Barbers · Washington DC
Booking software for barbershops in Washington
County Business Patterns puts Washington's barber shop count at 206 for 2023, measured across the Washington metro, with 147 of them in the under-five-employees size class.
BookAndGo runs the booking side for Washington barbers: your booking page, the team calendar, a waitlist for busy days and email reminders that go out without anyone remembering to send them.
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 Washington barbers
The Washington metro reaches into the District, Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia, twenty-three counties and county equivalents in all, and holds 206 employer barber shops. Seventy-one percent had fewer than five staff, while 21 had ten to nineteen, a larger middle tier than most. With clients commuting across state lines, many people book from wherever they are at the time, which makes an online booking page with live availability more useful than a phone number.
The figures cover all twenty-three counties in the Census definition of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro, from District of Columbia and Charles County to Frederick County, not just the city itself. Set that against 1,747 employer beauty salons in the same area, roughly 8.5 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.
County by county, Fairfax County had 54, Montgomery County 23 and Loudoun County 23. Fairfax County alone holds 26 percent of the metro total. By size, 147 had under five staff, 35 had five to nine, 21 had ten to nineteen, 3 had twenty to forty-nine. Of the 20 most populous metros, the closest count to Washington's 206 is Dallas-Fort Worth's 227. Set against 6,345,881 residents in the 2023 estimate, it works out to roughly 3.2 per 100,000 people, ranking 7 of 20.
In the District itself, the DC Board of Barber and Cosmetology oversees barbers, body artists and cosmetologists, and its licensing page lists 1500 hours of training for barbers and cosmetologists.
Frequently asked
How many barbershops are there in Washington?
County Business Patterns counted 206 barber shops with paid employees in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro in 2023. Solo barbers with no payroll are not included, so the real number of places to get a cut is higher.
How many training hours does a DC barber license need?
The DC Board of Barber and Cosmetology lists 1500 hours for barbers and cosmetologists on its licensing page.
Where do clients find my booking page?
It is a link you own. Put it in your social bios, on your website and on your business listings, and clients book from there.
Can a chair renter keep their own hours?
Yes. Every provider has their own working hours and services, so a renter who works three days a week shows as bookable only on those days.
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Your bookings and client records are stored in the United States.
Prices are in US dollars, plus any applicable sales tax.