Start Your Hire Business

Breakdown of profits

£70,000

*Typical Profits

A typical sunbed Home Hire Business usually operates 3 types of sunbeds: – Vertical, Double and Single Canopy units. The following estimate is based on a modest fleet of 50 sunbeds, being hired out for 4 week periods. There are 13 X 4 week periods a year, however the estimate is based on 12 X 4 week hire periods per sunbed. This compensates for any time when not all sunbeds are out on hire. This makes the estimates very realistic.

Bed Type
Vertical
Double
Single
Total Annual Revenue

4 week Hire Fee
£140
£125
£  80

Annual Income Per Bed
£ 1,680
£ 1,500
£    960

No of Beds
20
20
10

Annual Revenue
£33,600
£30,000
£  9,600
£73,200

The discount you receive as a trade customer on sunbeds, tubes and tanning creams enables you to generate more profit from sales, re-tubing sunbeds and upselling tanning accelerators and accessories. Typical examples:

Bed Sales
Tube Sales
Cream Sales
Total Profit

£2,800
£1,200
£1,000
£5,000

Most sunbed Home Hire Businesses are run from home, therefore have very low overheads (No premises to rent, rates, staff wages, holiday pay etc…) Examples to consider are:

Transport/fuel
Advertising
Spare Parts
Telephone
Miscellaneous
Total Annual Costs

£2,800
£2,000
£1,200
£   200
£2,000
£8,200

In summary, the total annual profit is a genuine estimate based on a Sunbed Home Hire Business operating 50 modern sunbeds, working around 15 hours per week.

Total Hire Revenue
Total Profit from Sales
Total Costs
Total Annual Profit

+ £73,200
+ £  5,000
–  £  8,200
    £70,000

Sunbed Home Hire Business

£70,000

*Typical Profits

A typical sunbed Home Hire Business usually operates 3 types of sunbeds: – Vertical, Double and single units. The following estimate is based on a modest fleet of 50 sunbeds, being hired out for 4 week periods. There are 13 X 4 week periods a year, however the estimate is based on 12 X 4 week hire periods per sunbed. This compensates for any time when not all sunbeds are out on hire. This makes the estimates very realistic.

Total Annual Revenue

Vertical (# of beds 20) – £33,600

Double (# of beds 20) – £30,000

Single (# of beds 10) –       £9,600

Total Annual Revenue –  £73,200

The retail cost of sunbeds, tubes and tanning creams is much higher than the cost to your company, enabling you to generate more profit from sales. Typical examples:

Typical profit from sales

Bed Sales – £2,800

Tube Sales – £1,200

Cream Sales – £1,000

Total Profit – £ 5,000

Most sunbed Home Hire Businesses are run from home. therefore having very low overheads (No rent, rates, staff wages, holiday pay etc…) Examples to consider are:

Typical Annual Costs

Transport/fuel – £2,600

Advertising – £2,300

Spare Parts – £1,000

Telephone – £ 200

Miscellaneous – £2,100

Total Annual Costs – £8,200

In summary, the total annual profit is a genuine estimate based on a Sunbed Home Hire Business operating 50 modern sunbeds, working around 15 hours per week.

Total Annual Profit

+ Total Hire Revenue  £73,200

+ Total Profit from Sales  £ 5,000

– Total Costs  £ 8,200

Total Annual Profit  £70,000

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