What is my average ticket, and what is $1 more worth?
Average Ticket Calculator
Average ticket is revenue per client, not price per cut. It is the number add-ons, upgrades and product move.
YOUR NUMBERS
YOUR RESULT
$40.00 average ticket
- Average ticket
- $40.00
- Clients per year
- 2,000
- Value of +$1
- $2,000
Per year, same volume
Run the scenario
- +$2 average ticket$4,000 a year
- +$5 average ticket$10,000 a year
- +$8 average ticket$16,000 a year
- +$12 average ticket$24,000 a year
Adding $5 to the average ticket is $10,000 a year without a single extra client in the chair.
Educational calculation from the numbers you entered. Not financial, tax or legal advice.
HOW THIS CALCULATION WORKS
Two barbers can charge the same and take home very different money, because one sells a beard trim, a wash or a product with a third of their cuts. Average ticket is where that shows up.
- Average ticket = weekly revenue ÷ clients per week
- Yearly value of +$1 = clients per year × $1
A WORKED EXAMPLE
$1,600 a week across 40 clients is a $40 average ticket. At 2,000 clients a year, +$5 is $10,000.
These figures come from the example inputs above, not from industry data. ChairScale does not publish benchmark numbers until it has enough verified data to do it properly — read the methodology.
QUESTIONS BARBERS ASK
Does average ticket include tips?
Keep tips out. You want the number your service menu produces, because that is the one you can change on purpose.
What raises average ticket fastest?
A second service offered at booking rather than at the chair, and a price that matches the work. Both change the ticket without changing the schedule.
How often should I check it?
Monthly. It moves quietly, and a drifting ticket is usually the first sign of a service mix problem.
RUN YOUR NUMBERS
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