If your passion is making people look good through various beauty services, getting into the beauty business may be a good investment!

salon business

Below are important things to consider in putting a salon business.

1. Location
In a salon business, you must pick your location carefully.

Insider Tips:
– You won’t go wrong with choosing to put your salon in a mall.
– You’d also want to cater from Class A to C.
– Spend time looking for a good location and an area that would give you a comfortable size.
– It’s also a good idea to pick an area with lots of foot traffic if you think you’ll depend on walk-in clients.

2. Equipment
It’s better to buy good used equipments

Insider tips:
– If you prefer new supplies, shops like Hortaleza, HBC and Accessories and Beauty Equipment stock everything you are likely to need.
– It is also important to buy high-quality shampoos and chemicals for nail care, hair treatment and coloring to please your clients.

3. Staff
It’s always a must to recruit good people for your parlor.

Insider Tips:
– Your staff should have the technical expertise especially in hair coloring and styling using international standards as a benchmark.
– They have to undergo regular and constant training to update them on new products, hairstyles and customer service.
– Very important to travel abroad to attend some conventions / seminars. Continuous research is very important to know the latest trends.
– Think how can you innovate!

4. Cost Breakdown
To put up a 50-60 sq. meter salon in a mall, be prepared with at least 3 to 3.5 million pesos!

Costs includes:
– Construction plus interior
– Rental payment (rental in malls costs P70 to P75 thousand pesos a month)
– Deposit payment
– Advance payment
– Equipment (mirror, chairs, scissor, blower, other gadgets)
– Supply (shampoo, chemicals, etc.)
– Business permit is one of the highest expenses ranging from P100 – P200 thousand pesos

List of Basic Salon Equipments and Materials
– Shampoo chair w/ ceramic bowl
– Hydraulic chair
– Stylist stool
– 4-layer trolly
– Manicure table
– Hair steamer
– Infrared stand
– Footspa machine
– Footspa chair
– Waiting chair/sofa
– Mirror (65 x 100 m)

– Naylon cape
– Barber’s scissor
– Thinning scissors
– Hair comb (narrow)
– Hair comb (wide)
– Barber’s brush
– Hair clippers
– Hair brush
– Hair blower
– Hair rollers/curlers
– Hair benders
– Hair towels
– Hair cap
– Heating cap
– Hair Iron
– Ear pads
– Heated curlers

– Nail cutters
– Nail file
– Nail brush
– Nail nippers
– Face towels
– Frosting cap
– Nail buffers
– Foot scrubbers
– Foot file
– Pumice sponge

List of Basic Salon Supplies
– Hot oil
– Rebond
– Relaxer/straightening
– Cellophane
– Hair coloring
– Hair shampoo
– Hair conditioner
– Treatment (rebond)

– Foot soak
– Foot soap
– Foot scrub
– Foot massage cream
– Foot lotion
– Cuticle remover
– Base coat polish
– Colored nail polish
– Top coat polish

Business Registration Requirements

Business Name Registration
Visit Department of Trade & Industry (DTI)
Provincial Office where the business is located or log on to www.bnrs.dti.gov.ph

Mayor’s Permit/Resident Certificate & Sanitary Permit
From The Local municipality where the business is located

Tax Identification Number (TIN)
Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) National
Office, Agham Road, Diliman, Quezon City
Trunkline: (632) 981.7000 / 981.8888
Email: contact_us@cctr.bir.gov.ph
Website: www.bir.gov.ph

Funding Sources

SSS Special Financing Program
Social Security System (SSS)
Loans and Investment Office
SSS Building, East Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City
Tel. Nos.: (632) 920.6401 / 920.6446
Email: member_relations@sss.gov.ph
Website: www.sss.gov.ph

Small & Medium Enterprise Credit
Phil. Business for Social Progress
18th Flr., Phil. Social Dev’t. Center,
Magallanes cor. Real St. Intramuros, Manila
Tel. Nos. (632) 527.7741 to 51 or 527.3751
Fax No. (632) 527.3743
Email: pbsp@pbsp.org.ph or smec@pbsp.org.ph
Website: www.pbdp.org.ph

People’s Credit Finance Corporation
395 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave. Makati City
Tel. Nos. (632) 897.8549 / 897.5822
Fax No. (632) 897.8523 / 897.8528
Email: info@pcfc.ph
Website: www.pcfc.gov.ph

Training Institutions

DTI-Cottage Industry Technology Center (CITC)
20 Russet St., SSS Village, Makati City
Tel. Nos.: (632) 942.0880 / 942.3974
Email: citc_dti@yahoo.com

Technology Resource Center (TRC)
2/F Jacinta II Bldg., EDSA Guadalupe, Makati City (beside Metro Manila Development Authority-MMDA)
Tel. Nos.: (632) 727-6205
Website: trc.dost.gov.ph

Technical Education and Skills Development Authority for Women Center (TESDA-WC)
37 East Services Rd. South Superhighway, Taguig City
Telefax. Nos.: (632) 818.8062
Trunkline: (632) 814.4076 loc. 278
Email: tesdawomen@yahoo.com
Website: http://twc.tesda.gov.ph

Have you been dreaming of owning your salon? With this insider know-how, you can make that start!

Source: Lucy Britannico (Hairshaft Salon), dti.gov.ph
from Hanep Buhay, gmanews.tv

By BD

15 thoughts on “How to Start a Salon Business”
  1. Is there someone who specializes in getting a hair salon license? My shop is in panaque, If anyone can contact me and quote me a price via telegram @BrianNguyen15 ; or text me 09391351608

  2. Very detailed article. I am planning to open a salon in my neighborhood and I am still in the research phase and this article has helped me in that. I’ll keep all these things in mind while creating my final plan.

  3. There are different ways to establish yourself in the hair industry. You can open a franchise hair salon, wherein you pay money upfront for the license of opening the salon under an established brand name. You can purchase a well-established salon from someone who planning to retire from the business. Another option is to start a salon using your own money.

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  5. I think this is the best article for the startups those who want to launch their own saloon business. Starting a saloon business is a very good business idea because today every person goes to saloon so the success of this business is for sure. Launching an online spa and saloon website like Ziffi or Vbooky is also a good option for the startups those who dont want to start their own saloon but want to get into this business. Check this business model for more details – http://www.fatbit.com/fab/spa-salon-booking-websites-script-features-huge-hit/

  6. I thought it was interesting that you suggested to buy good used equipment for your hair salon. I can see how this is a good thing, though, because it will help you to save money and ensure that your salon is completely well equipped. That being said, I would think that it would be interesting to make sure that you are doing your research and making sure that the equipment has good reviews and will serve the purposes that you need them to. That being said, do you know if there are any review websites specifically for this to help this be easier? Thank you for sharing! http://www.wholesalesalonequipment.com/equipment/shampoo-bowls.html

  7. @aldenavila we had SEC permit.. Its corporation permit for 5 stockholders which costed more than 50k and we hired accountant to do it and we gave the money needed to her every week so im not sure with all in all total expense for the permit but it wasn't more than 100k.. if u get DTI permit i heard its cheaper.. there are many under the table bribery to make the permit procedure done faster and it also depends on the city..

  8. We had a high end salon before. We only spent 500k-600k for 70sqm salon in hotel in makati. Unless you are planning to open a business in malls u don't need millions 🙂 We sold it since I'm busy with my job and I'm planning to open smaller one now

  9. This page is very informative. It is very hard to find seminar on how to put up a Barbershop or Salon, but this nailed it! Thank you Lucy Britannico (Hairshaft Salon). Hope you can email me as to where to buy cheap supplies as well. Please email me at jamesmd0209@gmail.com. thanks

  10. hi! there actually I had plan to start a salon business I want to start small salon in our garage so I can save rental so I want to ask how much the total start of getting a business permit then materials for it. hope I could gets some tips from yours best regards guys!

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