Booking software for barbershops in Philadelphia

Philadelphia's metro crosses four states and eleven counties and counted 241 employer barber shops, 3.8 per 100,000 residents, which is above the middle of the twenty. Most were small, with 179 under five staff, but 41 had five to nine. A barbershop market of that shape usually means regulars who come back on a steady rhythm, and being able to import that client list and send reminders by email keeps the regulars regular.

The metro behind these numbers spans eleven counties across Delaware and Maryland and New Jersey and Pennsylvania, including New Castle County, Cecil County and Burlington County, so it reaches well beyond Philadelphia. The same data shows 2,170 beauty salons, or about 9.0 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, Philadelphia ranks 4 by barber shops count.

The largest county counts were Philadelphia County at 55, New Castle County at 27 and Camden County at 26. Philadelphia County alone holds 23 percent of the metro total. By headcount, 179 had under five staff, 41 had five to nine, 17 had ten to nineteen, 4 had twenty to forty-nine. Of the 20 most populous metros, the closest count to Philadelphia's 241 is Los Angeles's 235.

On the Pennsylvania side, the State Board of Barber Examiners regulates barbering through licensure, registration, certification and discipline, and it covers barbershops and barber schools as well as individual barbers.