Barbers · New York NY
Booking software for barbershops in New York
The Census Bureau counted 1,324 barbershops with paid staff across the New York metro in 2023, and 1,178 of them had fewer than five employees.
BookAndGo keeps it simple for New York shops: set up each barber as a provider, share one booking page, and let email reminders do the chasing before each appointment.
Online booking around the clock
Clients book from your page any time, and the slot comes off your calendar the moment they do.
Email confirmations and reminders
Every booking is confirmed and reminded by email, so fewer clients forget.
Invoices from the booking
Raise an invoice from the appointment, with the sales tax rate you set.
Built for New York barbers
New York is an outlier in this set. Its 1,324 employer barber shops are more than four times Miami's 302, the next highest, and they work out to 6.7 per 100,000 residents, the highest density of the twenty. Nearly nine in ten have fewer than five staff, so the New York pattern is a very large number of small rooms. If you are one of them, the booking page is where you compete: clients comparing a dozen shops within a few blocks book whichever one shows an open time first.
The figures cover all twenty-two counties in the Census definition of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro, from Bergen County and Essex County to Hudson County, not just the city itself. Set that against 8,444 employer beauty salons in the same area, roughly 6.4 salons per barbershop. CBP counts only establishments with paid employees, so chair renters and solo barbers without staff are missing from the barbershop figure, which makes it a floor rather than a ceiling. Among the 20 most populous US metros, New York ranks 1 by barber shops count.
County by county, New York County had 187, Nassau County 146 and Queens County 145. New York County alone holds 14 percent of the metro total. By size, 1,178 had under five staff, 113 had five to nine, 25 had ten to nineteen, 6 had twenty to forty-nine. Of the 20 most populous metros, the closest count to New York's 1,324 is Miami's 302.
On the New York side of the metro, section 432 of the state's General Business Law says nobody may practice barbering for pay, or operate a barber shop, without a license under that article.
Frequently asked
How many barbershops are there in New York?
County Business Patterns counted 1,324 barber shops with paid employees in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro in 2023. Solo barbers with no payroll are not included, so the real number of places to get a cut is higher.
Do New York barbers need a license?
Yes. Section 432 of New York's General Business Law requires a license to practice barbering for compensation or to operate a barber shop. BookAndGo keeps your appointments; it does not handle licensing.
Can I add walk-ins to the same calendar?
Yes. Click an empty time on the calendar, choose Add appointment, pick the client and service, and confirm. Your online booking page sees the change straight away.
Can clients choose their barber?
Yes. Each barber is set up as a provider with their own services and hours, and clients pick one on the booking page or take whoever is available.
Take bookings in New York from today
Your bookings and client records are stored in the United States.
Prices are in US dollars, plus any applicable sales tax.