Dog groomer jobs in Barnstaple at your place, at owners' homes or both
In Barnstaple you choose between grooming at your place, at owners' homes within a 3, 5, 10 or 20 km radius, or both. The home feed shows posts from people nearby first, so a groom you share from Pilton reaches owners close to you.
Grooming has its own review on Petme: groomers in Barnstaple apply from the app once their sitter profile is approved.
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Building a following of Barnstaple dog owners
A groomer's following grows one owner at a time. In Barnstaple, the home feed puts your posts in front of people close to Sticklepath first.
Your grooms, in photos and video
A clip of a de-shedding session or a photo of a finished trim shows owners in Barnstaple more than a price list does. Post them as you go.
A feed that starts close to home
Petme opens on posts from people near the viewer. A groom you share from Sticklepath reaches your part of Barnstaple before it reaches anyone farther out.
From a post to your profile
An owner who likes a post can follow you, open your profile and see the grooming menu you offer in Barnstaple.
What the seasons mean for a groomer in Barnstaple
Barnstaple has a wet maritime climate, with rain spread across the year, frosty spells in winter and short winter days. That shapes the work: muddier coats in the wet months, heavier shedding when double-coated dogs moult, and less daylight for home visits from late autumn.
Wet months, muddy coats
Rain falls across the year in Barnstaple, so legs, bellies and feathering pick up mud between full grooms. A bath and brush priced on its own gives owners around Pilton a lighter option on your menu.
Spring and autumn moults
Double-coated breeds drop their undercoat most heavily in spring and autumn. That is when a de-shedding extra is worth having on your menu, priced per pet or included in the session.
Coats you will meet
Labrador Retrievers and Border Collies carry double coats that shed, Cocker Spaniels have feathering that needs regular trims, and French Bulldogs and Staffordshire Bull Terriers have short coats where a bath, a brush and nails cover most sessions.
Three sessions, two extras, every price yours
Petme sets no grooming rate in Barnstaple. 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 Barnstaple
Typical prices at grooming salons in the UK, from the sources below. Prices in Barnstaple can sit a little above or below them. 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.
Barnstaple neighbourhoods you can cover
Choose the neighbourhoods of Barnstaple you want to work in, whether that is Pilton and Newport or Sticklepath and Roundswell. Your profile shows where you groom and how far you travel.
Made for professional groomers in Barnstaple
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 Barnstaple
1. Become a Petme sitter
Download the Petme app, build your sitter profile with the Barnstaple 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.
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Bring your grooming to Petme in Barnstaple
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.
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