Hair Salons · Boston MA
Booking software for hair salons in Boston
In 2023, 2,025 beauty salons in the Boston metro had at least one person on payroll, according to County Business Patterns. 1,249 of those employed fewer than five people.
For a Boston salon, BookAndGo means a shared calendar, a booking page that fills the book while you are with a client, and an email reminder ahead of every visit.
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 Boston hair salons
The Boston metro had 2,025 employer beauty salons, about 40.8 per 100,000 residents, one of the densest salon markets in the set. Only 62 percent were small, while 468 had five to nine staff and 242 had ten to nineteen. Dense and team-heavy is a combination that fills Saturday books quickly, so a waitlist that offers a canceled slot to the next client can make a real difference to the week.
The figures cover all seven counties in the Census definition of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro, from Essex County and Middlesex County to Norfolk County, not just the city itself. For comparison, the same area had 142 employer barbershops, roughly one for every 14 salons. Because CBP covers only establishments with paid employees, a stylist renting a booth or working alone is not in the salon count.
County by county, Middlesex County had 674, Norfolk County 345 and Essex County 335. Middlesex County alone holds 33 percent of the metro total. By size, 1,249 had under five staff, 468 had five to nine, 242 had ten to nineteen, 54 had twenty to forty-nine, 10 had fifty to ninety-nine. Boston's 2,025 sits nearest to Philadelphia, which had 2,170.
Massachusetts law requires the appropriate board-issued license before anyone performs services within the scope of the Board of Registration of Cosmetology and Barbering.
Frequently asked
How many hair salons are there in Boston?
County Business Patterns counted 2,025 beauty salons with paid employees in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro in 2023. Stylists working alone with no payroll are not included.
Do Boston salon services need a license?
Yes. Massachusetts law requires the appropriate board-issued license before performing services within the Board of Registration of Cosmetology and Barbering's scope of practice.
Can clients book a specific stylist?
Yes. Each stylist is a provider with their own services and hours, and clients choose one on the booking page or pick any available stylist.
Do clients get reminders?
Every booking gets an email confirmation, and an email reminder goes out before the appointment to cut down on missed visits.
Take bookings in Boston from today
Your bookings and client records are stored in the United States.
Prices are in US dollars, plus any applicable sales tax.