYour numbers stay private

Built by a working salon owner, for salon owners

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What kind of business are you?

01 / SoloSole traderChair renter, home studio or mobile. Your column's full, but you're not sure the money is.Show me →02 / With a teamSalon ownerWages are the biggest bill you pay. See who covers their cost, and whether your menu covers yours.Show me →03 / ExtensionsComing soonExtensionistHair, hours and move-ups priced off what you actually pay, so upkeep stops being charity work.Have a look →04 / Skin and beautyClinic ownerRooms, devices, consumables and therapist time, all in the price, with your own pay checked too.Show me →05 / EverythingShow me every toolAll 15, 6 ready now, from $129 each. Know what you want? Start here.See them all →
Three ways in

Do it yourself, or hand it over.

Do it yourself

Tools

One calculator, one problem, one answer. Your hourly rate, your prices, your team, your margins. Type in your numbers and it tells you what to fix.

From $129, once. Yours to keep.

 Done for you

Monthly reports

You send the exports from your booking and accounting systems. You get back a short report each month with the three things to do next, in order.

From $449 a month. No lock-in.

 One on one

Private advisory

For owners with a big call to make: a second site, a pay structure, a price reset, a sale. Someone who has run the numbers and the floor, in your corner.

By application. A few clients at a time.
Built for here

Australian spreadsheets don't know what KiwiSaver is.

Most salon calculators are built for somewhere else. Different tax, different leave, different super, different everything. These run on the rules you actually pay under, and when a rate changes we update it for every buyer.

15%
GST, in every price and every cost
$23.95
adult minimum wage, the floor under every comparison
3.5%
employer KiwiSaver, on top of every wage
8%
holiday pay, plus public holidays and sick leave
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Sound familiar?

Heard yourself say one of these?

Tap it. There's a calculator for that.

My book's full every week and I still couldn't tell you my hourly rate.Take-Home Hourly Rate →The team's busy every day and I still couldn't tell you who's carrying the salon.Team Scorecard →We're flat out, but I've no idea if another stylist would actually make me money.Afford to Hire →I charge $350 for the chair and I'm not sure it even covers the power.Chair Rental vs Employ →Every time the GST comes round I'm scraping it together from the next week's takings.GST and Tax Set-Aside →The accountant sends the P&L, I look at the bottom line, and I file it.P&L Checker →Honestly, I copied my prices off the salon across the road years ago.Menu Pricing →I know I need to put my prices up. I'm just scared half my book will walk.Price Rise →None of these, but something still doesn't add up.Ask me →

How this is different

An answer, not homework.

Courses give you a framework and wish you luck. A calculator gives you a number. These go one step further and tell you what the number means and what to do on Monday.

  1. Your numbers go in

    Takings, wages, rent, hours. Ten to thirty minutes with your reports open.

  2. The maths gets done properly

    GST out, holiday pay and KiwiSaver in, the unpaid hours counted. The stuff a quick guess always misses.

  3. You get a list, in order

    Green, amber or red, then what to change and what it's worth in dollars.

Free, no sign-up

Try a one-minute check first.

Three free checks on New Zealand rates. Each gives you one honest number, so you know where to start.

Quick hourly rate check

What an hour of your work pays after costs, tax and ACC.

GST set-aside check

The amount to move to a separate account every week.

Wage cost check

Your wage bill as a share of takings, with KiwiSaver and ACC added.

Also from The Numbers Room: the AI Starter Kit, for setting AI up so it knows your salon, with the client and team privacy steps built in.

Pick one number. Sort it this week.

Knowing is nearly always cheaper than guessing.

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