Add rent, CAM, property taxes and insurance, divide by 10% to 15% of sales (the healthy band for barbershops) to get the monthly sales needed, then divide by days open, your average ticket and turns, planning at 75% full. The calculator above does it with your numbers.
How many chairs does a barbershop need to cover rent?
Enter the rent, your average ticket and how often each chair turns, and see how many chairs, customers a day and daily sales that rent asks of a barbershop.
How many chairs you need38 to 57chairs
To cover $6,200 a month in rent and charges at a healthy 10% to 15% share for a salon or personal services business, with chairs 75% full across 2 appointments per chair a day.
- Daily sales needed
- $1,590 to $2,385 26 days open a month
- Appointments a day
- 57 to 86 At your average ticket
- Monthly sales needed
- $41,333 to $62,000 Rent and charges are 10% to 15% of this
How many chairs at each share
767.5%outside
5710%healthy
4612.5%healthy
3815%healthy
3317.5%outside
Blue columns are the healthy 10% to 15% band for a salon or personal services business. A higher share needs fewer chairs but leaves less for everything else.
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How the math works
Chairs needed = customers a day needed ÷ (turns × 75%)
- Healthy occupancy share for barbershops
- Rent plus CAM, property taxes and insurance at 10% to 15% of sales, the same band DoorWorthy reports use for barbershops. Every type's band:
Healthy occupancy share by business type Business type Healthy share of sales Café or bakery 8% to 10% Restaurant or bar 6% to 10% Salon or personal services 10% to 15% Retail store 8% to 12% Fitness or wellness 10% to 15% Another concept 8% to 12% - Chairs 75% full
- Few places fill every chair on every turn, so the count assumes 75%.
- Not included
- Payroll, supplies, loan payments and build-out. This is a planning estimate for a lease conversation, not a sales or profit forecast.
DoorWorthy reports run this same calculation for a real address, next to the spending, competition and rules found there.