Dog grooming jobs in the UK, with your work shown to owners near you
Petme is also a social network: you post photos and videos of your grooms, and the home feed shows them to people nearby first, so local owners follow you, find your profile and message you. With 6+ months of paid grooming, you set your menu and prices and groom at your place, at owners' homes or both.
First you become a Petme sitter, then you send a separate grooming application from the app.
Your grooming, seen by owners near you
On Petme, owners see your work without searching for you: the home feed shows posts from people nearby first, so your before-and-afters reach your neighbours before anyone in another city, and the ones who like them can follow you and message you.
Post the before and after
Share photos and short videos of the pets you groom. The pairs you prepare for the application make good first posts.
Owners nearby see it first
The home feed puts posts from people close by first. Owners like, comment and follow you to see your next groom.
They find you and message you
From a post, an owner reaches your profile, sees your grooming menu and your other work, and messages you in the app.
Who can offer grooming on Petme
Grooming has its own review on top of an approved sitter profile. The application asks for three kinds of evidence plus 3 declarations, and it cannot be sent with less than 6 months of paid experience.
Paid professional experience
At least 6 months of paid grooming, in a salon, on your own or as a mobile groomer, with the salon or business name if you have one.
One proof
A certificate or diploma, an employer reference, or a link to your website or social account. At least one of the three.
Before and after
3 to 6 pets you groomed, each shown before and after: the same pet, a similar angle and no filters.
At your place, at the owner's home, or both
At your place
Owners 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 the radius you choose: 3, 5, 10 or 20 km.
Both
Offer both and your profile shows both options. Your prices are the same per session and dog size.
Three sessions and two extras, priced by you
Petme sets no grooming rates. You switch on the sessions you offer, price each one per dog size with a separate price for cats, and change a price before payment with a custom offer if a pet needs more work.
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 session at the 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 the UK
Typical prices at grooming salons in the UK, 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
£35 to £45
Typical time for a full groom, medium dog
1.5 to 2 hours
Sources: Hepper UK grooming cost guide, How Much Should It Cost, checked in October 2026.
How to start grooming on Petme
1. Become a Petme sitter
Download the Petme app, build your sitter profile 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.
3. Show your work
Upload 3 to 6 before-and-after pairs of pets you groomed, confirm the 3 declarations and send the application.
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 post your grooms so owners nearby see them.
Dog grooming jobs by city
London, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow and Sheffield and every other town listed below each have a page with the neighbourhoods you can cover and how grooming on Petme works there.
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Bring your grooming to Petme
Become a Petme sitter, send the grooming application from the app with your proof and before-and-after pairs, then post your work so owners nearby see it.
