How Much Does a Curtain Shop Earn?
A curtain shop’s earnings grow with the number of jobs, not metres. A shop selling only fabric earns little from each customer, and the customer takes the fabric to another tailor. A curtain shop that measures, sews and hangs sells the whole window and takes all the earnings. 🪟
Short answer: a settled curtain shop earns a monthly net of ₺30K to ₺120K.
The flow: the months after opening, three levers, three earnings bands and the money above break-even.
The six months after opening
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- Months 1-2: the first measurements
- Months 3-4: the recommendation chain
- Months 5-6: blinds and corporate work
Let’s look at the first months.
Months 1-2: the first measurements
The first jobs come from the neighbourhood; most are single-room curtains. Earnings sit around break-even, but each job opens a recommendation door.
Months 3-4: the recommendation chain
A customer whose curtains hang well tells the neighbours. Whole-house jobs start coming; net earnings steady.
Months 5-6: blinds and corporate work
Roller blinds, venetians and office jobs are added. These high-margin jobs lift earnings a level.
The three legs of earnings
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- 1. Turnkey share
- 2. Corporate work
- 3. Fitting route
All three are about the scope of the job.
1. Turnkey share
For a curtain shop that measures, sews and fits, margin rises from 40% towards 55%. The same customer brings twice the earnings.
2. Corporate work
Offices, hotels and schools bring bulk work and keep the workshop busy. The fewer empty hours for the fitter, the higher the earnings.
3. Fitting route
Fitting days planned by area cut travel costs; lower costs add directly to earnings.
Three shops, three earnings
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- Shop selling by the metre
- Shop that measures and fits
- Own workshop, taking corporate work
Three curtain shop types.
Shop selling by the metre
Fabric only. Monthly net ₺30-45K.
Shop that measures and fits
Sewing outsourced. Monthly net ₺50-80K. 📊
Own workshop, taking corporate work
Turnkey, blinds and venetians. Monthly net ₺85-120K.
How do net earnings grow?
The maths makes it clear.
What each extra sale brings
A curtain shop with ₺55K monthly costs and a 50% margin breaks even at around ₺110K revenue; every ₺100K above that leaves about ₺50K net. In areas with new housing handovers, one estate’s work can cross this line several times. The cost table is in the curtain shop running costs article, the margin mechanics in the curtain shop profit margin article. 🧭
Who does this business suit?
For founders with good hands, careful with measurements, who like working in the field.
How were the figures worked out?
Every earnings range was drawn by reading trading shops’ month-end records, current buying prices and independent studies side by side. Your location and product mix move you within it. The full rules are on our methodology page. 📐
📝 From the Field
A curtain shop sold fabric by the metre for years and earned around ₺35K a month. The owner bought an industrial machine, teamed up with a fitter and made a bulk curtain offer to the management of a new estate nearby. That job alone brought three months’ revenue; then recommended jobs began. Within a year net earnings reached the ₺90K band. In a curtain shop, earnings grow in the whole window, not the metre of fabric. 🪟
📖 Quick Glossary
Net earnings: not revenue, but the share left after costs. Turnkey: the whole job, from measuring to fitting. Roller blind: a single-piece blind that rolls up and down. Break-even point: the threshold where costs are fully covered by sales.
⚡ In Short
Monthly net earnings ₺30-120K. 📊 By the metre ₺30-45K, measure and fit ₺50-80K, workshop and corporate ₺85-120K. Three things shape earnings: turnkey share, corporate work, fitting route. Every ₺100K above break-even leaves about ₺50K net.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Someone who doesn’t want to deal with measuring and fitting remains just a fabric seller and earnings stay limited. For textiles without service, home textiles earnings; for a small-capital branch, haberdashery earnings are good alternatives. Every branch’s figures are in one table on our sector page.
For a shop doing turnkey and corporate work, yes; service carries the margin.
Spring-summer moving and wedding season and new housing handovers are the busiest.
Offering bulk, standard-size curtain quotes to newly handed-over estates is the most effective way.
They’re made to measure, carry high margin, are easy to fit and bring office customers.
Source: Financial Times