Booking software for barbershops in Detroit

Detroit's six-county metro had 126 employer barber shops, 2.9 per 100,000 residents, which is right in the middle of the twenty. Eighty-three percent had fewer than five staff, and only a handful were larger. Michigan keeps separate boards for barbers and for cosmetology, and a barbershop usually needs a booking setup built around quick appointments and repeat clients rather than long salon services. Wayne County alone had 59 shops, close to half the metro, with Oakland at 34 and Macomb at 31. Those three counties account for all but two of the 126, so Detroit's barbering market with employees is concentrated in a tight core.

Census builds the Detroit metro from six counties, so think of these as regional figures rather than a city count. There were 1,112 beauty salons with employees in the same metro, about 8.8 for every barbershop on the list. Part of that gap is how barbering works: CBP only counts establishments with paid employees, so a barber who rents a chair or works alone with no payroll does not show up.

Wayne County led with 59, ahead of Oakland County (34) and Macomb County (31). Wayne County alone holds 47 percent of the metro total. Sorted by staff numbers, 105 had under five staff, 15 had five to nine, 5 had ten to nineteen. Census does not publish every size class for this metro, so the classes shown may not add up to the total. Of the 20 most populous metros, the closest count to Detroit's 126 is Phoenix's 122.

Michigan keeps a separate Board of Barbers within the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), with its own administrative rules and meeting schedule.