Booking software for barbershops in Miami

Miami is the most small-shop barbering market of the twenty. Of 302 employer barber shops, 286 had fewer than five staff, which is 95 percent, and Census publishes no counts for the larger size classes here. At 4.8 shops per 100,000 residents it is also one of the denser markets. A metro full of one- and two-chair rooms is a metro where the barber is also the receptionist, so taking bookings without stopping a cut is the whole point.

Those counts are for the full Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro, made up of Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties. The same data shows 2,590 beauty salons, or about 8.6 per barbershop. Keep in mind that County Business Patterns covers only establishments with paid employees, and plenty of barbers work as one-person businesses. Among the 20 most populous US metros, Miami ranks 2 by barber shops count.

The largest county counts were Miami-Dade County at 127, Broward County at 106 and Palm Beach County at 69. Miami-Dade County alone holds 42 percent of the metro total. By headcount, 286 had under five staff, 15 had five to nine. 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 Miami's 302 is Chicago's 271. Elsewhere in FL: Tampa Bay 122, Orlando 120.

Florida regulates barbering under chapter 476 of its statutes, which creates a seven-member Barbers' Board appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate.