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How Many Pools Do You Need to Cover Your Nut?
Truck payment, insurance, gas, phone, tools. It all adds up before you make a dime. Find out the exact number of pools where you go from surviving to profiting.
Your Monthly Nut
Fixed costs you pay no matter how many pools you service.
$
$
$
$
$
Total monthly nut$1,200
Per Visit
$
$
12 min
2 min45 min
20 min
10 min60 min
$/hr
Where You Are Now
You need at least
10
weekly pools to break even
(39 visits/month at $31.33 contribution each)
Monthly fixed costs breakdown
Vehicle payment$400.00
Vehicle insurance$150.00
Gas / fuel$300.00
Business insurance (GL)$150.00
Other overhead$200.00
Total monthly nut$1,200
Per-visit economics
You charge$50.00
Labor cost (32 min @ $20.00/hr)-$10.67
Chemicals-$8.00
Contribution toward fixed costs$31.33
Monthly profit by pool count
10 pools
$53.33/mo
20 pools
$1,307/mo
30 pools
$2,560/mo
50 pools
$5,067/mo
Assumes weekly service (4 visits/month per pool).