Can You Make $1,000,000.00 Running A Detailing Business?

Is running a detailing business a good idea? How much can I expect to make? What sort of expenses will I incur running a mobile detailing business? And a fixed location? This video answers all these questions and more!
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[@startingtech3900]

I still remember watching C.A.P’s video at my miserable tire job making 17$ hr when he was saying “You just have to go for it, you just have to start” and then right there I QUIT and walked out. I started my detailing business in 2021 and have been making 8-10,000$ a month working half as much (hour wise not days). I just booked a 3600$ week SOLO. So just want to say thanks to jason . I also got into my own 3 bedroom house with large 2 car garage as well coming from living in my moms house when I started. Thanks guys!

[@bxvbylungs2329]

Care to share your story & how much you charge? I want to start my own detailing business business but I don’t know how to charge my prices

[@gyb2fyee353]

Don’t know you bro but proud of you💎

[@jond8013]

I just started my detailing business I’m struggling to get a clientele any tips?

[@krakensmobiledetail]

​@@jond8013Yelp account and Google ads

[@KPDetails]

Thanks for that one man or woman! What's helped me so far in this business is to buy quality materials. Buy once, cry once. Signed a woman detailer

[@ChicagoAutoPros]

Glad we're able to help!

[@neilwalker5041]

Jason and Greg you two knocked this video out of the park. The graphics are entertaining and keep me glued in. You two have a great story and your message needs to keep spreading to those in and outside the detailing world. I personally enjoy your videos and hearing your words of wisdom. Thank you for a great video!

[@marklittleton1309]

As an enthusiast who does my family's and a few friends' vehicles on the side, that was a very helpful video, Jason! I don't have any plans or desire to go full-time with this at my age, but you sure covered all the things I need to think about even at my desired level. My biggest challenge has been figuring out what to charge, especially since it's just family/friends. I'm not relying on the income, and I do it because I enjoy it and also want to help people I know. Hard sometimes to find the balance. Thanks again, Jason! I really appreciate your sharing this!

[@joshchilders8782]

Just the video I’ve been looking for! So see the potential in this business clearly laid out is inspirational!

[@joshdavie2959]

Jason the timing on this is crazy!! I'm 17 years old and a senior in high school and just did my first full interior detail. I charged 20 an hour so it was a bit low but i am still in school. I can't begin to say how grateful I am for you putting out this video. Also will you guys to another detailing academy for paint correction?

[@ChicagoAutoPros]

Your welcome, glad it was useful for you! Also yes we have a Paint Correction & Coating Training September 22nd - 23rd, bit.ly/3xne0KP

[@joshdavie2959]

Thank you so much!!!

[@edlippjr]

biggest thing I can say as a 20+ year self employed guy - it's smart to start out low and feel things out. But don't undersell yourself! don't be afraid to up your rates when you know you're providing valuable services! your time on this planet is valuable - get paid baby!

[@seventysschev]

Get it dude! Congrats on the first interior!

[@coreyalexander4766]

Charge at least 30. Know your worth brother

[@elaboyjr]

Thank you so much. Very informative. Looking to start this journey and while doing my homework this video came right at the perfect timing. Thanks again.

[@AMP8424]

Great video! Some high value info here and the production value is top tier. The animations were great.

[@ChicagoAutoPros]

Thank you!

[@Mrjozz011]

Jason you are a true detailer and a entrepreneur, you know the game and not selling snake oil. Tired of these “KZbin detailer” they’re pros cause they make videos and being doing it for 5 months. Stay true to yourself and call it for what it is.

[@phatness2k]

What a well done, fact filled perspective of running a detail shop or business in general. Thank you ChicagoAutoPros for building a legacy and willing to share with others. The simple fact that any product or service sold to a customer is in fact a business. Learning any lessons learned early is to your advantage. All risks and rewards are endured by those that are willing to see the success on the other side of failure. Again thank you from a faithful subscriber.

[@vtecaccord96]

Man glad you made this video. This is seriously eye opening and greatly appreciate all that you guys do!

[@ChicagoAutoPros]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Detaildrivenllc]

I can't say enough about this video and how perfect the timing was for my present time in my business. This June is our third year in business and many of these concerns, questions, and thoughts are a part of our daily life. This video is amazing. A big mistake we have made is TAXES. Make sure that you set aside those taxes, pay in quarterly, set up your sales tax accounts and SAVE. We had a $12,000 tax mistake from ignoring the proper means of taxes for 3 years, and it is costing us roughly $15,000 after coming to the resolution. When Jason says SET THIS UP PROPERLY he is not joking. We have made large strides and made a lot of revenue but haven't seen much of that due to costly mistakes in expenses and poor practice in taxes. We are looking up now, but that would be my biggest suggestion right now. Practice consistent saving and tax systems!!

[@Spirited282]

Such a very informative and interesting video. Thank you Jason

[@Section501K]

I appreciate seeing the financials behind the business!

[@grand04gt]

AMAZING video!!!!! I wish I could get myself to think that way. One thing I would try and aim for would be to pay your employees a bit better in order to not only keep them but to encourage better employees which in turn would generate a higher quality of details as well as possibly having someone that will gladly help you build your business if they have great pride in what they do as well as who (or business) they are working for. Using your scales raise the rates by even say $10/hour (to offset the increase for your employee) and then they may feel like they are making a significant amount and making $25/hour for your company may significantly outweigh the desire to move on and set up their own mobile/shop as well as potentially pushing them further into detailing with less employee turn around. One thing work places I have worked missed is happy employees have significantly more value

[@ChicagoAutoPros]

Thank you! I agree pay your valuable employee’s what they are worth. This is just a number for a place holder, put whatever you feel is right.

[@grand04gt]

@@ChicagoAutoPros oh I know and I do not doubt you do.....just throwing it out there is all

[@visheshrbana781]

This is an insightful video. Thanks for taking the time.

[@seventysschev]

Wow. Thank you, thank you, thank you for the info and experience you compiled here. I’m working on getting my business off the ground, and your wisdom is invaluable 🙏

[@TripleGAutoDetailing]

Wow...what an epic presentation. Only eternity will be able to measure the impact this will have on thousands of individuals. These principles apply to any business not just detailing. Thank you Jason and your team!! 👊 GGG 😎

[@CoreyDHollingsworth]

Very valuable breakdown!!

[@mybabydetailing]

Great info, Jason. Entrepreneurship is much tougher than many realize but it can be very rewarding to those willing to persevere.

[@1stfrompuertorico568]

Correctly!👍👍

[@ChicagoAutoPros]

Definitely!

[@startingtech3900]

It’s tougher being poor and working for someone Else’s dreams

[@Gleamingson]

Great video. As always. I know that took a lot of time. I am starting a small business and this is very educational! Thank you!

[@HogshooterHotrods]

Awesome video, I will be using this for reference for my students as we explore the cost of starting your own detail business!

[@jonathanratcliffe1924]

Great video! This industries needs more video and more discussion like this!

[@fpsonsight]

👌👌👌 Thank youuu for this video loved the breakdown on expenses and operating cost it was very easy to follow!

[@MyGuyKirby]

Super fun to watch the drawings and learn at same time.

[@corak1978]

Great info. You really have to want it and like doing it. If you’re only doing it for the money it probably won’t last long, as Jason said…getting into it for the wrong reasons, but it can pay off.

[@terrymarck5008]

Hi Jason ; Great video . gave me a lot to think about my pricing. thank you

[@vanishcustomdetailing3953]

Thank you for this video this is for me I'd rather take then risk then live knowing I did not

[@mtbkr81]

This was awesome and just what I needed to see. I own 51 North detailing in northern wisconsin last august and started off at $50 an hour while I learned how much time things actually take with the equipment I have. Glad to discover this KZbin channel to confirm that i am on the right track. Do you happen to have an idea of how much business a one man show in a small town could potentially leak due to weather in Wisconsin?

[@ronayotte3571]

Great video, my friend!

[@edlippjr]

fantastic video. I love working on cars and in the back of my mind - like so many things - I'm like "yeah I should do that" but I'm pretty happy working on computers. My main questions about this video - how'd you get that animated stuff??!! I love it

[@truthmatters2020]

I started a Mobil detailing business in June last year. I live in California surranded by very affluent neighborhoods. I figured that if I don't make a minimum $50 an hour it's not worth it. I priced my packages to make $100 an hour and so far has been amazing. Watching your videos has giving me a lot a knowledge and confidence. Thank you so much.

[@ChicagoAutoPros]

We are always glad to make informative videos for you guys! We have business classes that help you further drive sales and price your packages accurately. Check out CarSuppliesWarehouse.com!

[@07Miguelantonio]

Great video boss

[@GabeDetails]

This is AWESOME!!!!

[@RaldasDetails]

Amazing videos guys! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@OscarSegundo]

Wow, good information!

[@timdennis2193]

Also its important to understand what your break even point is.. thst is, how much do I need to make each week just to pay the business expenses... I ran business for 3.5 years and a lot of people I chatted with had no idea..

[@leo-kg4xx]

Thank u for help us 🙏

[@maxivuknis]

Thanks for sharing this information, very valuable. Jason, you mentioned that it took 3 years to you guys to start making profit with a shop. Were you able to pay your personal bills from doing the business or you lived 3 years from your savings? I guess you paid yourself a salary? Were you able to pay yourself a salary from day 1 or you lived on savings for some time? Also, how long it took you to grow to a bigger shop from your first one?

[@bighorn9119]

Some people get into this industry don't even have a passion for it they just care about the money because it's quick and easy money who was a fast learner and could do it pretty quickly to make 600 bucks in one day if somebody gets the high-end package

[@jaimcr]

One word you touched on. SACRIFICE.

[@juanas1989]

I have been doing mobile detailing for the last year. It has put food on the table and I have even able to save a little, but I have been strugling to decide if I want to scale up the bussines because I have been running the bussiness from my personal car and I don't know if it worth the hustle. For what you saying I shouldn't spect to get rich doing datailing unless I'm in the 1% of detailers who only work for rich people after many years of climbing the ladder. I like detailing but I think that I'm just going to try to increase my hourly rate and offer more expesive services, like ceramic coating, etc. I don't want to have that many employees when the margins are so thin. Thank you

[@jorancardon7125]

How ist posible to pay 1000plus weakly on products i only get ath 300+

[@sekigah]

As a CPA: "Just accept cash" is a risky statement. Yes while accepting cash is fine, it still needs to be reported. The likelihood it will be reported by you is probably low but your customer may if it is significant. Ex: If your customer is a car dealership and you wash a significant number of their cars. They will look to write it off as an expense and report to Uncle Sam that they are spending $100k a year washing cars. Uncle Sam wants to know who they have been paying money to (you namely). They will check your return to see that you reported that and if you didn't, say hello to tax evasion. Now will that likely happen? Probably not. If you are doing enough work to have it as a deductible expense for a business, you're making enough to properly report your income. Just a disclaimer.

[@spencerclark8734]

What is the profit margin on the last example with 2 locations?

[@tesladetails]

Oh 100% you can make a million. We are already grossing over $100k in our first year.

[@Arthur-Silva]

Im in Los Angeles/OC area and the bottom feeders here charge $40 for an exterior wash. I don’t know how they can charge so low but they’re hurting the industry.

[@startingtech3900]

Is that with interior wipe down and vac ?!?? 😮

[@jwreck]

Good breakdown - too bad detailers are like lawyers around here…4 detailers for every one car! Good detailers are a different story… 😅

[@1stfrompuertorico568]

Great information!

[@amyotterness1906]

I didn’t know you could draw like that 😂

[@soffreshent]

Hey, I have a question I’ve been detailing for about seven years and I’ve been at the $250 mark for a full detail on a sedan STARTING rate which brings me to about the $50 an hour range for my detailing services. I am mobile and have one van now I just received an offer for a dealership, but they want to pay me $100 flat rate no matter what size vehicle do I take that at a guarantee of 10 vehicles per week do I take that and hire an employee and put them there once a week or twice a week to handle the 10 cars per week and I’d buy another van and continue dealing with my regular clientele The reason I asked is because at my rate of $50 an hour I don’t really see me doing a good job or even if I put an employee at the dealership of them doing a good job at $100 per car when some cars may take about 3 to 4 hours coming from a dealership at that rate I would be at about $20-$30 an hour per your chart should I just take that deal to generate more income as an add-on power stick to my guns with the dealership and make them pay the $50 an hour I know this is a long winded question, but what should I do in this scenario,, I am glad I found this video because now I am thinking about joining your Detail wise program

[@CluelessEngineer]

What did you end up doing?

[@lh1678]

I work for Enterprise as a Auto Detailer. 2 to 5 hours for the Interior? You must be calculating using speciality treatments..I can see that.

[@AMP8424]

I can easily spend 3-5 hours in a truck/SUV interior without even extracting. Touching every surface and then conditioning every surface takes time.

[@ChicagoAutoPros]

Yes this is the calculation for doing it properly.

[@NickSingh.96]

Enterprise has the worst of the worst " Detailers" all armorall and a quick vacuum... I seen it many times.

[@atomicdetailsoc]

what if you just hire 1099 workers instead of w2, that could offset a lot of the cost of workers?

[@ChicagoAutoPros]

It could, but that cost is marginal in relation to having a good relationship between your workers and the Company.

[@leo-kg4xx]

Please make video for cost of ppf 🙏

[@ChicagoAutoPros]

It would be the same thing. Just put in your cost for materials.

[@6thDAY]

Love the hand drawn animation! How long did that take to do?

[@ChicagoAutoPros]

The video took maybe a weeks worth of time to make. Thank you for the kind words.

[@nofsgiven3855]

Jason can you please make more videos like this the brake down the needy greedy, there isn’t enough KZbinrs/Detailers that explain this like you did.

[@kenson-real6280]

Are you serious bro? I thought taxes in my country is huge with 12%. Can’t believe that you have 30% Tax in the US! 😭

[@DeliriousMike7]

Why would monthly expenses still be $2000 a month? If you’re working 20 hours a week?

[@ChicagoAutoPros]

Those are your fixed expenses, like a van payment or rent that is the same each month no matter how many cars you detail. It will alway vary a little that’s why you would just find an average and calculate your numbers from there.

[@jonathanherman4247]

Hi Jason would you willing to do a video call with me so I can get some advice from you? When you have the next convenient moment

[@G-SpecDetail]

There's millions in Detailing if you know how to get leverage out of your cash-flow & make deals🤫 & you can get away with tax legally no matter what part of the world you are in

[@ronayotte3571]

"I know someone who wlll do the detail for less"... "I have clients who willingly pay more because they value my services..."

[@mikezupancic2182]

13 percent to the government. Bahahaha 😂😂😂 you better up that a lot

[@itscaptn9502]

if interior detail is a part of what u do and have a air compressor, BUY A TORNADOR RIGHT NOW. and a drill brush. its witchcraft

[@MikesAutoDetailing]

Great video

[@ChicagoAutoPros]

Thank you!

[@jeffreybellantoni8758]

There's no way you can make a million a year detailing cars.

[@startingtech3900]

Bro you can it’s possible especially if you branch out into PPF and wraps and detailing coatings etc but you have to hire ppl, Chicago auto pros are easily doing 200,000$ worth of work a month

[@SupremeDetail510]

Okay. There will ALWAYS be a price haggler or complainer. Charge $100-$150 for exterior only. $250-$300 for interior only. Add-ons will account for skill, time, product cost. Charge 3x the product cost to account for skill, time and product cost. You will average $100+ an hour not including tips. Use 100% of tips for chemicals, food and gas. Lastly, INCENTIVIZE CASH to show Uncle Sam you only made $20,000. Reality you made $160,000. Don’t tag the IRS here haha 😂.

[@claudiocerezo1644]

The quality of employees that you will find for 15$/hr is laughable, pay at least 23$/hr and be a good boss first, your employees will take care of you.

[@israelclase4107]

Can i work in a shop with 700 sqft

[@joelxala6620]

I clicked cuz i thought that was an rx7 FD in the thumbnail

[@1stfrompuertorico568]

2nd

[@kyleedgerton3698]

$15 an hour lol. Ain't no one working for you