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How To Write the Perfect Salon Business Plan for Your Salon in Just 7 Simple Steps
The US salon industry includes more than 80,000 establishments with a combined annual revenue of about $532 billion. So opening a salon, and owning a salon business is a pretty safe bet; it’s steady and profitable . But lack of proper planning makes it difficult to juggle all the aspects of your business, starting from marketing and sales, to accounting, and whatnot.
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Writing a properly structured salon business plan is crucial to guarantee your salon’s success in this highly competitive market. Whether you’re wanting to secure a business loan for your salon or trying to expand or reinvent your salon business, a business plan for your salon will help you get there.
So how exactly would a business plan help you?
- A business plan will help you to figure out what you want your salon to offer, where you aim to take your salon’s growth, what kind of people you want to cater to, and who you’re competing against .
- If you are looking for investment from private investors, banks, or any other lending institutions or public grants, structuring a business plan is crucial.
- A business plan will help boost your salon business’s productivity through improved oversight and direction, and help you make informed decisions.
- As your salon business starts to grow and gain clientele, a well-developed business plan can help you acquire the capital needed to expand to new locations.
How to make the perfect business plan for your salon business?
Whipping up a perfect business plan can be pretty daunting because it needs to be immaculate. No worries! Here we’ve broken down the entire process into 7 easy-to-follow , foolproof steps, along with their templates, to help you create a successful salon business plan.
- Write a mission and vision statement
- Create an executive summary
- Analyze and identify your target market
- Perform a competitor analysis
- Write your salon’s business description
- Make strategies for advertising and outreach marketing
- Figure out your financial plan
Whether it’s a hairdressing salon business plan, a general beauty salon business plan, or even a small salon business plan for opening a salon on your own from scratch, we’ve got you covered. This is a complete, comprehensive guide to help you in the process of making a business plan for a salon. It’ll give you a basic understanding of how to write a salon business plan in the easiest possible way.
1. Write a mission and vision statement
I) mission statement .
It articulates the immediate purpose of your salon business. Under this, you can state all the short-term goals that you plan on achieving with your salon within 6 months , stretching up to a year.
Here’s how you can nail a perfect mission statement
- Value – What is the value of your salon in the market? How can it help your clients?
- Inspiration – Why should people want to come to your salon?
- Remember to make your mission statement sound plausible and reasonable . Also, make it specific and concise – clarify all your short-term goals and the timeframe within which you’re planning on achieving them.
ii) Vision statement
Now, where do you aim to take the salon’s growth in the next 5 years ? Well, if you’re dreaming, dream big! And you can be as ambitious as you want, the sky’s the limit.
Setting strategies for a longer-term makes sure that you don’t stumble on the road to success. It makes the overall structure of your business stronger. It prepares you for anything that the fickle market demands from you and throws at you.
Here’s how you can write a perfect vision statement :
- Review your long-term goals in a way that you can analyze how achieving your long-term goals could impact your business and the salon industry in general.
- Derive how your clients could benefit from the visions that you would be implementing.
- Your business’ end goals can drive your vision statement, For instance, if you’re planning to branch out to different locations after, say, 5 years, you can frame your vision statement in a way that states to make your salon a household name, popular in the neighboring areas and so on.
2. Create an executive summary
After you write the mission and vision statements, you can summarize everything that you’re aiming to achieve with your salon under an Executive Summary. Whether you’re writing a business plan for a hair salon or a business plan for a beauty salon, you should be properly aware of what your intentions are with the salon. This section is the most important part of your business plan as it dictates the tone of your salon, and makes an impression.
Remember to keep this section very brief and concise to give an overview, as you’ll be elaborating on these points in the later sections of your business plan.
If you’re having trouble writing your salon’s executive summary, you can always write it after you’re done with all the other sections in the business plan . This will give you a better understanding of your salon business and help you succinctly put your points together to describe it.
What can you do to write the most fitting executive summary for your salon?
- Start by stating all the short-term goals that you plan on achieving within, say, 6 months or a year. Remember to keep your goals realistic and feasible.
- Summarize your approach towards your business, to give an overview of how you will run things in your business.
- Clearly and briefly express the value proposition of your salon, and how it would potentially position your business in your target market.
How to write your salon’s executive summary: A simple template
Divide your business summary into sections of opportunities and expectations, and put brief points in those subsections in the most convincing way. The following template can help you with this :
- How are you trying to achieve recognition in your target market?
- What is your salon’s tagline/motto?
- What is your salon’s growth plan for the first 6 months after its launch?
- Which demographic is your salon meant for?
- How are your services aligned with your target market?
- How many salons are there in the area of establishment of your salon?
- What products and services do they offer?
- What is the range of variation of their clientele?
- What products and services is your salon offering?
- What is the unique selling point of your business? For eg: If your salon is the only one in the area that offers holistic services with spiritual healing, then put it down as your differentiating point.
- How are you different from your competitors? For eg: Is it the lower cost of services of your salon, or the vast range of services that make your salon stand out?
Make sure you catch the eye of potential investors in the above section. Don’t forget to state how you can attract potential customers.
- What is the salon costing you? List down the projected expenses and costs that come from daily operations, rent, staff hiring, cosmetics, appliance expenditures, etc. for the first 6 months.
- What is the cash flow and how much profits are you bringing in for the initial 6 months? This is completely variable and the reaction of your target market to your salon decides this. So aligning your services with them is of utmost importance.
- Why does your salon need financing? For eg: you can convey that you’re trying to meet the anticipated growth of your salon in the market.
3. Analyze and identify your target market
Analyzing and defining a target market for your salon is very important as it goes hand in hand with your salon’s growth and outreach .
A beauty salon can service all genders and age groups. Your target audience can include working professionals, college students and teenagers, homemakers, to-be-Brides, and even children. And each group will require different types of services. So make sure you list down each individual section of your target market and what services they would require.
Here’s a checklist to make sure you’re going the right way about it.
Steps to analyze and identify your target market
- Find out what kind of people you think would resonate with your salon’s services the most. For example, if your salon offers low commitment (temporary) coloring services, you can get a lot of customer traffic from the millennials.
- As an extension to that, find out if your services are more inclined to serve a particular demographic better, or if you’re good with people of every demographic.
- Keep up with the trends in the salon industry to know what’s hot and what’s passé.
- Peek inside the brains of your target clients to know exactly what they want or like and tune your salon accordingly.
An easy-to-follow template to proceed with your target market analysis
- Segregate the people in the market pool into different categories.
Do not forget these bases:
- Personal income/occupation
- List out the services that your salon would offer that would fit one or more of the stated categories above.
For eg: If your salon offers Diamond Facial at $200.00, then you can list this service out as follows :
- Use social media to get an understanding of the trends in the market at present. Join salon and beauty communities on Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit, and follow beauty bloggers on Youtube and Instagram.
- Look up the people who subscribe to or follow these beauty pages and beauty bloggers to identify which trends appeal to a certain demographic. You can tell a lot about your target market’s behavior from the posts they like and the thoughts they share in the comment section of these posts and videos.
4. Perform a competitor analysis
With a great market demand, several strong competitors emerge. And we don’t want your salon to get lost in the sea of other salons now, do we? As it goes, keep your clients close but your competitors closer.
Figuring your competitors out gives you a necessary nudge in the right direction to take your business plan forward. It gives you an idea of what the other salons are practicing with their clients, and what gaps they’re leaving that you can fill up as you step into the salon business yourself.
How do you analyze your competition?
- Find out what the other salons in the area are doing successfully or poorly.
- Get a rough idea of the cost of services that the competitor salons are offering. This helps you price the services for your salon.
- Identify how many salons provide services that focus on a specific niche and do not serve a wide group of customers.
- Find out the industry-specific challenges they are facing that you may also face while running your own salon.
- Analyze what they can do differently to improve their situation, and implement it in your business mission plan to avoid facing such challenges yourself.
- Have your salon address these deficiencies in the market.
Follow these easy steps to perform your salon’s competitor analysis
- Visit your competitor salons’ websites.
- Follow them on social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin) to get an idea of how much influence and reach they have. Check out who follows their social media page to get an idea of the target market as well.
- Sign up for any interactive sessions that these salons might conduct and check how other people respond to these sessions, to understand their grip and dominance on the market.
- Visit the other salons in the market as customers, to get an idea of their quality of services.
5. Write your salon’s business description
So now that you have your market and your competitors figured out, it’s time to work on your salon business . A beauty salon or a hair salon is fine, but what kind of salon do you want yours to be like? Setting a proper description for your business gives your salon a custom style and personality.
Your business description should include an overview of the products and services that your salon would offer, and how your salon would stand out in the market. Setting a trademark vibe to your salon also helps with its brand image.
To get started, you can answer the following questions :
- Would you specialize in any particular service like nail art or bridal makeup?
- Would you want your services segmented for various types of clients?
- What services would you want to offer in packages?
- Would you serve complimentary refreshments to the clients?
- What theme are you going for with respect to interiors and ambiance (Japanese zen, tropical beach day, etc, etc)?
- What would be your salon’s “it” factor that distinguishes it from the other salons in the area?
Once you’re done with the salon’s description and personality, set a brand logo and a tagline to go with it. To get a professionally designed custom logo, you can always reach out to freelancers or companies that can do it for you, like 99designs .
You can also use an online designing software like Canva to design your salon’s logo on your own.
And that should complete the branding.
Creating a business brand will prepare you to answer someone asking you “Why should I come to your Salon?”
Remember to make your salon stand out, noticeable, and interesting.
6. Make strategies for advertising and outreach marketing
Now you have to position your salon in the market in a way that makes people take an avid interest in “the new salon”. Your target audience will guide you towards the perfect approach to spread the word around about your salon.
A simple guide to writing the marketing plan for your salon business :
- Your salon should be Google-able. To show up in digital searches, make sure your business is listed in online directories.
- Create a website or a mobile application for a better customer experience.
- It’s always better to spread out to all social media platforms to promote your business so that your customers (and other potential clients) can get to know you on a more personal level. Connect with your business community by following other small businesses in the area. Actively engage with your target market and share behind-the-scenes content (like before and after photos of clients’ haircuts) to build your credibility and cultivate brand awareness.
- Partner up with other businesses that may share the same clientele as a salon would (like spa retreats) to offer coupons and vouchers, for outreach marketing.
- Offer “first-service” discounts to your customers.
- Keep service rates lower than the other salons in the area to attract clients.
- Once the rapport is established, and your clients trust you with the service quality, you can cut out the discounts. It is also very important that you optimize the discounts in a way that you don’t run into a complete loss, but we’ll get to that in a minute.
- It is crucial to maintain the service quality to the highest degree after you start getting clients. Remember that your clients wear the marketing after they come out of your salon. This will definitely help you secure referrals from existing clients.
Marketing Tip! Want to pull off a great marketing campaign for your salon business but don’t know where to start? Do you feel like the marketing section in your business plan is incomplete? For more detailed marketing ideas for your salon, check out our blog on 7 hand-picked salon marketing ideas to boost your business .
7. Figure out your financial plan
It’s time to play the number game. This is probably the trickiest part of writing a salon business plan because you have to be extremely careful while juggling your revenue and expenditure budget optimally.
You don’t want to scare or throw off your customers by charging exorbitant prices for the services, but at the same time, you don’t want to crash and drown in debt yourself. Not to forget, cutting costs on cosmetics may affect the service quality. Cut hair, not costs!
Ergo, you need to have a proper financial plan for your salon.
Writing a detailed financial plan will help you get a rough idea of how your salon would be progressing on a monthly/ yearly basis. Moreover, if you’re applying for a loan, your financial plan will determine your eligibility .
What can you do to create a solid financial plan for your salon?
- It helps to bifurcate all the expenses into Fixed costs, and Variable costs. Then you can analyze your fixed costs and variable costs to set an optimal budget.
Fixed Costs: This section includes all the costs associated with your salon business that must be paid regardless of the customer traffic in your salon.
- Rent or mortgage for the salon space.
- Payroll for the employees you hire.
- Equipment maintenance costs for hair spa and other services that are heavily equipment dependent.
Variable Costs : This section includes all the costs in your salon business that are directly associated with the customer traffic in your salon.
- Expenses of purchasing cosmetics and other salon supplies.
- Electricity consumption by salon equipment. For eg: If you’re writing a hair salon business plan, make sure you include the electricity consumption by blow dryers, hair straighteners.
- Have a clear idea of how much discount you plan on putting on your services during the first few months of opening your salon, and for what duration you will be offering these discounts. Note that during the first few months of opening your salon, your sales are likely to be lower than your projections, and that’s completely okay.
- Make a list of pros and cons for renting out space for your salon versus buying a place.
- If you’re renting and wish to own the salon space, spot out a tentative date of when you’ll become capable of buying the place.
- Figure out how many people you are going to hire in your staff, and how much salary you would be able to offer them. Note that you’ll have to improvise this according to how the customers respond to your salon.
- Reach out to your local chamber of commerce to get more insights on funding and loans.
- Tentatively figure out the time it will take you to break even, and start earning chunky profits.
Here’s an easy-to-follow template to proceed with your ‘financial plan’ section
The following simple template can help you make the financial plan for your salon:
i) Sales and revenue projections for the first five years :
Figure out how much you’ll charge for your services, and estimate how many services you may perform in a week. A periodic analysis of this over the next five years will give you the necessary projections. Put the details down in a spreadsheet to keep it organized. It also helps to collate all this information and analyze using bar graphs.
ii) Expenses’ budget :
Break down the expenditure of your salon for a given term, by referring to the “fixed and variable costs” list that you made. You can pick the term to be a month, a quarter, or a year long .
It’s a safer practice to stick to a month-long or a quarter-long term. You don’t want the budget analysis task to loom over you and become a burden. Not to forget, it keeps you in touch with the financial status of your salon business.
iii) Estimated profit margins:
Accumulate the sales projections and budget report analysis to find out the profit for that term. Display the margins in pie charts or bar graphs for easy comprehension.
iv) Liabilities:
Note all the losses that your salon business can possibly incur in the time period that you have defined as a term. For example, your blow dryers may stop functioning and need to be replaced.
Also include the factors that may stunt your business from growing. For example, you may be short on staff, or your nail salon is lacking an appointment scheduling and business management tool.
v) Cash flow statement:
Make a projected plan of cash flow-in and flow-out for your defined term, where you include cash flow from sources that are not directly related to your salon services or your salon business-related expenses.
Include the cash flow from loans, loan payments, taxes, and personal funds that you used for your salon.
vi) Break-even analysis:
Predict the break-even point for the first five years of your business. Break-even is achieved when your salon business has covered all the expenses, and your sales surpass the expenditure costs. From that point on, your salon will start earning profits.
Other ways to create your financial plan :
Dealing with numbers can be tedious and scary, especially when you already have a lot of other things on your mind as a salon business owner. Moreover, documenting the financial projections yourself can be a pretty daunting task, especially because there’s no room for mistakes.
Instead of making the document yourself, you can choose to consult professionals to help you write the perfect financial plan for your salon.
- Hire freelancers : You can collaborate with business plan consultants to make your financial plan. All you need to do is give them your salon’s budgetary estimates and inputs.
- Use Financial planning tools : It asks you to enter all your financial information. They use built-in formulas to give you the most accurate financial statements that include all the charts and projections that an investor would expect to see in a business plan.
Some important things to keep in mind :
- Keep reviewing the target market, competitor analysis, and marketing and advertising strategies once every while, however frequently necessary.
- Set realistic long-term goals that would be in sync with your current business performance. For example, you can think about branching out to two different locations after a few years. This will allow you to expand your local salon to an enterprise salon.
Go ahead with the pretty business plan
Executing a well-structured salon business should reap good-looking numbers. And the first step towards that is making a killer business plan for your salon.
It gives you the courage to place your faith in your business, and we don’t want you to doubt something you’re passionate about. Remember that you can convince the people in the market about all the great things your salon has to offer, only when you truly believe it yourself.
So go on ahead, start creating your salon business plan today, and give your dreams a much-needed flight. Good luck :))
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Free Hair and Beauty Salon Sample Business Plan
Looking for a free, downloadable hair and beauty salon sample business plan Word doc or PDF to help you create a business plan of your own? Bplans has you covered.
Keep in mind that you don’t need to find a sample business plan that exactly matches your business. Whether you’re launching an upscale, full-service salon in a bustling city or a neighborhood barbershop, the details will be different, but the bones of the plan will be the same.
Are you writing a business plan for your salon because you’re seeking a loan? Is your primary concern building a clear roadmap for growth? Either way, you’re going to want to edit and customize it so it fits your particular company.
No two salons are alike. Your business model will be different if you’re renting space to independent hairstylists, rather than taking on employees, for example. So take the time to create your own financial forecasts and do enough market research so you have a solid plan for success.
What should you include in a hair and beauty salon business plan?
Your hair and beauty salon business plan doesn’t need to be hundreds of pages—keep it as short and concise as you can. You’ll probably want to include each of these sections: executive summary, company summary and funding needs, products and services, marketing plan, management team, financial plan, and appendix.
One of the things that makes a salon business plan different than some other service-based business plans is that you might decide to offer a combination of products and services.
Maybe you’ll sell shampoo, beard oil, or other cosmetics and beauty products, in addition to offering services like haircuts, manicures, or massages. If that’s the case, make sure you include your ideas for upselling products to customers to increase the value of every appointment you book.
Download this hair and beauty salon sample business plan PDF or this editable Word doc for free right now, or visit Bplans’ gallery of more than 500 sample business plans if you’re looking for more options.
There are plenty of reasons salon business owners can benefit from writing a business plan —you’ll need one if you’re seeking a loan or investment. Even if you’re not seeking funding, the process of thinking through every aspect of your business will help you make sure you’re not overlooking anything critical as you grow.
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Salon Business Plan Template & Guide
Over the past 20+ years, we have helped over 10,000 entrepreneurs and business owners create business plans to start and grow their salons. On this page, we will first give you some background information with regards to the importance of business planning. We will then go through a salon business plan template step-by-step so you can create your plan today.
Our salon business plan template works for all types of salons, including:
- Hair or Beauty Salons: which most commonly include hair-cutting, coloring and styling
- Nail Salons: which typically include nail treatments, manicures and pedicures
- Hair Removal Salons: commonly include waxing and other forms of hair removal
- Skin Care Salons: commonly include facials and skin care treatments
- Tanning Salons: include tanning services
- Day Spa Salons: often include massages, aromatherapy and other services
- Combination Salons: include services from more than one of the above salon types
This being said, we also do have specific pages for information on our hair salon business plan , nail salon business plan , and beauty salon business plan .
Download our Salon Business Plan Template here
What Is a Business Plan?
Why You Need a Business Plan
If you’re looking to start a salon or grow your existing salon you need a business plan. A business plan will help you raise funding, if needed, and plan out the growth of your salon in order to improve your chances of success. Your salon business plan is a living document that should be updated annually as your company grows and changes.
Source of Funding for Salons
With regards to funding, the main sources of funding for a salon are bank loans and angel investors. With regards to bank loans, banks will want to review your business plan and gain confidence that you will be able to repay your loan and interest. To acquire this confidence, the loan officer will not only want to confirm that your financials are reasonable. But they will want to see a professional plan. Such a plan will give them the confidence that you can successfully and professionally operate a salon business.
The second most common form of funding for a salon is angel investors. Angel investors are wealthy individuals who will write you a check. They will either take equity in return for their funding, or, like a bank, they will give you a loan. Venture capitalists will not fund a salon. They might consider funding a chain of salons, but never an individual location. This is because most venture capitalists are looking for millions of dollars in return when they make an investment, and an individual location could never achieve such results.
Salon Business Plan Template
Your salon business plan should include 10 sections as follows:
Executive Summary
The goal of your Executive Summary is to quickly engage the reader. Explain to them the type of salon you are operating and the status; for example, are you a startup, do you have a salon with existing customers and revenues that you would like to grow, or are you operating a chain of salons.
Next, provide an overview of each of the subsequent sections of your plan. For example, give a brief overview of the salon industry. Discuss the type of salon you are operating. Detail your direct competitors. Give an overview of your target customers. Provide a snapshot of your salon’s marketing plan. Identify the key members of your team. And offer an overview of your financial plan.
Company Analysis
In your company analysis, you will detail the type of salon you are operating.
For example, you might operate one of the following types:
- Hair or Beauty Salon
- Hair Removal Salon
- Skin Care Salon
- Tanning Salon
- Combination of the above types
In addition to explaining the type of salon you operate, the Company Analysis section of your business plan needs to provide background on your business.
Include answers to question such as:
- When and why did you start your salon business?
- What milestones have you achieved to date? Milestones could include sales goals you’ve reached, new store openings, etc.
- Your legal structure. Are you incorporated as an S-Corp? An LLC? A sole proprietorship? Explain your legal structure here.
Industry Analysis
While this may seem unnecessary, it serves multiple purposes.
First, researching the salon industry educates you. It helps you understand the market in which you are operating.
Secondly, market research can improve your strategy particularly if your research identifies market trends. For example, if there was a trend towards a new type of hair or nail service, it would be helpful to ensure your plan included offering such services.
The third reason for market research is to prove to readers that you are an expert in your industry. By conducting the salon industry research and presenting it in your plan, you achieve just that.
The following questions should be answered in the industry analysis section of your salon business plan:
- How big is the salon business (in dollars)?
- Is the market declining or increasing?
- Who are the key competitors in the market?
- Who are the key suppliers in the market?
- What trends are affecting the industry?
- What is the industry’s growth forecast over the next 5 – 10 years?
- What is the relevant market size? That is, how big is the potential market for your salon. You can extrapolate such as figure by assessing the size of the market in the entire country and then applying that figure to your local population.
Customer Analysis
The customer analysis section of your salon plan must detail the customers you serve and/or expect to serve.
The following are examples of customer segments: college students, sports enthusiasts, soccer moms, techies, teens, baby boomers, etc.
As you can imagine, the customer segment(s) you choose will have a great impact on the type of salon you operate. Clearly baby boomers would want a different atmosphere, pricing and product options, and would respond to different marketing promotions than teens.
Try to break out your target customers in terms of their demographic and psychographic profiles. With regards to demographics, include a discussion of the ages, genders, locations and income levels of the customers you seek to serve. Because most salons primarily serve customers living in their same city or town, such demographic information is easy to find on government websites.
Psychographic profiles explain the wants and needs of your target customers. The more you can understand and define these needs, the better you will do in attracting and retaining your customers.
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Competitive Analysis
Direct competitors are other salons.
Indirect competitors are other options that customers have to purchase from you that aren’t direct competitors. This includes products they can purchase from supermarkets and other retailers both offline and online. You need to mention such competition to show you understand that not everyone in your target market frequents a salon on a regular basis or at all.
With regards to direct competition, you want to detail the other salons with which you compete. Most likely, your direct competitors will be salons located close to your location.
For each such competitor, provide an overview of their businesses and document their strengths and weaknesses. Unless you once worked at your competitors’ businesses, it will be impossible to know everything about them. But you should be able to find out key things about them such as:
- What types of customers do they serve?
- What services do they offer?
- What products do they offer?
- What is their pricing (premium, low, etc.)?
- What are they good at?
- What are their weaknesses?
With regards to the last two questions, think about your answers from the customers’ perspective. And don’t be afraid to stand outside your competitors’ locations and ask customers as they leave what they like most and least about them.
The final part of your competitive analysis section is to document your areas of competitive advantage. For example:
- Will you provide superior salon services?
- Will you provide superior salon products?
- Will you provide salon services that your competitors don’t offer?
- Will you make it easier or faster for customers to acquire your products?
- Will you provide better customer service?
- Will you offer better pricing?
Think about ways you will outperform your competition and document them in this section of your plan.
Marketing Plan
Product : in the product section you should reiterate the type of salon that you documented in your Company Analysis. Then, detail the specific services you will be offering.
Price : Document the prices you will offer and how they compare to your competitors. Essentially in the product and price sub-sections of your marketing plan, you are presenting the menu items you offer and their prices.
Place : Place refers to the location of your salon. Document your location and mention how the location will impact your success. For example, is your salon located next to a heavily populated office building, or gym, etc. Discuss how your location might provide a steady stream of customers.
Choosing a location for your salon is an extremely important decision. With the right location, the salon will at least launch on the right foot. With the wrong location, customers may never arrive in the first place. Consider the following two factors with regards to your location:
1. Proximity to Customer Base
To decide on a good location from a customer perspective, you must first know who your target customers are (stay-at-home moms, working women, teens, families) as discussed above. Once you’re clear on this, you can begin scouting locations. Being close to your customer base could mean being close to their homes, but could also mean being near their workplaces or en route between the two. Being close in distance is important, but being accessible (e.g., adequate parking) is even more important.
2. Landlord
Hopefully you’ll be in your location for many years. That means that you will be forming a long-term relationship, even a partnership, with your landlord. The landlord should be invested in the success of your business and understand that what is good for your salon is also good for them. During initial discussions with landlords, look out if you sense that they are focused solely on rules, restrictions and regulations, rather on what you want to do. If the landlord seems intent on starting an antagonistic relationship, think twice before signing the lease. When you choose your location, you are choosing a landlord so make sure you’ll be able to get along with them and have the leeway you need to run a successful salon.
Promotions : the final part of your salon marketing plan is the promotions section. Here you will document how you will drive customers to your location(s). The following are some promotional methods you might consider:
- Making your salon’s front store extra appealing to attract passing customers
- Developing and marketing your website
- Social media marketing (advertising and organic posts)
- Advertising in local papers and magazines
- Reaching out to local bloggers and websites
- Partnerships with local organizations
- Local radio advertising
- Banner ads at local venues
Also think about your salon’s Unique Selling Proposition (USP), which should answer why customers should choose you over other salons. Make sure your USP is reflected in your marketing.
Here are some additional marketing tips if you are launching a new salon:
Promote the Opening of Your Salon
To be sure of a well-attended launch event, start promoting early, with attractive signage outside your salon. This should be geared towards your target demographic – women for most salons. Setting up an employee on the street outside or nearby to hand out flyers in the days leading up to and during the opening event can increase visibility, especially if this is an uncommon occurrence in your neighborhood. The point is to stand out and to reach a large portion of your intended customer market with the message that your opening event will be something they don’t want to miss.
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Plan for Smooth Salon Operations
To show off your salon at its best, having a pristine and spotless store is a minimal requirement. The operations have to be smooth as clockwork on opening day, especially if appointments and walk-ins make it a very busy first day or week. Customers who use your services during this time can become ambassadors to your customer target group for you, speaking of how wonderful the experience was, or they can spread the word about how they waited forever without hearing what was happening, how staff were sloppy or rude, and how they would never return. You need the early adopters on your side, so make sure the human, computer, and mechanical systems are all ready to work perfectly from day one and that you have contingency plans for unforeseen problems.
Operations Plan
While the earlier sections of your business plan explained your goals, your operations plan describes how you will meet them. Your operations plan should have two distinct sections as follows.
Everyday short-term processes include all of the tasks involved in running your salon such as serving customers, procuring supplies, keeping the salon clean, etc.
Long-term goals are the milestones you hope to achieve. These could include the dates when you expect to serve your 1,000th customer, or when you hope to reach $X in sales. It could also be when you expect to hire your Xth employee or launch a new location.
Management Team
Ideally you and/or your team members have direct experience in the salon business. If so, highlight this experience and expertise. But also highlight any experience that you think will help your business succeed.
If your team is lacking, consider assembling an advisory board. An advisory board would include 2 to 8 individuals who would act like mentors to your business. They would help answer questions and provide strategic guidance. If needed, look for advisory board members with experience in salons and/or successfully running retail and small businesses.
Financial Plan
Income Statement : an income statement is more commonly called a Profit and Loss statement or P&L. It shows your revenues and then subtracts your costs to show whether you turned a profit or not.
In developing your income statement, you need to devise assumptions. For example, will you serve 20 customers per day or 50? Will your average price point be $50 or $100? And will sales grow by 2% or 10% per year? As you can imagine, your choice of assumptions will greatly impact the financial forecasts for your business. As much as possible, conduct research to try to root your assumptions in reality.
Balance Sheets : While balance sheets include much information, to simplify them to the key items you need to know about, balance sheets show your assets and liabilities. For instance, if you spend $100,000 on building out your salon, that will not give you immediate profits. Rather it is an asset that will hopefully help you generate profits for years to come. Likewise, if a bank writes you a check for $100.000, you don’t need to pay it back immediately. Rather, that is a liability you will pay back over time.
Cash Flow Statement : Your cash flow statement will help determine how much money you need to start or grow your business, and make sure you never run out of money. What most entrepreneurs and business owners don’t realize is that you can turn a profit but run out of money and go bankrupt. For example, let’s say a company approached you with a massive $100,000 salon contract to provide salon services to their employees. Let’s assume the contract would cost you $50,000 to fulfill. Well, in most cases, you would have to pay that $50,000 now for supplies, employee salaries, etc. But let’s say the company didn’t pay you for 180 days. During that 180 day period, you could run out of money.
In developing your Income Statement and Balance Sheets be sure to include several of the key costs needed in starting or growing a salon:
- Location build-out including design fees, construction, etc.
- Cost of equipment like chairs, washing equipment, etc.
- Payroll or salaries paid to staff
- Business insurance
- Licenses and permits
- Legal expenses
Summary & Keys to Salon Success
Putting together a business plan for your salon is a worthwhile endeavor. If you follow the template above, by the time you are done, you will truly be an expert. You will really understand the salon business, your competition and your customers. You will have developed a marketing plan and will really understand what it takes to launch and grow a successful salon.
Finally, in addition to completing your business plan, be sure to pay special attention to the following factors that often define success for salon businesses:
- Make sure all of your clients are thrilled with your services
- Keep your salon clean at all times
- Provide excellent communications with current and prospective clients
- Embrace new technology, particularly social media to engage your clients and get them to return to your salon
- Focus on growing revenues, but also on profits, by keeping a close eye on costs
- Hire the right team, train them well and treat them well so their performance is strong and they are loyal to your business
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Beauty salon business plan.
You’ve come to the right place to create your beauty salon business plan.
We have helped over 100,000 entrepreneurs and business owners create business plans and many have used them to start or grow their beauty salons.
Below is a template to help you create each section of your Beauty Salon business plan.
Executive Summary
Business overview.
Major Lengths Beauty Salon is a newly established hair and beauty bar located in Glendale, Arizona that is founded by Jenna Diaz, a local hair stylist and aesthetician that has worked in the industry for over 15 years. Jenna’s knowledge in hair, nail, and facial trends have made her a popular stylist in the community. As her client list continues to grow, Jenna realizes that it’s time for her to open up her own salon.
Major Lengths Beauty Salon will be located in Glendale’s upscale district in a 5,000 square foot retail space. The area is highly trafficked with middle to high income residents who spend on luxury items such as cars, clothes, jewelry.
The beauty salon will offer haircuts and treatments, facials, manicures, and pedicures. Major Lengths will also carry a large selection of hair and beauty products that will be available for purchase. Jenna will have a loyalty program where the top clients will receive discounts on their service as a thank you for remaining loyal and referring other potential clients to the salon.
Product Offering
The following are the services that Major Lengths Beauty Salon will provide:
- Color Treatment
- Healthy Hair Treatment
- Nail Services
Customer Focus
Major Lengths Beauty Salon will target the male and female adult population of Glendale, although the majority of clientele will be women. They will be middle to high income and working in a variety of industries, such as medical, legal, business, education, or other white collar professions. The salon will target stay at home mothers as well who enjoy a day of pampering.
Management Team
Major Lengths Beauty Salon will be owned and operated by Jenna Diaz, a local Arizona hair stylist and aesthetician. Her years of experience and in the industry have allowed her to meet the following talented individuals.
Jenna has recruited a talented nail technician and aesthetician from her previous salon to join her at Major Lengths. Jenna regards them as the best in the industry and knows that their quality of work is up to her high standards. They also have a loyal and large list of clients that will likely follow them to the new salon.
While the three of them will be in charge of their respective department, Jenna will be the head manager to oversee the entire operation of the beauty salon.
Success Factors
Major Lengths Beauty Salon will be able to achieve success by offering the following competitive advantages:
- Latest hair and nail trends
- Modern and comfortable environment
- More selection of each service offered than any other salon in town
- Major Lengths Beauty Salon offers the best pricing in town
Financial Highlights
Major Lengths Beauty Salon is seeking $100,000 in debt financing to open the beauty salon. The funding will be dedicated towards securing the retail space and purchasing the salon furniture, equipment, decorations, opening inventory, and working capital. The breakout of the funding is below:
- Beauty salon build-out: $30,000
- Opening inventory, furniture, equipment, decorations: $40,000
- Three months of overhead expenses (payroll, rent, utilities): $15,000
- Marketing costs: $5,000
- Working capital: $10,000
The following graph below outlines the pro forma financial projections for Major Lengths Beauty Salon.
Company Overview
Who is major lengths beauty salon.
Major Lengths Beauty Salon is a newly established hair and beauty bar located in Glendale, Arizona. The company is founded by Jenna Diaz, a local hair stylist and aesthetician that has dedicated her career to making women look and feel their best. Throughout her years in the beauty industry, Jenna gained extensive knowledge in hair, nail, and facial trends as well as how to give exceptional customer service to all of her clients. Jenna realizes that men and women invest a lot of time and money into their appearance and she takes extra care to ensure her clients not only feel special, but walk away with their desired result.
Major Lengths Beauty Salon will be located in Glendale’s upscale district in a 5,000 square foot retail space. The area is highly trafficked with middle to high income residents who spend on luxury items such as cars, clothes, jewelry. Some of Arizona’s most expensive homes are within a 15-mile radius from the location. The salon will be decorated with a contemporary style, have modern furnishings, and include a welcoming waiting and reception area, large hair styling room, and separate areas for facials and nail services.
Major Lengths Beauty Salon History
Major Lengths is owned and operated by Jenna Diaz, a local hair stylist and aesthetician who has made her career working in the beauty industry for the past 15 years in Glendale. She has gained extensive knowledge through her continuing education and industry seminars. Jenna has a long list of loyal clientele who will follow her to her new salon. Aside from her beauty salon knowledge and expertise, Jenna has taken local business courses to learn salon management and leading a small team of stylists, manicurists, and aestheticians.
Since incorporation, Major Lengths Beauty Salon has achieved the following milestones:
- Registered Major Lengths Beauty Salon, LLC to transact business in the state of Arizona.
- Has obtained the necessary salon permits and licenses for the state of California.
- Has a lease contract in place for the 5,000 square foot beauty salon.
- Has developed the complete list of salon services and products.
- Has developed the beauty salon’s logo and branding image.
- Began recruiting a team of stylists, manicurists, and nail technicians.
Major Lengths Beauty Salon Products
The following will be the services Major Lengths Beauty Salon will provide:
Industry Analysis
The Beauty Salon industry is expected to increase in size by 2.5% over the next five years. Demand for industry services mirrors broader economic performance, as economic growth boosts consumer spending on personal care products and services. Specifically, new products and services have favorably contributed to industry revenue growth over the majority of the past five years.
Online platforms such as Instagram and Facebook have provided a convenient and low-cost marketing strategy for many stylists and technicians to garner new clientele. Higher service prices and increased consumer spending on high-margin merchandise and services have also fueled revenue growth, as operators capitalize on rising per capita disposable income. Continued growth in household income over the outlook period is expected to drive consumer spending and boost demand for premium personal care services. Moreover, equipped with larger budgets, consumers will likely continue to favor professional salon products and services, such as hair coloring services, over less expensive alternatives sold at drugstores and supermarkets. Environmental sustainability concerns are expected to become more prevalent over the next five years, leading salons to offer a wider array of eco-friendly products that appeal to trending consumer preferences. Specifically, nontoxic products will likely benefit industry revenue, staff and patrons. This growing niche will likely drive hair salon revenue over the coming years.
Customer Analysis
Demographic profile of target market.
The precise demographics for Glendale, Arizona are:
Customer Segmentation
Major Lengths Beauty Salon will primarily target the following customer profiles:
- Stay at home mothers and fathers
- Working professionals
- College students
- Retired females
- Mothers with adult or teenage daughters
Competitive Analysis
Direct and indirect competitors.
Major Lengths Beauty Salon will face competition from other companies with similar business profiles. A description of each competitor company is below.
Hair Xtreme
Hair Xtreme is located on the west side of Glendale and is owned by a local hair stylist with over 30 years of experience. Hair Xtreme specializes in haircuts and hair coloring services as well as hair color correction. The owner is also certified in Balayage highlighting by the prestigious L’oreal SOHO Academy. Hair Xtreme Beauty Salon was established to create a higher level of service in the Glendale community and has amassed a large clientele. The salon is regarded as the go-to salon for anyone looking for extreme color or haircut transformation. The pricing of services are on the higher end of the spectrum and caters to the community in the middle to higher income range.
Hair Xtreme Beauty Salon’s full list of services include haircuts, balayage, ombre, highlights, color retouch, hair treatments, and special occasion styles. The salon is open Tuesday through Saturday and is by appointment only.
The Complete Package
The Complete Package is not only a hair and nail salon in Glendale, but also provides massage treatment, eyelash extensions, and body treatments. The salon is moderately priced and leans to be more affordable to target the population who doesn’t spend lavishly on beauty services, but also occasionally like to get pampered. Owned and operated by a mother and daughter team of hair stylists, The Complete Package is located in a small retail shopping center in the middle of the city. The salon has been in operation for over 20 years and was founded by Kate Beneducci. She was able to bring The Complete Package into operation due to her experience and background in cosmetics, marketing, and management. Every single stylist is a certified cosmetologist and are all required to attend a mandatory training every year to learn the latest techniques.
The Complete Package’s full list of salon services include hair, makeup, eyelash extensions, and nails. The full list of spa services include waxing, facials, microdermabrasion, massage, and body treatments. The salon regularly posts promotions to increase customer loyalty. The Complete Package is open daily by appointment and is able to take walk-ins Friday through Sunday.
Fringe Beauty Salon and Spa
Fringe Beauty Salon and Spa is located on the west side of Glendale, Arizona and was established in 2013 as a premier beauty salon. Fringe caters to the higher income clientele and their pricing is the most expensive in town. The owner relocated to Glendale to start her own beauty salon after working in the beauty industry in New York and Los Angeles for many years. She did hair and salon services for many celebrities and has been known to be the stylist for awards shows such as the Emmys and Oscars.
As a Glendale native, she relocated to her hometown to provide a higher quality of salon services to the community. The full list of services for Fringe Beauty Salon include haircuts, hair treatments, hair color, balayage, ombre, special occasion, manicures, pedicures, massage, facials, eyelash extensions, waxing, and makeup.
With a luxury atmosphere and relaxing spa environment, Fringe Beauty Salon and Spa is frequently booked for those wanting a full day of pampering.
Competitive Advantage
Major Lengths Beauty Salon will be able to offer the following advantages over their competition:
- Friendly and knowledgeable staff who are all trained and experienced in the latest hair and beauty trends.
- Complete list of beauty salon services intended to provide a full day of pampering and relaxation.
- Casual and comfortable environment with a luxurious feel.
- Major Lengths Beauty Salon offers the best pricing in town for the high quality of services provided. Their pricing structure is the most cost effective compared to the competition.
Marketing Plan
Brand & value proposition.
Major Lengths Beauty Salon will offer the unique value proposition to its clientele:
- Complete list of beauty salon services all provided by trained and knowledgeable hair stylists, manicurists, and aestheticians.
- Pricing is affordable and moderate so customers perceive value when visiting the beauty salon.
Promotions Strategy
The promotions strategy for Major Lengths Beauty Salon is as follows:
Website/SEO Marketing
Major Lengths Beauty Salon has hired an advertising firm to develop their branding image and logo. They will also develop the hair salon’s website. The website will include a full list of services, pricing, and pictures. The advertising company will also manage the company’s website presence with SEO marketing tactics so that anytime someone types in the Google or Bing search engine “Glendale beauty salon” or “beauty salon near me”, Major Lengths Beauty Salon will be listed at the top of the search results.
Word of Mouth/Referrals
Jenna Diaz has a long list of loyal clients that have been with her for decades. They will follow her to the new salon and will receive additional clients from their referrals.
Social Media
Once the branding and logo is finalized, Jenna will use social media to her advantage and create social media business pages on all of the popular social media platforms. She will commit to posting daily to increase the list of followers and use it to regularly engage with customers.
Print Advertising
Major Lengths Beauty Salon will invest in professionally designed print ads to display in local magazines and hand out flyers to local businesses.
The pricing of Major Lengths Beauty Salon will be moderate and on par with competitors so customers feel they receive value when purchasing their salon services.
Operations Plan
The following will be the operations plan for Major Lengths Beauty Salon.
Operation Functions:
- Jenna Diaz will be the Owner and Manager of the beauty salon. She will order salon inventory and products, oversee staff, payroll, and manage customer service.
- Melanie Brooks – Head nail technician that will oversee the nail department.
- Fiona Adams – Head aesthetician that will oversee the facial and massage departments.
- Jenna has hired third party companies to manage the bookkeeping, accounting, tax payments, insurance, and legal requirements.
Milestones:
Major Lengths Beauty Salon will have the following milestones complete in the next six months.
8/1/202X – Finalize retail space for beauty salon
8/15/202X – Begin build-out of beauty salon to include stylist stations, facial and massage rooms, and nail service area
9/1/202X – Order opening inventory
9/15/202X – Begin marketing campaign
9/22/202X – Hire staff of hair stylists, nail technicians, massage therapists, and aestheticians
10/1/202X – Major Lengths Beauty Salon Grand Opening Event
Major Lengths Beauty Salon will be owned and operated by Jenna Diaz, a local Arizona hair stylist and aesthetician. Jenna has made an impressive career helping women achieve their desired look and feel. As an Arizona native, Jenna has attended the local beauty college and attends industry trade shows and training seminars annually. She has amassed a large and loyal clientele and has even done hair treatments, cuts, and facials for local celebrities and sports personalities. Jenna is committed to establishing a beauty salon in her hometown of Glendale and making it a place where the women and men flock to when they want the latest hairstyle, manicure, or facial.
While the three of them will be in charge of their respective department, Jenna will be the head manager to oversee the entire operation of the beauty salon. She will also outsource a third party insurance company, CPA, and attorney to take care of her insurance, legal obligations, and tax filings. Jenna will also employ a part time bookkeeper to handle her day to day accounting and payroll of staff.
Financial Plan
Key revenue & costs.
The revenue drivers for Major Lengths Beauty Salon are the sales from hair services, nail services, massages and facials.
The cost drivers will be the overhead costs required to staff the beauty salon. The expenses will be the payroll cost, rent, utilities, salon inventory, and marketing materials.
Funding Requirements and Use of Funds
Major Lengths Beauty Salon is seeking $100,000 in debt financing to open the beauty salon. The funding will be dedicated towards securing the retail space and purchasing the salon furniture, equipment, decorations, opening inventory, and working capital. Jenna will need to allocate funds for the first three months of payroll and operating expenses as well as spend approximately on branding and marketing. The breakout of the funding is below:
Key Assumptions
The following outlines the key assumptions required in order to achieve the revenue and cost numbers in the financials and in order to pay off the startup business loan.
- Number of Beauty Salon Services Sold Per Month: 300
- Average Revenue per Month: $20,000
- Beauty Salon Lease per Year: $110,000
Financial Projections
Income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement, beauty salon business plan template faqs, what is a beauty salon business plan.
A beauty salon business plan is a plan to start and/or grow your beauty salon. Among other things, it outlines your business concept, identifies your target customers, presents your marketing plan and details your financial projections.
You can easily complete your beauty salon business plan using our Beauty Salon Business Plan Template here .
What are the Main Types of Beauty Salons?
There are a number of different kinds of beauty salons, some examples include: Beauty salon focusing strictly on hair styling, beauty salon offering hair removal services, skin care services, nail services, tanning services, or massage services, and beauty salon offering products.
How Do You Get Funding for Your Beauty Salon Business Plan?
Beauty salons are often funded through small business loans. Personal savings, credit card financing and angel investors are also popular forms of funding.
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Salon Business Plan Sample
FEB.11, 2015
Beauty salon business plan for starting your own salon service
People like feeling good about themselves, and a salon business can help them to achieve that. The Professional Association estimates the salon and spa industry contributes approximately $40 billion annually to the U.S. economy Approximately half the industry is classified as salon business offering mostly hair care services. However, entrepreneurs interested in making a beauty salon business plan have many options as to the variety and level of services offered, ranging from a beauty salon business plan to a full-service spa. Salons can be setup in innumerable ways, so the purpose of the beauty salon business plan is to pin down the details to improve the chances of long-term success. Planning should always start with identifying the customer. There may be several customer persona’s depending on your target market, people over 50 years old are a very different market to the Gen X clients.
Executive Summary
2.1 the business.
Julia’s Salon will be a licensed and registered salon located near Brookhaven College, Atlanta. The business will be based on providing hair-cutting, styling, coloring, skincare and other services in the salon as well as by going to people’s homes.
2.2 Management
Before starting a salon, it’s essential to make a beauty salon business plan and enlist major decisions about your start up salon. In this sample business plan for a salon, we’re providing all details of Julia’s Salon ranging from startup expenses to management structure.
The main working structure of Julia’s Salon include hairdressers, makeup artists, expert cosmetologists, and general assistants. Besides them, the beauty salon business plan will hire sales executives, accountants, and web developers.
To ensure efficient working from the first day, the salon will be making all arrangements one week before the launch. Staff will also be hired a week before because the owner of Julia’s Salon wants to assess staff herself.
2.3 Customers
Our major customers will be the young and adult men and women of our society. Besides them, senior citizens and teens are also expected to avail our services.
2.4 Business Target
Our target is to become the most renowned salon in our vicinity and to establish an average repeat customer rate of 60% by the end of the first year.
Company Summary
3.1 company owner.
Julia’s Saloon will be owned by Julia Fox. Julia is a graduate in social sciences. She has taken many courses related to works. After working for three years in Sports Clips she has gained expertise in hair care and styling.
3.2 Why the salon business is being started
Julia has always remained interested in cosmetics works. It was due to her passion and interest in the industry that she got a job in a top company. As Julia wanted to start a salon she took several courses relevant to the field while she was in her college.
A few months ago she started exploring beauty salon business plan s and finally decided to initiate her own salon to generate profit through a business that is solely her passion. She believes that an exceptional mission statement for a salon can lead her to the success, she is looking for.
3.3 How the salon business will be started
Julia decided to rent a large ground story to convert it into a salon. For writing a beauty salon business plan , she decided to hire a marketing and financial expert.
After acquiring the required licenses and registrations, Julia will purchase the required equipment such as furniture, mirrors, cosmetic tools and accessories, hair styling tools, hair treatment products, and other things.
She has also decided to hire her staff a week before the lauch so that she can assess them and they can understand the beauty salon business plan environment and aims. To facilitate their clients, Julia’s salon will be providing services by going to their homes too. Moreover, the salon will set up a web-based system so that customers can pre-order or pay online.
The salon start up cost and requirements are given here in detail:
Services for Customers
Before formulating a beauty salon business plan outline you must finalize which services you’ll be providing your customers because this decision of yours will be affecting the business in the long run.
The services as mentioned in Julia’s Salon business plan are given in detail here.
Our major salon service will comprise of works related to hair. However, we’ll also offer some other services as described here:
Hair Cutting: Our primary service will be cutting the hairs of people of all ages and gender. We’ll hire haircut experts so that every customer will be able to get the look of their desire.
Hair Styling & Coloring: We will hire experts who will be able to make several hairstyles according to the customer’s looks and desires. Moreover, we’ll also provide services like hair coloring, highlights, color blending, hair shadowing, etc.
Makeup Services: We will provide makeup services for parties and usual events.
Hair & Skin Care Services: Our third major service will be providing hair treatments such as Fusio-Dose and protein treatment. Moreover, we’ll also be offering services in skincare and treatment like manicures, pedicures.
Salon Marketing Analysis
Before you start a salon you must know what are objectives of a salon business plan . Generally, the aim is to satisfy your customers by enhancing their looks, and that is only possible when you have studied the market and market trends thoroughly.
Before finalizing your beauty salon business plan template , you must research on what are the traditions, norms and modern fashions that are arising in your target market. Only then you will be able to recognize customers’ demands and decide what aspects to include in your beauty salon business plan to meet the expectations of your customers.
5.1 Market Trends
Hair salons are one of those businesses that are flourishing in the market for a long time. Currently, 972,000 such businesses are running in the United States. According to the IBISWorld report, the business has seen a 1.4% growth rate over the period of the last five years. The industry is responsible for employing more than 1,352k people and has generated a revenue of $47bn in only 2019. To summarize, the salon business plan has a lot of potentials and can be extremely profitable if you plan it accurately.
5.2 Marketing Segmentation
The detailed marketing segmentation of our target audience is as follows:
5.2.1 Young & Adults: Our first target group will be young adults between 18 and 35 years of age. The people of this age run after the latest fashions and styles. That’s why we’ll be coming up with hairstyles, coloring and makeup techniques that are popular in people of this age group.
5.2.2 Senior Citizens: Our second target group comprises of citizens above 35 years of age. Since such people are interested in acquiring decent looks while following their norms and traditions thus we’ll be carrying out research to provide services of their interest.
5.2.3 Teens & Kids: Our third target group is expected to be accompanied by other target groups. For this group, we’ll be providing hairstyles and services that are liked by children and teens.
5.3 Business Target
- To balance startup expenses by earned profits by the end of the first fifteen months
- To achieve the net profit margin of $10k per month by the end of the first year
- To maintain customer repeat rate of 60% by the end of the first year
- To maintain an average rating of 4.6 by the end of the first year
5.4 Product Pricing
Our prices will be in the same ranges as that of our competitors, however, to get introduced to a wide group of people we’ll be offering several discounts in the first three months.
Marketing Strategy
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This section should describe how you are going to find your ideal client and make sure they become aware of your products and services. Once you have found your clients, how will you attract and retain them? If you have a bricks-and-mortar business, is the location good for your type of clients? Does your ideal client read traditional printed advertising or are they more focussed on digital marketing? If online is important, describe the process your clients go through to make a purchase. Is it quick and easy? Starting a beauty salon business plan will help you to focus on these points.
In this salon marketing business plan for a salon sample we are providing the competitive aspects of Julia’s Salon as well as the advertising schemes, the salon will be employing to attract more and more customers.
6.1 Competitive Analysis
Our biggest competitive advantage is our top-class service. We’ll use high-quality material with extreme care to serve our customers. Secondly, our staff is expert in their respective domains. Besides, we’re highly customer-care oriented and we’ll always be ready to do unlimited modifications to satisfy our customers. Lastly, we’re providing home services because senior citizens usually want to have such tasks done at their own homes.
6.2 Sales Strategy
- We’ll ensure a strong web presence
- We’ll advertise us through Facebook and Instagram
- We’ll get featured in magazines and local newspapers
- We’ll offer a 20% discount on hair treatment services for the first month
6.3 Sales Monthly
6.4 Sales Yearly
6.5 Sales Forecast
Personnel plan
To get an idea of how much you’ll need to spend on your business plan for a salon , you must first create a list of salon equipment with price and a list showing your employees, their job responsibilities and salaries.
7.1 Company Staff
Julia will manage the salon herself and hire the following people
- 1 Accountant to take financial records
- 1 Sales Executive to carry out the company’s sales business strategy plan
- 5 Hairdressers/Hairstylists/ Hair Coloring Experts to do clients hair
- 2 Makeup Artists to do client’s makeover
- 1 Cosmetologist to do with hair and skin treatments
- 2 Manicure/Pedicure Specialist
- 4 General Assistants to carry out general tasks
- 2 Drivers to provide transport
- 1 Web Developer to manage company’s sites
- 1 Customer Representative to receive customers
7.2 Average Salary of Employees
Financial plan.
The last step before starting your salon is to craft a detailed map showing and analyzing the investment group business plan for salon, costs of equipment, payrolls, taxes, and other expenses. A financial plan for a salon business plan must contain all the financial statements, details of projected profit and loss and measures to achieve estimated profits.
We’re providing a sample of Julia’s financial plan for anyone who wants to benefit. However, it is highly recommended to seek help from a financial advisor to have an accurate financial plan according to your figures.
8.1 Important Assumptions
8.2 brake-even analysis.
8.3 Projected Profit and Loss
8.3.1 profit monthly.
8.3.2 Profit Yearly
8.3.3 Gross Margin Monthly
8.3.4 Gross Margin Yearly
8.4 Projected Cash Flow
8.5 Projected Balance Sheet
8.6 business ratios.
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Starting A Hair & Beauty Salon Business Plan (PDF)
The hair beauty salon business is one of the most lucrative businesses you can start. A hair & beauty salon is a business that offers cosmetic services for men and women. Almost any person on earth normally regularly requires such services. This means the pool of prospects for the hair beauty salon business is huge. The services that an individual hair & beauty salon business can offer are broad and diverse. There definitely is a piece for everyone interested in starting a hair beauty salon. Operating a hair & beauty salon business is a profitable business venture. However, above everything else, the hair & beauty salon business calls for exceptional relationships and the highest standards of service. This is one of the most lucrative businesses that have undergone significant transformation over the past two decades. This industry has continued to thrive and rebound even during the recessions. This article will outline how to set up a hair and beauty salon, and the hair & beauty salon business plan – PDF, Word and Excel.
Hair and beauty salons provide income for many entrepreneurs but to set up a such a business there are some important factors you need to consider. You must determine on the size of your salon, where you will locate your business and the kind of products and services you intend to offer to your customers. All these and other various factors are affected by who your target market is and the amount of capital you want to invest in the business. As such, you must conduct proper market research and have a well thought out hair & beauty salon business plan.
Business Model
Traditionally there are several hair & beauty salon services you can offer. They are typically packaged in such a way that there are service charges. The service charge can vary depending on the certain circumstances. For instance, a customer might want their hair done but having already bought the necessary supplies themselves. That will mean they will only get to pay for the service of getting the hair done. If not, they will pay for everything in-house. Times are changing and hair beauty salons are also moving into retail. Thus money-making methods for the hair beauty salon business are evolving.
Location And Premises
The location and premises of your hair and beauty salon are important to consider when setting up your business. This is because your chosen location has a direct effect on how successful your business will be. Thus, when choosing a location for your hair and beauty salon consider where your target market is, whether there is road and foot traffic, as well as how accessible your salon will be. Think about setting up your hair and beauty salon at a popular shopping centre, a mall, or somewhere close to the CBD. It is also important to consider how the surrounding area will affect your business. You do not want to set up your hair and beauty salon in a saturated place where there are a lot of salons because that will not be good for your business. Also consider the size of your premises and make sure that your premises are large enough for your equipment and can accommodate a reasonable number of people. Parking space is also essential when considering your premises. Your customers should not have hard time when it comes to parking space if they are to come to your hair and beauty salon. Your beauty and hair salon business plan should include the costs of renting or purchasing the premises.
Permits/Licenses, Insurance & Business Bank Account
You can be operating a solo hair & beauty salon, as many do or start off as. That does not mean you should operate informally. There are doors you will open for your hair beauty salon business if you formally register it. Follow up on that by applying for a business operating license. Approach your respective municipality offices to seek guidance. When that is in order the next step should be to get insurance for your hair beauty salon business. Insurance providers will offer guidance on the specific types of insurance covers you will need. Garnish all these steps by opening a business bank account for your hair beauty salon. The principle is to separate your hair beauty salon entity from your personal finances.
Competitive Analysis
By nature, the hair & beauty salon business is quite competitive. There is typically always a high number of hair & beauty salons in any central business district. That is why it is vital that you do some research into your competitor dynamics. The best approach is to identify your top 3 notable competitors. Look into the composition of their hair beauty salon businesses. What type of services do they offer? Do they sell any products, if so, which ones? What are their service prices? What are their customers experiences like? What is their customer segmentation dynamics like? Where are they located?
These are some of the questions to guide you in researching your competitors. Go as far as researching into indirect competitors too. These can be hair & beauty salons in other locations with customers you could lure away. You are looking into all these aspects to find ways you can use to make your hair beauty salon outstanding. Always remember that there are too many options for consumers when it comes to hair beauty salons. Any slight shortcoming on your part and consumers will gladly explore other options.
Furniture & Equipment
When it comes to a hair and beauty salon you need the right tools and equipment to be successful in the business. You must invest in good quality hair dryers, styling kits, curlers, combs, and furniture. The chairs that you may need include hair styling chairs, shampoo chairs, dryer chairs & all purpose chairs. The furniture which you purchase for your hair & beauty salon should be c omfortable, durable, and easy to use. The size of your business together with the services you intend to offer will determine the kind of furniture and equipment that you will need for your business. Your hair & beauty salon business plan should include the costs of purchasing the furniture & equipment.
Products And Services
When it comes to the products and services of your hair and beauty salon you need to first understand who your customer is. Researching your target customer will help you understand what their needs are when it comes to hair care. The hair & beauty salon business lends itself to variety in terms of the services that are on offer. For example, you can offer cutting, color, braiding, styling, pedicure, manicure, massages and skin treatments. The individual services and products will vary greatly depending on the tastes and preferences of your client at any given moment in time. There will be lots of troubleshooting along the way because you may be required to respond to requests that were not originally part of your program. The hair salon business is unique in this respect because it varies so greatly depending on the fashion trends and the responses of the clients at that particular time. It is always best to have a variety of products and services in order to increase your business’ earning potential. If you decide to sell hair or other complimentary products it is important to make sure that you source your products from the right supplier. Always purchase your products from suppliers who have good quality products. Any other additional services such as facials, make up application and skincare will help you generate more income and serve a wider customer base. Your hair and beauty business plan should outline the products and services you will offer.
Staff & Management
If you are going to be a customer centric business, you need to have a good team. Service businesses such as a hair and beauty salon need people that know how to work with clients from all walks of life. It is best to hire experienced workers who are passionate about their jobs. Your hairdressers for example, should know how to braid, cut, apply chemical treatments, and communicate well with customers. If you hire people with no experience, it is best to train them first before giving them to intricate tasks. It is important for your beauty & hair salon business plan to include the number of people you need to employ together with their salaries.
Some of the day to day activities of a hair and beauty salon include;
- Shampooing, styling, colouring, hair cuts, braiding
- Manicures and pedicures,
- Skincare treatments, facials and make up application,
- Advertising and marketing,
Other important issues to consider when running a hair and beauty salon are health and safety regulations. Some of the health and safety regulations include cleanliness, the products you use and the general safety of your workers and your customers. It is necessary to conduct proper research and understand the regulations that govern your industry.
Marketing Strategies
Be cognizant of the many customer segments.
In your marketing efforts you must be cognizant of the many customer segments that exist. Borne out of market research, it is prudent to appeal to the biggest segments. Customers in search of hair & beauty salon services are so diverse. There are those who are seeking to keep up with the latest trends. There are those who aim to subscribe to a certain societal class or status. There are also customers who are mostly conservative in their preferences. Do not forget there are kids on the one end and senior citizens on the other end. This is to just show you that your market targeting must be cognizant of the many available customer segments.
Build An Online Profile For Your Hair Beauty Salon
Establishing your hair beauty salon online is highly effective in pushing brand awareness. Sure enough some hair beauty salons do set up digital footprints, but not all. Just being online opens up your hair beauty salon to a limitless audience. Actively and regularly post content and buttress that with running online contests. Offering giveaways for engagement-centred online contests quickly builds your hair beauty salon’s online audience. Get involved with strategic online platforms or activities. For instance, you can offer your services for free to podcasts hosts or social media influencers. These are some the ways you can build your hair beauty salon’s online profile. This will all contribute in making your hair beauty salon business easily discoverable online.
Encourage And Reward Referrals
The hair beauty salon thrives on referrals. It is often the case that someone tries out a hair beauty salon only after someone they trust recommended it. To tap into this dynamic you have to encourage and reward referrals by your customers. You can even put together a customer loyalty programme for your hair beauty salon business. To spice up the referrals element you can offer specials such as discounts. You can also run promotions; basically anything that causes others to refer customers to your hair beauty salon business.
The demand for hair & beauty salon services is very huge and ever increasing. The increase is due to the increased urbanization and population growth. You can offer your services to both male & females, young & old. The kind of services that you provide will determine the kind of customers that you will get. So you should offer services that suit your target market. If you offer good quality services, you will get many repeat customers, as people require hair & beauty services regularly. If you are in need of a retirement plan, or you are a professional simply looking for a side business setting up a hair and beauty salon is something worth considering. You can either set up your own company and create your own brand or go the less risky route and become a franchise. This way you can benefit from a proven successful business model although it may be limiting. Whatever you decide, setting up a hair and beauty salon is a business venture worth considering. To succeed in any business make sure that you understand your target market, and that you research the industry thoroughly.
Keys To Profitability
Diversification into retail and complementary services.
Most hair beauty salons focus on just offering the applicable services. That is limited in as far as revenue and profitability is concerned. You have to diversify into product retail as well. You can do this retail in-store or via an online shop. There is a wide range of products you can sell in a hair beauty salon. The idea is to make it possible for every client to spend as much as possible. Complementary services you can add include a wide range of body treatments or therapy e.g. massages. This all aims at making your hair beauty salon a one stop shop.
Going To Digital
This refers to more than just being active online. This specifically refers to availing digital services such as online booking and online payments. This will differentiate your hair beauty salon; most hair beauty salons do not offer digital services. Streamline these services by using new age technologies such as chatbots and artificial intelligence assistants. Already the common social media platforms you use can be integrated with such innovations. The basic thrust is to offer convenience and efficiency for your clients.Once you have internalized all this information you are ready to start your hair beauty salon. Your biggest sources of valid information are already existing hair beauty salons. Closely studying them will open your eyes to tricks of the trade.
Before setting up any business you need to develop a well thought out hair & beauty salon business plan. A business plan will help you think through your financial, operational, and marketing plan as well as develop a functional strategy. With a hair and beauty business plan you can also figure out if your business will be profitable or not. You can also determine the risks associated with your business and find ways to minimise them. A beauty and hair salon business plan is a useful tool both in the short run and long run.
Pre-Written Hair & Beauty Salon Business Plan (PDF, Word And Excel): Comprehensive Version, Short Funding/Bank Loan Version and Automated Financial Statements
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The StartupBiz Global hair & beauty salon business plan will make it easier for you to launch and run your hair & beauty salon business successfully, fully knowing what you are going into, and what’s needed to succeed in the business. This is a complete business plan for a hair & beauty salon. It will be easier to plan and budget as you will be aware of all the costs involved in setting up and running the hair & beauty salon business.
Uses of the Hair & Beauty Salon Business Plan (PDF, Word And Excel)
The salon business plan can be used for many purposes including:
- Raising capital from investors/friends/relatives
- Applying for a bank loan
- Start-up guide to launch your hair & beauty salon business
- As a hair & beauty salon business proposal
- Assessing profitability of the hair & beauty salon business
- Finding a business partner
- Assessing the initial start-up costs so that you know how much to save
- Manual for current business owners to help in business and strategy formulation
Contents of the Hair & Beauty Salon Business Plan (PDF, Word And Excel)
The business plan for hair & beauty salon includes, but not limited to:
- Marketing Strategy
- Financial Statements (monthly cash flow projections, income statements, cash flow statements, balance sheets, break even analysis, payback period analysis, start-up costs, financial graphs, revenue and expenses, Bank Loan Amortization)
- Industry Analysis
- Market Analysis
- Risk Analysis
- SWOT & PEST Analysis
- Operational Requirements
- Operational Strategy
- Why some people in the hair & beauty salon business fail, so that you can avoid their mistakes
- Ways to raise capital to start your hair & beauty salon business
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- Hair & Beauty Salon Business Plan Automated Financial Statements – (Editable Excel File)
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How to Write a Beauty Salon Business Plan [Sample Template]
Are you about starting a beauty salon ? If YES, here’s a complete sample beauty salon business plan template & feasibility report you can use for FREE to raise money . If you are conversant with the aphorism that says; ‘ looking good is good business’ , then you will agree that those who are at the helms of affair in the beauty trade knows how great and relevant it is to continue to be relevant in the industry.
Why Start a Beauty Salon?
As a matter of fact, the art of looking good is one activity nearly all women love to partake in. This is because of the point that they do not like to be seen as shabby looking. It is for this reason that some women do not mind to go to any length to look and feel good. One of the ways through which these women try to look their best is by making sure they get all their beauty fantasies and desires adequately met.
They see to it that they have the hair done, nails done; they get the best make up and spa treatments amongst others. This is why the beauty salon business has come to stay for a very long time to come.
If you think that starting a beauty salon is what you want to do, then care must be taken to do the adequate and needful research that will help you operate and launch out at the optimum. Below is a sample beauty Salon business plan template.
A Sample Beauty Salon Business Plan Template
1. industry overview.
A beauty salon trade is one industry that promises to fulfill the fantasies and needs of women who love to look and feel their best at all times. Some of the offerings at a beauty salon include; hair perming, nail grooming, manicure, pedicure, fixing of hair weaves, braiding, amongst many others.
It is important to note that most beauty salons also offer spa services. This is so that they can give their clients an all-round beauty experience. There are around 400,000 beauty salons in the united states of America. Those who are employed to offer the services of the nails are known as the hair stylists.
Beauty salons are also known to offer some skin beauty services. Some of these services include; waxing, skin polishing, microderm abrasion and what have you.
Research has shown that those who work in the United States of America make good money from it because of the teeming population of people who seek the services of these beauty salons. The population of people who work at the salons include; immigrants, Africans, Spanish people, and a whole lot more.
The training required for the beauty salon work is small and inexpensive; the work does not require high level of qualification so far as you are able to communicate with your clients without difficulty. In the same vein, the amount of capital is not much compared with if you had to open some other businesses that needed a huge capital base.
2. Executive Summary
Simply Cute Beauty salon is a classy beauty salon that will be opened in Manhattan, New York, America. We have chosen New York because we think that it would be an amazing opportunity to have the crème de la crème in the society and in showbiz visit our nail hub.
The business will be run as a very standard beauty salon coy, and we shall see it that all clients from old to young are given the very best of services. Our services will cover areas such as; hair perming, relaxing of hair, manicure, pedicure, nail painting, nail fixing, nail trainings, fixing of weaves, braiding, and the sales of other beauty related stuff.
We are aware that businesses these days require diverse and sophisticated approaches. This is why we will be sure to be abreast with the creativity and trend which the trade is exposed to. We shall also be involved in the training of budding entrepreneurs who may want to venture into this industry. Even though starting a nail salon might look really pretty easy to start, we intend to bring in strict professionalism that will make up stand out.
Simply- Cute Beauty salon is primarily focused to help its clients look their very best at all times. We would try as much as lies within our power to surpass the expectations of people. Our prices would also be very affordable; we do not want to scare our new clients away with our pricing. As a matter of fact, we plan to lower our pricing so that we can gain good grounds within our startup period.
We plan to hire the best hands in the city of New York to help us drive our biasness. This is one of the reasons why who do not mind to pay our employees well because we know that we are striving for a goal and that is the goal of gaining loads of clients. In addition, much more than just satisfying our clients, we also want to see new entrepreneurs empowered by us, as they emerge to start their own nail salon business.
We shall also be involved in the sponsoring of various programs that are hosted in the locality which we are located. Shows like fashion shows, hair exhibitions, entertainment shows, amongst many others. This is o that we are able to give a good account of ourselves as we launch out.
3. Our Products and Services
We shall be known to offer strict professional beauty related services at all times. This is so that we do not deviate from our core. Here below are some of our business offerings that we are to be known for in Manhattan New York;
- Fixing of artificial nails
- Braiding of hair
- Fixing of weaves
- Skin waxing
- Skin polishing
- Perming of hair
- Training of budding entrepreneurs
- Sale of nail accessories
- Sale of women accessories
- Sale of makeup stuff
4. Our Mission and Vision Statement
- Our vision is to provide our teeming clients with the best of beauty services, such that is hard to experience in Manhattan, New York.
- We strive to achieve this with our overly trained stylists and attendants and the ambience which our beauty salon has to offer.
- Our mission is to provide professional and creative service to our clients- thereby meeting their beauty needs at all times.
Our Business Structure
At Simply- Cute beauty salon, we know that having a solid structure will make us drive our beauty business really smoothly. Therefore, we will build a firm business structure that can support the growth of our business. We will ensure that we hire competent hands to help us build the business of our dream.
Below is the business structure that we will build simply- cute beauty Salon
- Chief Executive Officer
Salon Manager
- Accountant/Cashier
- Front desk officer
- Hair stylist 1
- Hair stylist 2
- Hair stylist 3
- Sales attendant
5. Job Roles and Responsibilities
Chief Executive Office
- Responsible for providing direction for the beauty salon.
- Creates, communicates, and implements the organization’s vision, mission, and overall direction – i.e. leading the development and implementation of the overall salon strategy.
- Responsible for building a strong customer care system.
- Responsible for fixing prices and signing business deals
- Responsible for signing checks and documents on behalf of the company
- Evaluates the success of the business.
- Reports to the board about the salon.
- Coordinates training programs for budding entrepreneurs.
- Handle all paper documents for the coy.
- Identifies training and development needs for the employees through job analysis, appraisals and consultation
- Designs job descriptions
- Regularly hold meetings with key stakeholders to review the effectiveness of HR Policies, Procedures and Processes
- Facilitates and coordinate strategic sessions.
- Works directly with the chief executive officer
- Responsible for preparing financial reports, budgets, and financial statements for the organization
- Provides managements with financial analyses, development budgets, and accounting reports; analyzes financial feasibility for the most complex proposed projects; conducts market research to forecast trends and business conditions.
- Responsible for financial forecasting and risks analysis.
- Performs cash management, general ledger accounting, and financial reporting for one or more properties.
- Responsible for developing and managing financial systems and policies
- Responsible for administering payrolls
- Ensures compliance with taxation legislation
- Handles all financial transactions for the company
- Serves as internal auditor for the company
Front Desk Officer
- Receives Visitors / clients on behalf of the organization
- Receives parcels / documents for the company
- Handles enquiries via e-mail and phone calls for the organization
- Distribute mails in the organization
- Handles any other duties as assigned my the line manager
Hair Stylist 1, 2 and 3
- Sees to it that the client gets exactly what they wanted.
- Creates styles that are creative
- Gives clients a lifetime experience for patronizing
6. SWOT Analysis
Simply- cute beauty salon has engaged the services of a core professional in the area of business consulting and beauty to assist the firm in building a solid beauty one stop shop that can favorably compete in the highly competitive beauty industry.
Part of what our team of business consultant did was to work with the management of our beauty salon in conducting a SWOT analysis for our salon. Simply- cute beauty salon is very dear and promising to us. We believe that what they have come up with is in our own best interest and that is why we aren’t in any way going to joke with their findings.
Here is a summary from the result of the SWOT analysis that was conducted on behalf of simply- cute beauty salon.
Our core strength lies in the power of our team; our workforce. We have a team – made up of the Vietnamese women and other immigrants that can go all the way to give our clients value for their money. We are well positioned and we know we will attract loads of clients from the first day we open our doors for business.
As a new beauty salon in the area we have decided to operate from, it might take some time for our organization to break into the market; that is perhaps our major weakness.
- Opportunities:
The opportunities in the beauty salon industry can be said to be very promising despite the high level of competition that abounds. One of the opportunities is the fact that there are loads of people that engage the services of manicurists, and we will strive to be the leading ones.
Some of the threats that we are likely going to face as a beauty salon operating in the United States are unfavorable government policies, the arrival of a competitor within our location of operations and new trends in trade that often affect patronage.. There is hardly anything we could do regarding this threats other than to be optimistic that things will continue to work for our good.
7. MARKET ANALYSIS
- Market Trends
Quite a number of distinct trends have emerged in recent times in the beauty industry which is why beauty salons are positioning their organizations to attract all and sundry. As a matter of fact, this is one of the things that makes most nail studios to spruce up their creativity level so that they
In this type of business, one of the things that could possibly make one stand out from the competitive crowd is having a top notch customer service. If possible there is the need to place a follow up calls to all clients from time to time. Those who are known to engage in such exercises have come to know that they attract more and more clients as the days go by.
In addition, no matter how bad the economy may be, people still fund or rather still deem it very important to have their nails done. This simply means that there would be more money coming into the coffers of those who operate the business, even though the economy bites hard at the people.
8. Our Target Market
The target market which we are all out to serve are primary the female folks. This is because of the fact that they are the ones who will leave no stone unturned in seeing that they look their best. Whilst some may do this to continue to be attractive to their partners, yet others cannot just do without looking good.
As such, our target market cuts across all sectors. Also our beauty salon will have a variety of practice areas to help budding nail manicurists grow. Our target market cuts across women of different class and people from all walks of life, local and international organizations as well.
We are coming into the industry with a business concept that will enable us work with the highly placed people and celebrities in the country and at the same with the lowly placed people and smaller businesses. In other words, our target market is the whole of the United States of America and subsequently other parts of the world. Below is a list of the people and organizations that we have specifically designed our services for;
- Females in the Banks, Insurance Companies and other related Financial Institutions
- Females in Businesses and Entrepreneurs
- College students
Our competitive advantage
A close study of the beauty industry reveals that the market has become much more intensely competitive over the last decade. As a matter of fact it is becoming really tough to break even in this market because of the number of people who are in it.
However, we are also aware that this hasn’t deterred people from braking even and smiling to the bank. This is one of the reasons why we have added other services that are beauty related, this is so that we do not miss out in any way.
Beauty salon may be a new entrant into the business beauty industry in the United States of America, but the management staffs and board members are considered gurus. They are people who are core professionals and licensed and highly qualified beauticians in the United States. These are part of what will count as a competitive advantage for us.
Lastly, our employees will be well taken care of, and their welfare package will be among the best within our category in the industry meaning ;that they will be more than willing to build the business with us and help deliver our set goals and achieve all our aims and objectives.
9. SALES AND MARKETING STRATEGY
- Sources of Income
It is the wish of every business to generate income at all times and our beauty salon is one of such businesses. Simply – Cute beauty Salon is established with the aim of maximizing profits in the beauty industry and we are going to go all the way to ensure that we do all it takes to attract clients on a regular basis and sign retainer – ship with most of our clients.
Hence, there are several ways through which we plan to make this money at all times. Simply- Cute beauty salon will generate income by offering the following services;
- Fixing of hair weaves
- Skin treatment
- Spa treatments
- Fixing of acrylic nails
- Fixing of French nails
- Sale of other female accessories
- Training people of the art of nail care and fixing
- Home services in all the aspects listed above
10. Sales Forecast
There will always be a need to do some business and sales forecasting as a business. This is because of the drive it gives one to achieve it. In the same vein, simply- Cute beauty salon has several sale projections that we will be all out to achieve. For as long as there are female folks in New York, we know that we will be able to reach our sales goals in no distant time.
We are well positioned to take on the available market in the U.S. and we are quite optimistic that we will meet our set target of generating enough income / profits from the first six month of operations and grow the business and our clientele base beyond New York City, New York to other states in the U.S. and even the global market.
We have been able to critically examine the beauty market and we have analyzed our chances in the industry and we have been able to come up with the following sales forecast. The sales projection is based on information gathered on the field and some assumptions that are peculiar to startups in New York.
Below is the sales projection for simply- Cute beauty Salon. It is based on the location of our nail salon and the wide range of other addendum services we will be offering;
- First Year-: $100,000
- Second Year -: $250,000
- Third Year-: $700,000
N.B : This projection is done based on what is obtainable in the industry.
- Marketing Strategy and Sales Strategy
We are mindful of the fact that there is stiffer competition amongst nail salons in United States of America; hence we have been able to hire some of the best business developer to handle our sales and marketing. Our sales and marketing team will be recruited based on their vast experience in the industry and they will be trained on a regular basis so as to be well equipped to meet their targets and the overall goal of the organization.
We will also ensure that our excellent job deliveries speak for us in the market place; we want to build a standard beauty business that will leverage on word of mouth advertisement from satisfied clients (both individuals and organizations).
Our goal is to grow our beauty salon to become one of the top 20 salons in the United States of America which is why we have mapped out strategy that will help us take advantage of the available market and grow to become a major force to reckon with not only in the U.S but in the world stage as well.
Simply – Cute beauty salon is set to make use of the following marketing and sales strategies to attract clients;
- Introduce our business by sending introductory letters alongside our brochure to organizations and key stake holders in New York and other parts of the U.S.
- Advertise our business in relevant business magazines, newspapers, TV stations, and radio station.
- List our business on yellow pages ads (local directories)
- Attend relevant international and local expos, seminars, and business fairs et al
- Create different packages for different category of clients.
- Leverage on the internet to promote our business
- Engage direct marketing approach
- Encourage word of mouth marketing from loyal and satisfied clients
11. Publicity and Advertising Strategy
We have been able to work with our in house consultants and other brand and publicity specialist to help us map out publicity and advertising strategies that will help us walk our way into the heart of our target market. We are set to take the consulting industry by storm which is why we have made provisions for effective publicity and advertisement of our beauty based business.
Below are the platforms we intend to leverage on to promote and advertise simply- Cute beauty salon business;
- Place adverts our consulting firm on both print and electronic media platforms
- Sponsor relevant TV shows and radio programs
- Maximize our firm’s website to promote our business
- Leverage on the internet and social media platforms like; Instagram, Facebook ,Twitter, LinkedIn, Badoo, Google+ and other platforms (real estate online forums) to promote our business.
- Offer Pro Bono services as part of our community social responsibility via fashion shows, beauty exhibitions and what have you.
- Brand all our official cars.
12. Our Pricing Strategy
One of the ways through which we know that we will be able to get more clients within a short period of time is when our pricing is on the moderate level. Being on the moderate level means that we are able to maximize profit in a ways that doesn’t put holes in the pocket of pour clients.
As such, we are looking at lowering our price a bit below that of our competitors, so that we can gain good grounds in the market and become a house hold name and a force to reckon with. This is very important because when our pricing becomes too high, the clients may have the options of switching over to our competitors and we do not want that to happen in any way.
So, we are poised to keep our fees below the average market rate for all of our clients by keeping our overhead low and by collecting payment in advance. In addition, we will also offer special discounted rates to newbies and clients who have some special occasions like Birthdays.
This means that for clients whose special days we remember, we will invite them over to the salon on that special day and then offer our services for free to them. We will also make sure that we do not lower our quality in any way because we are offering these services for free.
We are also aware that there are some clients that would need regular home services, as well as need some consultancy and advisory services and assistance on how they can launch their own beauty salon business, we will offer flat rate for such services that will be tailored to take care of such clients’ needs.
- Payment Options
We know too well that we will be dealing with different types of clients, and that is one of the reason why we shall have different payment options to cater to all and sundry. At Simply- Cute Salon, our payment policy will be all inclusive because we are quite aware that different people prefer different payment options as it suits them.
Here are the payment options that we will make available to our clients;
- Payment by via bank transfer
- Payment via online bank transfer
- Payment via check
- Payment via bank draft
- Payment with cash
In view of the above, we have chosen banking platforms that will help us achieve our plans with little or no itches.
13. Startup Expenditure (Budget)
Starting a beauty salon trade can be cost effective; this is so because on the average, you are not expected to procure any expensive machines and equipment. Basically what you should be concerned about is the amount needed to secure a standard office facility in a good and busy business district, the amount needed to furniture and equip the office, the amount needed to pay bills, promote the business and obtain the appropriate business license and certifications.
Basically, this is the area we are looking towards spending our start – up capital on;
- The Total Fee for incorporating the Business in New York – $750.
- The budget for Liability insurance, permits and license – $2,500
- The Amount needed to acquire a suitable Office facility in a business district 6 months (Re – Construction of the facility inclusive) – $40,000.
- The Cost for equipping the office (computers, printers, fax machines, furniture, telephones, fittings, safety gadgets and electronics, hair equipment et al) – $2,000
- The Cost of Launching your official Website – $600
- Budget for paying at least two employees for 3 months and utility bills – $30,000
- Additional Expenditure (Business cards, Signage, Adverts and Promotions et al) – $2,500
- Miscellaneous – $1,000
Going by the report from the research and feasibility studies, we will need about $150,000 to set up a small scale but standard consulting firm in the United States of America.
Generating Funding / Startup Capital for Simply- Cute Beauty Salon
Simply- Cute beauty salon is going to start as a private business that will be solely owned by Mrs. Andrews. She will be the sole financial of the firm, but may likely welcome partners later which is why he has decided to restrict the sourcing of her start – up capital to 3 major sources.
These are the areas we intend generating our start – up capital;
- Generate part of the start – up capital from personal savings
- Source for soft loans from family members and friends
- Apply for loan from my Bank
N.B: We have been able to generate about $50,000 (Personal savings $40,000 and soft loan from family members $10,000) and we are at the final stages of obtaining a loan facility of $100,000 from our bank. All the papers and document has been duly signed and submitted, the loan has been approved and any moment from now our account will be credited.
14. Sustainability and Expansion Strategy
It is easier for businesses to survive when they have steady flow of business deals / customers patronizing their products and services. We are aware of this which is why we have decided to offer a wide range of nail beauty services to both big and small clients.
We know that if we continue to deliver excellent hair services and general beauty services, there will be steady flow of income for the organization. Our key sustainability and expansion strategy is to ensure that we only hire competent employees- like the very experienced Vietnamese ladies.
We will create a conducive working environment that will add to the wealth of experience that our team has. In the nearest future, we will explore the options of either merging with other beauty related businesses in the industry, in order for us to increase our market share.
We know that if we implement our business strategies, we will grow our nail salon business beyond New York City, New York to other states in the U.S in record time.
Check List / Milestone
- Business Name Availability Check:>Completed
- Business Incorporation: Completed
- Opening of Corporate Bank Accounts various banks in the United States: Completed
- Opening Online Payment Platforms: Completed
- Application and Obtaining Tax Payer’s ID: In Progress
- Application for business license and permit: Completed
- Purchase of All form of Insurance for the Business: Completed
- Conducting Feasibility Studies: Completed
- Generating part of the start – up capital from the founder: Completed
- Applications for Loan from our Bankers: In Progress
- Writing of Business Plan: Completed
- Drafting of Employee’s Handbook: Completed
- Drafting of Contract Documents: In Progress
- Design of The Company’s Logo: Completed
- Graphic Designs and Printing of Packaging Marketing / Promotional Materials: Completed
- Recruitment of employees: In Progress
- Purchase of the Needed furniture, office equipment, electronic appliances and facility facelift: In progress
- Creating Official Website for the Company: In Progress
- Creating Awareness for the business (Business PR): In Progress
- Health and Safety and Fire Safety Arrangement: In Progress
- Establishing business relationship with key players in the industry: In Progress
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