# Guides for mobile groomers and van owners These guides answer three questions that come up before and after buying a grooming van: what a grooming van costs, how to keep working through a Canadian winter, and how to set up the business around it. ProVanWorks builds winter-ready mobile grooming vans at our shop in Langley, BC, and the guides draw on how those vans are built and used. [What does a mobile grooming van cost in Canada?](/guides/mobile-grooming-van-cost-canada/) explains why we quote each build by email instead of publishing a price, what moves the price of a van up or down, and which running costs to budget for once the van is working. [Mobile grooming in a Canadian winter](/guides/winter-mobile-grooming/) covers the day-to-day habits that keep a grooming van working from November to March: warming up, cold nights, batteries, drying dogs, winter tires and road salt, with a checklist for cold nights. [How to start a mobile grooming business in Canada](/guides/start-mobile-grooming-business-canada/) walks through registration, city licences, insurance, GST/HST, grey water disposal, choosing a van, pricing and routes. For how the vans themselves are built, start with our [mobile grooming vans](/mobile-grooming-vans/) page.