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Online calculators for NZ hair and beauty businesses

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.

What do you run?

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Solo Kit $249, Salon Kit $399Buy once, no subscriptionNZ rates built inYour numbers stay private

Built by Stevee Devonda, a multi-salon owner

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The kits

Everything you need, in one kit.

Pick the kit for the way you work. The tools that go together, for one price. Pay once, no subscription.

Solo Kit

Everything you need for your solo business.

Take-Home Hourly Rate + Menu Pricing + Price Rise + GST and Tax Set-Aside + Colour Cost

Everything a stylist working for themselves needs: your real hourly rate, a menu priced to earn it, a price rise that pays, tax sorted, and colour costed to the gram.

  • Know what you really earn an hour, then price every service to clear it
  • See what a price rise is worth before you make it, and set aside the right tax each week
  • Cost every colour to the gram and see what each one really makes you

Where to start

  1. Take-Home Hourly Rate: See what an hour of your work really pays you.
  2. Menu Pricing: Price every service so it pays that hour.
  3. Price Rise: Test the new prices before you tell a single client.
  4. GST and Tax Set-Aside: Set aside the right amount every week, so the IRD bill is boring.
$249NZD
Bought one at a time: $335.
Get the kit

Secure checkout by StripeBuy once, no subscriptionNZ rates built inYour numbers stay on your deviceBuilt by a multi-salon owner

Salon Kit

Everything you need for your salon business.

Menu Pricing + Price Rise + Team Scorecard + Afford to Hire + Chair Rental vs Employ + GST and Tax Set-Aside + P&L Checker + Public Holiday Pay + Colour Cost

Every tool a salon owner needs to run the place on the numbers: pricing, your team, hiring, chair rent, tax, your P&L and public holidays.

  • Price the menu, plan a price rise and cost every colour
  • Measure the team, decide on a hire and set chair rent that covers the chair
  • Tax, your P&L and public holidays in plain English

Where to start

  1. P&L Checker: Find the lines on your P&L that are leaking money.
  2. Menu Pricing: Price every service to cover its real cost.
  3. Team Scorecard: See who is paying their way, and who needs a coaching chat.
  4. Afford to Hire: Then the big calls as they come up: hiring, chair rental, price rises, holidays.
$399NZD
Bought one at a time: $571.
Get the kit

Secure checkout by StripeBuy once, no subscriptionNZ rates built inYour numbers stay on your deviceBuilt by a multi-salon owner

Extensions, a clinic or barbering? Extensionist Kit, Clinic Kit or Barber Kit, $99 each.

Only need one thing sorted?

Or get just the one tool, from $59
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What's a small price rise worth?

Slide the two numbers and watch what a few dollars a service adds up to.

$5 more on 40 services a week:

That's about $9,200 a year

If every client stays, over 46 working weeks. Excluding GST if you're GST registered, before tax.

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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 / ExtensionsExtensionistHair, hours and move-ups priced off what you actually pay, so upkeep stops being charity work.Show me →04 / Skin and beautyClinic ownerRooms, devices, consumables and therapist time, all in the price, and courses and memberships that still pay once the discount is in.Show me →05 / BarbersBarberSolo, renting a chair or running a shop. Fades, beard trims and chair rent priced off what you really pay, so a full chair means full pay.Show me →06 / EverythingShow me every hair toolAll 13, from $59 each. Know what you want? Start here.See them all →
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 →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 →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 →None of these, but something still doesn't add up.Ask me →

8years running salons
15team members
20tools on sale
2026/27NZ tax year, rates built in
Stevee Devonda, smiling, standing beside a styling chair in the salon
Who built these

Built by Stevee Devonda, a multi-salon owner.

Every tool here started as a problem I had to solve in my own salons, on real wages and real rent. I still use them every week.

Read the story →

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.

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Built for here

Kiwi rules, already worked in.

GST, KiwiSaver, ACC, holiday pay and the minimum wage are worked in wherever a tool needs them, so the answer fits the way you actually pay your team and your tax. When a rate changes, we update it once and every buyer gets it.

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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Try a one-minute check first.

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

GST and tax set-aside check

What to put aside each week so the IRD bill is covered before it lands.

Quick hourly rate check

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

Can I afford another stylist?

What a new stylist needs to bring in each week to be worth it.

Wage cost check

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