What a laser cleaner actually pays back.

Live payback, profit and margin on a pulsed-fibre laser cleaning machine — built on LaserStrip's published pricing and real UK operator rates. Enter your numbers and read the return straight off the dial.

01 Your machine

Machine price (ex-freight) ?LaserStrip 2026: 200W, 300W and 500W pulsed-fibre machines from £6,650 (ex-freight). Default is the 200W entry unit — enter the quote for your chosen model.

Setup & training Estimate ?Any one-off cost beyond the machine — extra PPE, workshop kit, marketing launch. LaserStrip bundle on-site training and a safety-doc pack, so set to £0 if it's included in your quote.

02 Revenue & throughput

Price per hour (billed) ?UK laser cleaning operators typically bill £100–£250/hr; heritage and emergency work sits higher (LaserStrip quote £95/m² for emergency). Many also price per m² or per job — enter your effective hourly figure.

Billable hours per day

Operating days per week

Diary utilisation Estimate ?How full your work diary is: ~40% while building a client base, 60% established, 80% booked solid. These are your assumptions — mobile operators rarely bill every hour once travel and setup are counted.

60%

Ramp to full occupancy over Estimate ?A new laser business doesn't fill the diary on day one. This is how long it takes to climb to your target utilisation — the reason real-world payback runs longer than the raw numbers suggest. Set to 0 for an instant, best-case view.

12 mo

03 Running costs

Cost per hour (all-in) Estimate ?Running cost per billed hour: electricity (pulsed-fibre lasers are air-cooled and draw little power), consumables and pro-rated servicing. Genuinely low — £3–£10 is a sensible range. Your travel/labour is captured via utilisation, not here.

Premises, marketing & overheads (annual) Estimate ?Van, fuel, marketing and admin to keep the diary full. Mobile-operator overheads are modest — override this placeholder for your setup.

Insurance & servicing (annual) Estimate ?Public/product liability plus Class 4 laser safety cover and an annual service. Budget roughly 2–4% of machine cost. Your figure.

Depreciate over ?Straight-line over the machine's working life (8–12 years typical for a pulsed-fibre source). UK AIA lets most businesses write off 100% in year one for tax — this field is for your P&L view, not the tax treatment.

10 yr

Your projection Live

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Annual net profit by utilisation Estimated rates

40% · low

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80% · high

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Adjust your inputsEnter your costs to see the verdict.

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How these numbers are sourced

Machine pricing is LaserStrip's own published from-price. Hourly rates are a UK operator benchmark; running costs and utilisation are estimates you override with your own numbers.

Machine price	Verified LaserStrip published pricing — 200W/300W/500W from £6,650, ex-freight (laserstrip.co.uk).
Hourly rate	Benchmark UK laser cleaning operators bill ~£100–£250/hr; LaserStrip quote £95/m² for emergency work. Your input.
Cost per hour	Estimated Air-cooled pulsed-fibre lasers draw little power; consumables minimal. No official per-hour figure — your input.
Utilisation rates	Estimated How full your diary is — disclosed as your assumption.
Overheads & insurance	Estimated Van, marketing, liability and Class 4 laser cover vary by operator — your input.

Projections are illustrative, not financial advice — speak to an accountant before committing capital. Machine price is LaserStrip's published from-price, shown ex-freight and carrying no VAT label on their site — confirm your quote. A pulsed-fibre laser is a Class 4 laser: operation requires proper safety controls, PPE and documentation (risk assessment, COSHH, method statement), and heritage work should follow BS 8221-1:2012. Hourly rates and utilisation are your own estimates. Verify your figures before relying on them.

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