Hair Salons · New York NY
Booking software for hair salons in New York
In 2023, 8,444 beauty salons in the New York metro area had at least one person on payroll, according to County Business Patterns. 6,165 of those employed fewer than five people.
For a New York 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 New York hair salons
With 8,444 employer beauty salons, the New York metro has more than twice the count of Los Angeles and almost three times Chicago's. It also has depth at the top: 261 salons with twenty to forty-nine staff and 25 with fifty to ninety-nine. That means a lot of front desks juggling dozens of columns at once. For those teams the calendar view and per-stylist hours matter more than anything, and for the 6,165 smaller salons, an always-on booking page is the receptionist they do not have.
The metro behind these numbers spans twenty-two counties across New Jersey and New York, including Bergen County, Essex County and Hudson County, so it reaches well beyond New York. The barbershop count for the same metro was 1,324, about 6.4 salons to each shop. County Business Patterns leaves out anyone without paid employees, so independent stylists add to the real total. On that count New York is the largest of the 20 most populous US metros.
The largest county counts were New York County at 1,204, Queens County at 969 and Kings County at 907. New York County alone holds 14 percent of the metro total. By headcount, 6,165 had under five staff, 1,329 had five to nine, 661 had ten to nineteen, 261 had twenty to forty-nine, 25 had fifty to ninety-nine. New York's 8,444 sits nearest to Los Angeles, which had 3,689. With 19,726,871 people in the 2023 population estimate, New York has about 42.8 per 100,000, 1 of 20 metros.
On the New York side of the metro, section 401 of the General Business Law requires a license before anyone practices cosmetology, natural hair styling, esthetics, waxing or nail specialty, and a separate license to run an appearance enhancement business.
Frequently asked
How big is the salon market around New York?
8,444 employer beauty salons in 2023 across the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro, per the Census Bureau, 6,165 of them with fewer than five employees.
Which New York salon services need a license?
Section 401 of New York's General Business Law lists nail specialty, waxing, natural hair styling, esthetics and cosmetology as practices that need a license, and it separately licenses the appearance enhancement business itself.
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 long color appointments block the right amount of time?
Yes. Each service carries its own duration, so a long color booking takes the time it needs and a quick blowout only takes its slot.
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.