Dog grooming in Croydon: open the sessions you want to offer
Before-and-afters, short clips, a finished trim: whatever you post in Croydon goes first to people nearby. Owners who like it follow you and ask about your menu in the chat.
First you become an approved Petme sitter in Croydon, then you send the grooming application from the app.
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One post, nearby owners, a message in Croydon
Owners in Croydon do not search a list of groomers here. They come across your work in their feed, follow you and message you when they want a groom.
Your grooms, in photos and video
A clip of a de-shedding session or a photo of a finished trim shows owners in Croydon more than a price list does. Post them as you go.
Local before distant
Owners in Croydon scroll a home feed that puts posts from people around them first, and that includes the grooms you post.
Your profile, one tap away
From any of your posts, an owner near Thornton Heath reaches your profile and can send you a message.
What the seasons mean for a groomer in Croydon
Croydon 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 Croydon, so legs, bellies and feathering pick up mud between full grooms. A bath and brush priced on its own gives owners around Addiscombe 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 Croydon. 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 Croydon
Typical prices at grooming salons in the UK, from the sources below. Prices in Croydon 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.
Croydon neighbourhoods you can cover
Choose the neighbourhoods of Croydon you want to work in, whether that is Addiscombe and Shirley or South Croydon and Thornton Heath. Your profile shows where you groom and how far you travel.
What Croydon 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 Croydon
1. Become a Petme sitter
Download the Petme app, build your sitter profile with the Croydon 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 Croydon
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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