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Start a aesthetics clinic: the real numbers

Skin and injectable treatments. Below is what it actually costs, how long before money arrives, and the part most guides leave out.

Startup capital

€30,000–€100,000

Hours / week

30–55

First income

~16 wks

Net margin

55%

Saturation

medium

Realistic ceiling

€2,000–€10,000+

This ceiling is not a wall

The figure above is what this earns in the shape described — you, running it. Past that it keeps going, but by hiring people or adding units, not by you working more hours. That is a different job from the one you would be starting, and worth knowing before you start it.

What nobody usually tells you

One of the few genuinely high-ceiling local businesses: treatments repeat every few months at €200-600 a time. It is heavily regulated, heavily capitalised, and one poor outcome is a legal problem rather than a bad review.

The route, in five steps

  1. Check what your country lets a non-medic do — most are tightening it
  2. Start with one device and one treatment, mastered
  3. Indemnity insurance is the real cost, not the machine
  4. Before-and-after results are the entire marketing budget
  5. Repeat cycles every 3-4 months are what make it profitable

What you'll need to buy

These are the categories every aesthetics clinic pays for in the first month. We break down what each one actually costs at this size on the tools page.

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Does it hold up for you?

These numbers are the average case. Whether this business clears your target depends on your capital, your hours and how long you can wait — put them in and see.

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