Mobile detailing price calculator

By Koni · Last checked: Oct 22, 2026

Your prices

Sedan$0
SUV$0
Truck$0
Van$0
Add-ons includednone

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Pricing by gut feeling is how a full detail ends up at $80. This calculator prices each job from your real numbers: how long it takes, what the products cost, how far you drive and what you want to earn per hour. Pick the service and the vehicle size, add any extras like pet hair or sand, and you get a price you can say without flinching. Then copy it as a sedan, SUV and truck price list for your site or your DMs. It’s free, it works on your phone, and you don’t need an email to use it.

How the price is worked out

Price = (hours × your hourly goal) + product cost + drive cost, rounded to the nearest $5. Hours scale with the service you picked and the vehicle size, because a truck takes longer than a sedan at the same service. Drive cost counts both ways at your hourly goal. Add-ons add time, not a flat fee, because that is what they actually cost you.

How the calculator works

Put in the job. Pick the service, say how many hours a sedan takes you, what the products cost and how far you drive one way.
Put in what you want to earn. Your hourly goal, and a travel-fee zone if the job is outside your main area. Tick any add-ons the car needs.
Take the price list. You get a price for sedan, SUV, truck and van. Hit Copy and paste it into your site, your Google profile or a DM.

Copy your price list

The Copy button puts a clean sedan / SUV / truck list on your clipboard, ready to paste into your site, your Google profile or a DM. Send the same numbers every time and the “how much?” conversation stops.

Add-ons customers will pay for

Pet hair, sand, bugs and stains all take real extra time. Price them as add-ons the customer picks while booking, with a before-and-after photo. You get paid for the time, they know the total up front, and nobody argues in the driveway.

Local price check

We will publish real local ranges for Los Angeles, Dallas–Fort Worth, Tampa Bay and Orlando once we have collected them from detailers’ own public price lists, with the collection date and method printed underneath. Until then the box says so rather than guessing.

More on pricing: how to price a mobile detailing job · price quick washes and add-ons · should you post prices?

FAQ

How much should I charge for a mobile detail?

Work it out from your own numbers, not a competitor’s. Multiply your hours by the hourly amount you want to earn, add product cost and your drive, then round. Price trucks and SUVs higher because they take longer. The calculator does this math for each vehicle size in seconds.

Should I charge a travel fee?

If you drive more than about 15–20 minutes to a job, a travel fee or a zone price protects your profit. Show it on your booking page so customers see it before they book. A fee they agreed to never costs you a review; a surprise fee at the door can.

How often should I raise my prices?

Review them at least once a year and any time you’re booked out for weeks. If you’re always full, your price is likely too low. Raise prices for new customers first, give regulars notice, and keep members on their plan price as a thank-you.

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