Grooming work in Wellington on your own schedule, seen first by the owners around you
Groom at your place, at owners' homes within 3, 5, 10 or 20 km, or both. A finished groom becomes a post that owners near Island Bay or Karori see early in their home feed.
First you become an approved Petme sitter in Wellington, then you send the grooming application from the app.
Wellington owners can follow your work and message you
Each groom you share on Petme lands first in the feeds of people close by. Owners in Hataitai or Miramar who like it can follow you, look over your grooming menu and send a message.
Every session can be a post
When a groom in Wellington is done, post it with a short caption about the coat or the cut, so owners know what you do well.
Local before distant
Owners in Wellington scroll a home feed that puts posts from people around them first, and that includes the grooms you post.
Followers can message you
Owners who follow you in Wellington see each new groom you post and can message you in the app with questions about their dog.
Where you groom in Wellington
Each session in Wellington happens where you say: at your own place, at the owner's home within the radius you set, or both, with the owner choosing on each request. A short radius keeps you close to home; a longer one covers more of Wellington.
At your place
Owners in Wellington bring their pet to you. Your address is not shown on the request; you share it with the owner in the app chat.
At the owner's home
You travel with your kit inside a radius of 3, 5, 10 or 20 km from home, so a groomer based near Newtown chooses how much of Wellington to cover.
Both
Offer both and your profile shows both options. Prices stay per session and dog size either way, and a custom offer adjusts one before payment.
Three sessions, two extras, every price yours
Petme sets no grooming rate in Wellington. Switch on the sessions you offer, price each one per dog size, add a price for cats if you groom them, and choose whether the extras cost anything.
Full groom
Your price per session, for each dog size and for cats
Bath and brush
A lighter session, with its own price per dog size
Nails only
A short nail session at a price you choose
De-shedding (extra)
Priced per pet, or offered at no extra charge
Teeth brushing (extra)
Priced per pet, or included in the session
What owners pay for grooming in Wellington
Typical prices at grooming salons in the Wellington region, from the sources below. On Petme you set your own prices, so treat these as a reference point, not a promise of earnings.
Full groom, medium dog
$105 to $129
Bath and brush, medium dog
$40 to $80
Typical time for a full groom, medium dog
1.5 to 2 hours
Sources: Mackenzie Pet Care, Hair Off The Dog (Lower Hutt), Mutts Be Nice (duration), checked in October 2026.
Wellington neighbourhoods you can cover
Choose the neighbourhoods of Wellington you want to work in, whether that is Te Aro and Newtown or Thorndon and Kelburn. Your profile shows where you groom and how far you travel.
What Wellington groomers get on Petme
Prices you set
Each session carries your own price per dog size. If a coat needs more work than the request suggested, you send a custom offer before the owner pays.
Hours you open
No shifts and no rota. Requests can only use the start times you open in the app, so grooming fits around a salon job, studies or other sitting work.
A reviewed standard
Every Petme groomer is an approved sitter who also passed the grooming review: paid experience, proof and before-and-after work.
How to start grooming on Petme in Wellington
1. Become a Petme sitter
Download the Petme app, build your sitter profile with the Wellington areas you cover and pass ID verification. You need to be 18 or over.
2. Open the grooming application
Start it from the grooming tile in your dashboard. Add your paid grooming experience, where you worked and at least one proof: a certificate or diploma, an employer reference, or a website or social link.
3. Show your work
Upload 3 to 6 before-and-after pairs of pets you groomed: the same pet, a similar angle and no filters. Confirm the 3 declarations and send it.
4. Set up and post
Once approved, choose where you groom, your home-visit radius, the pets you accept, your menu prices and your start times, then start posting your grooms.
Dog grooming jobs in Wellington
Questions groomers in Wellington ask before they apply.
Where can I find dog groomer jobs in Wellington?
How do I apply for dog groomer jobs on Petme in Wellington?
How do I get dog grooming clients in Wellington?
How much do dog groomers make in Wellington on Petme?
How much experience do dog grooming jobs in Wellington ask for?
What dog grooming experience does Petme accept in Wellington?
Does Petme have dog grooming assistant jobs in Wellington?
Dog grooming jobs elsewhere in New Zealand
The other cities with a grooming page, closest to Wellington first. Each one lists the neighbourhoods you can cover there.
Bring your grooming to Petme in Wellington
Become a Petme sitter, send the grooming application from the app with your proof and before-and-after pairs, then post your work for owners nearby.
