Modern life is such that almost every family has its own car, and in some cases more than one. From the category of luxury, he moved into the category of everyday necessity.
However, its daily use and the corresponding rapidly growing number of cars leads to an increase in the number of accidents, minor accidents and other breakdowns. As a result, the need for repair services is growing. In this regard, a car body repair business is a great idea.
A car service will be able to bring significant profit, however, in order for this to really be the case, everything must be carefully thought out, all investments should be correlated with the planned profit and payback periods calculated. In addition, this business has its own characteristics and nuances that must be taken into account. A competent business plan should provide for all and some other aspects.
The first steps in body repair
First step. First you need to study all the technological processes in the body business in order to organize a high-quality car service. Painting and body repairs must be carried out in accordance with the planned technical processes, otherwise the client will remain dissatisfied with the work performed and is unlikely to want to pay for them. In addition, the cost of some machines is estimated at millions of rubles, which requires a careful and professional attitude. Therefore, a business plan for car body repair should include appropriate professional equipment and competent specialists. Of course, this will require significant investments, but there is no other way.
Second step. The body center can be organized from scratch or it can be purchased already in the current version. In the first case, a business plan for car repair must be drawn up, in the second case, you can do without it. However, the first option will be more profitable in terms of profitability, payback and customer loyalty, because already at the initial stage of drawing up a plan, you can foresee all the nuances and build a business according to the best option.
Third step. In which city will the body shop be opened? This will greatly affect the business plan as well as its performance. Capital expenses will be incomparable with what any county town will require. At the same time, a Moscow car service will be able to bring much more profit, because the clientele is larger here, and the contingent is richer.
Fourth step. It will be necessary to think about organizational issues: opening an individual entrepreneur or other legal entity and taking into account some other issues.
After analyzing these points, it will be possible to begin to draw up a business plan for the repair of car bodies.
Body shop and paint shop business plan
We will proceed from the fact that the body repair will be carried out in Moscow. Body work will be carried out from 10 am to 10 pm. Body work implies that a body repair and a paint shop should be organized, because painting and repair work are links in the technological chain. Therefore, it will be necessary to provide two rooms for the workshop or one that will be divided.
The best option for car repair is to rent and equip an existing room for a car service, for example, a workshop, a hangar, or a garage. Taking into account the requirements of the SES, the premises must have heating, be located 15 meters from residential buildings, as well as 50 meters from public institutions. There are some other requirements that a business plan must take into account if you decide to open a car service. In addition, in order to coordinate everything with firefighters, SES, open an individual entrepreneur or a legal entity and solve some other organizational issues that require a certain amount.
Total: 50 thousand rubles.
The cost of renting a room
A minimum of 200 square meters is required to organize body work, which will include both body repair and a paint shop. In addition, it is recommended to rent a small area adjacent to the premises, so that employees and customers have the opportunity to park their cars. You can also provide a car wash for additional services. We must not forget about the comfort of employees, they should have the opportunity to change clothes, wash, sit in between work breaks. It is necessary to provide a place to store spare parts, tools and the like.
The structure of the room can be organized in the following way:
- main body shop: 120 sq.m.
- sink: 40 sq.m.
- paint shop – 40 sq.m.
- warehouse for spare parts, tools and other equipment: 50 sq.m.
- dressing room, shower room, bathroom: 50 sq.m.
It turns out 300 square meters.
The cost of renting such premises in Moscow is 1000-1500 rubles per square meter.
In the amount of 300 * 1200 \u003d 360,000 rubles. Plus a small adjacent territory of 40,000 rubles. Plus repairs for 200 thousand.
Purchase of equipment
The next cost line of the business plan should involve the purchase of equipment. It is necessary to equip the paint shop, car wash and body shop with everything necessary.
- welding machine - 20 thousand;
- slipway - 200 thousand;
- compressor - 15 thousand;
- spray booth - 450 thousand;
- spray gun washing - 30 thousand;
- airbrush finishing and primer in the amount of 8 thousand;
- dust removal system - 50 thousand;
- infrared drying - 10 thousand;
- washing equipment - 50 thousand;
- tables, racks for painting parts - 20 thousand;
- grinders 3 pcs. - 25 thousand;
- grinder 2 pcs. - 10 thousand;
- overalls 4 sets - 10 thousand;
- computer, other tools and equipment - 50 thousand.
Total: 948 thousand rubles.
Staff salaries and other expenses
Body work is a complex and responsible business that requires a certain skill. It will depend on the skill of professionalism what profit you can receive. Therefore, it is worth hiring only real professionals who have some experience. Subsequently, as an apprentice, it will be possible to hire a person without experience who will learn from experienced employees. For washing, a person who does not have special knowledge is suitable.
- 4 employees for body repair with a salary of 4*70=280 thousand.
- 1 painter - 60 thousand.
- washer - 30 thousand.
- locksmiths and assistants for auxiliary work - 2 people with a salary of 40 thousand - a total of 80 thousand.
- administrator - 35 thousand.
- incoming accountant - 20 thousand.
Spending on utilities, taxes plus monthly consumables - 100 thousand.
Total: 665 thousand rubles.
Spending on advertising services, how to promote?
Body work is a type of activity that requires a constant influx of visitors. Therefore, advertising is indispensable here. Potential customers need to know about the services provided. First of all, you should get a beautiful sign that will attract people passing by and passing by. You should also invest in active advertising. For example, it can be a resource with promotion, which will require you to spend at least 30 thousand rubles. Then you can invest in mailing, advertising in specialized local newspapers, magazines, and the like. All together it will pull a hundred thousand rubles.
Total: 100 thousand rubles.
Total costs, including payback periods
In order to organize bodywork and calculate all the necessary investments, you need to add up the main items of expenditure.
Total: 50000+600000+948000+665000+100000=2363000 rubles.
The profitability of the body shop and wash is calculated based on the following parameters:
- The average market dynamics of visits per day will be 10-15 cars per day. Plus, the car wash will take 25-30 cars a day.
- The average check for Moscow is 6-9 thousand rubles for body work, as well as car washing - 400-500 rubles.
- The expected monthly revenue per month will be approximately 1,500 thousand rubles, taking into account a 5-day working week.
Subtracting from the specified amount the investment for website promotion, advertising in newspapers and magazines, salaries to employees, monthly rent, all kinds of taxes and expenses for housing and communal services, monthly consumables, we calculate the profit:
1500000-70000-400000-665000=375000 rubles per month.
The payback time of a car service will be:
2363000/375000=6.3 months.
It turns out that the car service will have to work for almost 6.5 months before it can start making a profit.
Summary:
- investments - 2363000 rubles.
- payback period - 6.3 months.
- average monthly profit - 375,000 rubles.
