Kyalami Surface Business Plan — Customer Analysis

Retail owners, dealerships and fleet or trade accounts, and what each is willing to pay and wait for.

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Customer Analysis

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Four segments with materially different acquisition economics, price sensitivity and contribution to utilisation stability.

Table 11. Customer segmentation

Segment

Profile

Share of FY32 revenue

Behaviour and economics

Premium retail owner

Owner of a new or nearly new vehicle above R650,000; typically 35–55; northern Johannesburg, Sandton, Pretoria East, Atlantic Seaboard and northern suburbs of Cape Town

44%

Low price sensitivity, high quality sensitivity. Researches extensively before purchase. Acquisition is largely by referral and search. Highest attachment rate for ceramic and highest lifetime value.

Enthusiast and modifier

Owner of a performance, classic or heavily personalised vehicle; typically 25–45

13%

Moderate price sensitivity, very high craft sensitivity. Highly referral-active and visible on social channels. Disproportionate influence on brand reputation relative to spend.

Franchise dealer group

New and pre-owned premium dealerships fitting protection at point of sale

22%

High volume, contracted, predictable. Extracts 11% referral commission and 45-day payment terms. Dilutes margin but materially stabilises utilisation.

Corporate and fleet

Fleet operators, rental groups, branded commercial vehicles

21%

Tender-driven and price sensitive. Lowest margin. Counter-cyclical and schedulable, which is its value to the Company.

Acquisition economics

Marketing is budgeted at 4.6% of revenue during the launch phase and 3.0% thereafter. Applied to FY32, that is R1.26m against 1,920 jobs, or roughly R656 of marketing cost per job. Against a blended average ticket of R21,864 this is a customer acquisition cost of approximately 3.0% of revenue, low by service-industry standards, and a direct consequence of referral intensity in this category.

Table 12. Indicative customer lifetime value — premium retail segment

Assumes a four-year ownership cycle with one repeat vehicle. Contribution stated after film, consumables and direct installer labour.

Element

Value

First purchase — full-front PPF

R21,500

Attached ceramic coating (62% attachment)

R8,370

Maintenance and correction over hold period

R6,400

Second vehicle, cycle two (48% retention)

R14,340

Gross lifetime revenue

R50,610

Contribution at 58%

R29,354

Less acquisition cost

(R656)

Lifetime contribution

R28,698

Implied LTV / CAC ratio

43.7x

The LTV to CAC ratio is extremely high and should be read with caution. It reflects the reality that this category is referral-driven and that the Company is not buying customers in a competitive auction. It does not mean marketing spend should be increased: the constraint on revenue is installer capacity, not demand. Spending more to generate enquiries the studio cannot install would simply lengthen lead times and damage the brand.