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Finances show your monthly margin

Your calendar already holds the numbers. Finances turns them into revenue, materials cost and what is left for the month, with no bookkeeping.

Beauty Booking teamProduct · Updated November 6, 2026 · 4 min read

How do I see my monthly margin in Beauty Booking?

Open the Finances tab. It adds up every finished visit in your calendar and shows your service revenue, the cost of the materials you used and your margin, which is revenue minus materials. There is nothing to type in twice: the price of each visit and the materials cost of each service are already in the app.

Where do the numbers come from?

Every visit you book already carries its price. A visit counts in Finances once it has ended; cancelled visits and no-shows are left out. Each visit belongs to the period it finished in, so the figures follow your calendar day by day.

5-10%of service revenue is a healthy materials budget for a salon, per Booksy (April 2026)

What counts as a cost?

Add the materials cost to a service once, next to its price. Every finished visit of that service then counts that cost, and your margin shows what the work really leaves you. Margin here is gross: overheads like rent are not tracked, so the screen calls it margin, not profit.

Is my materials cost too high?

A useful check is the share of revenue that goes to materials. In April 2026 Booksy's salon finance guide put a healthy restocking budget at 5% to 10% of total service sales, and flagged anything over 12% as high waste.

  • If a month brings in 2,000 in service revenue, 5% to 10% means 100 to 200 spent on materials.
  • If your materials cost runs above 12% of revenue, look at the services with the highest cost first: the price may be too low for what goes into them.
  • Finances also breaks revenue down by category and by service, so you can see which services earn the most.

Does marking a visit as paid change the figures?

No. Revenue counts every finished visit, paid or not; payment only moves client balances. Mark a visit as paid with one toggle. There are no statuses to manage and nothing to reconcile at the end of the month. If a client pays only part, record the amount received instead: the difference goes on that client's balance. Finances shows two totals, what clients owe you and what you owe clients, and you can settle a balance from there or open the client's record.

How are tips and discounts shown?

Tips are counted as income on their own line, below the margin. Discounts you give are shown in their own section and are never hidden inside the revenue, so you can notice if one person gets too big a discount too often.

Can I compare one month with another?

Yes. The period starts at this month to date, and you can switch to last month, this week, last week or any custom from-to range. Compare this month with the one before to see whether your margin is growing.

What if I work in more than one place?

Pick one workplace to see its figures in its own currency, or choose all workplaces to see the combined total in your main currency at the current rate. The figures are estimates and may differ slightly from your bank.

How does it work in a salon?

In a salon, the admin sees the salon's turnover and what each master brought in. A master in the salon sees only their own figures and tips, without cost or margin.

Which plan includes Finances?

Every plan, including Free. Free covers your first 50 appointments; Lite costs $3.33 a month with yearly billing ($39.99 a year), or $4.99 paid month to month, and every paid plan starts with a free month.