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What your round takes
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Enter your customers and prices to see what the round takes.
How it's worked out
A round's worth starts with what its regular customers pay in a year: each customer's price times the number of visits they have a year. Visits a year are 52 divided by the weeks between visits.
| How often | Visits a year | £18 a visit comes to |
|---|---|---|
| Every 4 weeks | 13 | £234 a year |
| Every 6 weeks | 8.67 | £156 a year |
| Every 8 weeks | 6.5 | £117 a year |
| Every 12 weeks | 4.33 | £78 a year |
Group your customers by how often you go and their usual price, add the groups up, and you have the round's takings a year. Leave out one-off jobs and extras: they're not part of the round.
A made-up example
- 120 customers at £18 every 4 weeks: 120 × £18 × 13 = £28,080 a year
- 60 customers at £22 every 8 weeks: 60 × £22 × 6.5 = £8,580 a year
- The round takes £36,660 a year, about £3,055 a month, or £203.67 a year from each customer
The 60 eight-weekly customers are a third of the customers but less than a quarter of the money. That's worth knowing before you take on more of them, or when you're deciding who to drop.
What a buyer might pay
When a round changes hands, the price is often talked about as a multiple of its regular takings, such as so many times a month's money. There's no fixed multiple: it's whatever the buyer and seller agree. Put the figure you're offered or asking into the calculator to see what it comes to. A buyer will look at:
- How long customers have stayed. Customers who've been regular for years are worth more than ones who started last month.
- How close together they are. A tight round of whole streets takes less driving than the same money spread over a county.
- How they pay. Card and bank transfer leave a record; cash in hand is harder to prove.
- Records. Dates of visits and payments for each customer, going back a year or more, are the evidence for the figure.
- A handover. Customers are more likely to stay if the seller introduces the buyer, by message or in person.
Buying or selling a business is a big step. An accountant can check the figures before you agree a price.
Making the round worth more
- Fill the streets you already work. A new customer next door to one you have costs no extra driving. The round organising guide shows how.
- Review your prices every year. The price increase guide has messages to copy.
- Get paid on the day. Money owed is money a buyer can't count on. Take card payments without a reader.
Your round's worth in Knockround
In Knockround, Reports show what your round is worth a year: each regular customer's price times their visits in a year, the figure a buyer asks for if you ever sell it. You also see work done against money paid for the last six months, and money per hour by area, so you know which streets pay best.
Try it on the window cleaning round demo, with made-up customers. It's free for 7 days with no card needed, then £19.99 a month.
Written by the Knockround team. The sums are plain arithmetic, using 52 weeks a year. This is a guide, not financial advice.