Booking software in California

Clients enter their name, email and phone number when they book, with no account to create, and returning clients are recognized automatically. Mobile massage therapists and in-home personal trainers can capture each client's service address, set a cancellation window, and block repeat no-shows automatically.

California by the numbers

County Business Patterns 2023 counted 8,733 beauty salons and 594 barber shops with paid employees in California, so California had about 14.7 salons for every barbershop, 13th highest on that ratio among the 50 states and DC. 72 percent of California's employer salons had fewer than five people on payroll, as did 75 percent of its barber shops.

By county, Los Angeles County (2,656), Orange County (1,033), San Diego County (847), Santa Clara County (625) and Riverside County (418) held the most employer salons in California, 64 percent of the state total between them. For barber shops the leader was Los Angeles County with 175. The county file publishes a barber shop row for 23 of California's 58 counties or county-equivalents.

Across the six codes closest to the trades BookAndGo serves, California had 46,038 employer establishments in 2023. Beyond salons and barbers, that includes 22,757 offices of dentists, 5,371 fitness and recreational sports centers, 4,701 offices of all other miscellaneous health practitioners (the code that holds massage therapists' offices, among others) and 3,882 other personal care services establishments (the code that holds day spas). California ranks 18th on that last group per resident.

The Census Bureau population estimate for California was 39,431,263 on July 1, 2024, down 0.3 percent from the April 2020 base of 39,555,674 and 1st among the 50 states and DC. Nearest in size is Texas, with 31,290,831 people, 5,740 salons and 605 barber shops.

BookAndGo has city pages for Los Angeles, Riverside, San Francisco and San Diego. In County Business Patterns 2023, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro had 235 barber shops and 3,689 beauty salons; the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro had 71 barber shops and 691 beauty salons; the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro had 70 barber shops and 1,189 beauty salons; the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro had 81 barber shops and 847 beauty salons. Metro figures cover every county in the Census metro definition, including any across a state line.

All 46,038 California establishments above have at least one paid employee; CBP 2023 leaves out the solo barbers, stylists and trainers who work with no payroll, so the true California count runs higher.

On offices of dentists, California (58.1 per 100,000) is highest of 51, above Utah (52.0). On fitness and recreational sports centers, California (13.7 per 100,000) sits between Virginia (14.0) and Maine (13.5).

California on two more rates: beauty salons 22.3 per 100,000 (26th; neighbors District of Columbia 22.4 and Vermont 22.2); miscellaneous health practitioner offices 12.0 per 100,000 (17th; neighbors Kansas 12.2 and Mississippi 11.8).

Dentists' offices in California concentrate in Los Angeles County 6,420, Orange County 2,876 and San Diego County 1,927. Fitness and recreational sports centers: Los Angeles County 1,283, Orange County 582 and San Diego County 578. Other personal care services: Los Angeles County 1,148 and San Diego County 439.

Under five employees: 10,412 of 22,757 dentists' offices (46 percent), 2,057 of 5,371 fitness and recreational sports centers (38 percent) and 2,562 of 3,882 other personal care services establishments (66 percent).

City pages in California

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