Practical pricing and planning for independent salons

Stop guessing what your salon should charge.

You know your skill. Let Salon Business Tools help you make informed pricing decisions, so your work can support the living you need from your business. Plan from your own costs, capacity and income needs before opening or reviewing your prices.

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Essential £39.99 · Professional £69.99 · Premium £119.99

One-off purchase · No subscription · 90-day upgrade credit

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One-offNo subscription
LocalData stays on your device
PracticalBuilt for salon decisions
Upgradable90-day credit
Supported12 months included

Free Salon Business Health Check

Is your salon profitable, or simply busy?

Start with a five-minute review of pricing, occupancy, staffing, financial control and owner reward. The result appears immediately and no financial documents or email address are required.

The Health Check identifies the figures that deserve attention and gives you three practical priorities.

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Portrait of Antony Hipkins, founder of Salon Business Tools
Antony Hipkins · Founder, Salon Business Tools

Meet the founder

Salon experience behind the tools.

I'm Antony Hipkins, founder of Salon Business Tools. I completed my apprenticeship with a Midlands-based salon group, then went on to manage several salons before opening my own business in 1985.

Salon Business Tools draws on more than 35 years of practical experience in the hair and beauty industry. I created the planners to help independent salon owners understand how their costs, appointment time, capacity and income needs affect their prices.

Busy does not always mean profitable. These tools help you explore the figures behind your decisions, using the circumstances of your own business.

They are planning aids. Results depend on the figures and assumptions you enter and do not replace accounting, tax, legal or financial advice.

Ask a question before buying · Read the licence, support and upgrade information

Find your starting point

Which planner suits your salon?

Plan for profitability from the start. Essential and Professional help you work out prices from your own costs, capacity and income needs before you open or change your menu. Nearby salons' prices do not tell you what your business needs to charge.

Essential checks one service at a time; Professional brings your whole menu together. Either can be your starting point. You do not need to buy an earlier edition first.

Essential · £39.99 one-off

“What does my business need to charge?”

Use Essential before opening or when reviewing your prices. Establish a price from your own costs, working capacity and income needs, one service at a time. Compare the calculated price with your proposed or current price.

For example: check whether your cut-and-finish price covers its share of your business costs and required income, even if nearby salons charge a similar price.

Need to plan several services together or test a whole-menu price change? Look at Professional.

See Essential in use

Professional · £69.99 one-off

“Will my whole service menu support the salon?”

Use Professional from the outset to plan several services together at one location. Test whether your proposed prices and appointment numbers can cover business costs, owner income and a retained-profit target. Review the plan as your business develops.

For example: build your opening menu, test expected appointment numbers and explore the effect on owner income and retained profit before you start trading.

Need named staff, rotas, chair or room limits, or actual results against your plan? Look at Premium.

See Professional in use

Premium · £119.99 one-off

“Can my team and resources deliver the plan?”

Choose this when individual staff, rotas, chairs, rooms or equipment affect what you can deliver, or when you need to compare actual performance with your plan.

For example: test a staffing change, check capacity or review monthly results. Plan one business with up to five owned locations.

Premium can suit one salon with detailed planning needs; you do not need multiple locations to use it.

See Premium in use

Get your starting prices right. Set prices on a sound basis from the outset, then check whether a promotion leaves enough to cover your costs and the income you need. A large corrective price rise can be harder to introduce later.

Decide your prices before the results arrive. Your year-end accounts show what the business has made. These planners help you decide what to charge beforehand, using your expected costs, capacity and income needs. They are business-planning tools to use alongside your accounts, with results that depend on the figures and assumptions you enter.

Still deciding? Compare every feature or tell us what you need to work out.

All editions are one-off purchases with 12 months of email support. Check licence limits and the 90-day upgrade credit before choosing.

Compare the editions

Choose by the decisions you need to make.

CapabilityEssentialProfessionalPremium
Single-service pricingYesYesYes
Multiple-service planningNoYesYes
Current, Revised and Target viewsNoYesYes
Detailed employees and rotasNoNoYes
Chairs and resourcesNoNoYes
Scenarios, history and actualsNoLimited planning viewsYes
Locations coveredOne purchasing salon or businessOne salon locationUp to five owned locations in one business

Compare each feature below. All three editions are one-off purchases.

Single-service pricing

Essential
Yes
Professional
Yes
Premium
Yes

Multiple-service planning

Essential
No
Professional
Yes
Premium
Yes

Current, Revised and Target views

Essential
No
Professional
Yes
Premium
Yes

Detailed employees and rotas

Essential
No
Professional
No
Premium
Yes

Chairs and resources

Essential
No
Professional
No
Premium
Yes

Scenarios, history and actuals

Essential
No
Professional
Limited planning views
Premium
Yes

Locations covered

Essential
One purchasing salon or business
Professional
One salon location
Premium
Up to five owned locations in one business

Free salon pricing calculator

Estimate the minimum price for a service.

Enter the direct cost, the time needed and your target hourly contribution. The result gives a practical starting point before VAT and other considerations.

This free calculator is indicative. Essential provides the structured salon-wide pricing process.
Suggested minimum price £60.95 £45.00 time contribution + £8.00 product cost + 15% uplift
Guide explaining how poor pricing can damage a hair and beauty business

Pricing insight

Poor pricing can quietly drain a busy salon.

Low prices, irregular reviews and constant discounting can increase activity while reducing the money available to reward the owner, retain the team and reinvest in the business.

  • Review costs before setting prices
  • Measure profit per service and per hour
  • Price for the team you need to retain
  • Build confidence around regular increases
Keep control of your data.

The planners store information locally on the device. Use the supplied export options to keep separate backups, particularly before clearing browser data or moving to another computer.

Licence and support

Clear ownership, local data and a supported launch setup.

Each purchase provides a perpetual licence to use the edition supplied. Maintenance updates and email support are included for 12 months under the supplied terms.

No programming knowledge is needed. Windows and Mac downloads are included; follow the supplied guide for your computer. Check the setup requirements before buying: Essential, Professional or Premium.

Read the full licence, support and upgrade information, including what happens after the first 12 months.

Professional covers one business and one salon location. Premium covers one business with up to five locations owned and operated by that same business.

Get in touch

Make the numbers work harder for your salon.

Questions about choosing an edition, local saving or the upgrade route are welcome.

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