Hair Salons · San Francisco CA
Booking software for hair salons in San Francisco
The Census Bureau counted 1,189 beauty salons with paid staff across the San Francisco Bay metro area in 2023, and 843 of them had fewer than five employees.
BookAndGo keeps it straightforward for San Francisco salons: set each stylist up as a provider, give clients one booking page, and let email reminders handle the nudging.
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 San Francisco hair salons
San Francisco, Oakland and Fremont together had 1,189 employer beauty salons, roughly 25.8 per 100,000 residents. About 71 percent had fewer than five staff and 227 had five to nine. Across five counties and a lot of commuting, clients often book around work, so being able to take an appointment online late in the evening, and send an email confirmation straight away, suits how people here plan their week. Alameda County, at 410, has more employer salons than San Francisco County's 265, a reminder that the market sits on both sides of the Bay.
Those counts are for the full San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro, made up of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo counties. The barbershop count for the same metro was 70, about 17.0 salons to each shop. County Business Patterns leaves out anyone without paid employees, so independent stylists add to the real total.
The largest county counts were Alameda County at 410, San Francisco County at 265 and Contra Costa County at 231. Alameda County alone holds 34 percent of the metro total. By headcount, 843 had under five staff, 227 had five to nine, 87 had ten to nineteen, 29 had twenty to forty-nine, 3 had fifty to ninety-nine. San Francisco Bay's 1,189 sits nearest to Denver, which had 1,181. For other CA metros in the top 20 the counts were Los Angeles 3,689, Riverside-San Bernardino 691, San Diego 847.
Bay Area salons sit on a very large state register: the California Board of Barbering and Cosmetology says it licenses over 50,000 establishments and over 560,000 individuals.
Frequently asked
How big is the salon market around San Francisco?
1,189 employer beauty salons in 2023 across the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro, per the Census Bureau, 843 of them with fewer than five employees.
How many licenses does California's beauty board hold?
Over 50,000 establishments and over 560,000 individuals, according to the California Board of Barbering and Cosmetology.
Can I email clients about a new stylist or service?
Yes. Email campaigns go to your own client list from inside BookAndGo, which suits announcements like extended hours or a new team member.
Can a booth renter keep their own schedule?
Yes. Every provider has their own working hours and services, so a stylist who rents a chair two days a week shows only on those days.
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Prices are in US dollars, plus any applicable sales tax.