PetGroomer.com Magazine
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April / June 2021
How to Value a Groomer’s Client List The biggest obstacle to buying a pet grooming clientele list is the unknown. How do you know if the clientele will remain your clients should you buy their contact information and service records. Are the records current? Will the list owner allow you to review and analyze the content of list before purchasing it? How much is the client list worth? These are pertinent questions before purchasing a client list. In this article we show you the financially important homework the buyer should do as it applies to pet care operations.
bile groomers, or groomers operating from their homes and not selling their property, limit their sales to client lists only. For the purposes of this article it makes no difference. Our focus here is simply to show you how to do basic and advanced reviews and measures of grooming client lists, to make you a very smart buyer. Every client list tells a different story. Their content and value can be overstated, understated or barely stated with almost no detail. Without an appropriately presented client list how will you ever duplicate or exceed the income potential from the client list as its owner did? You probably won’t. You must do your due diligence to study a client list before
Most groomers selling their businesses include a list of clients along with other assets such as furniture, fixtures, equipment, trade names, business goodwill and possibly vehicles. On occasion moeGroomer Journal Copyright © 2011 Find A Groomer Inc. All rights reserved PetGroomer.com Magazine www.petgroomermagazine.com Subscribe Free
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