Free tools

Free salon calculators

Practical tools for salon, spa, and studio owners and the people who work the chairs. Use sourced benchmarks to explore the economics, or build a plan from your own numbers. No account needed.

For your website

Salon website check

Enter your salon's website and see what clients, Google, and AI assistants see: booking, business details, reviews, and the mobile basics, with a fix for every gap.

For a new salon

How to open a salon: the checklist

Every step to open a salon, from the business plan and LLC to your state's salon license, inspection, insurance, hiring and Google profile, filled in for your state and type of business.

For a new salon

Salon name generator

Get name ideas for a salon, spa, barbershop, or studio, each checked live for a free .com or industry domain, or check a name you already like.

For a new salon

Salon startup cost calculator

See what it costs to open a salon, spa, barbershop, or studio, line by line from filed franchise disclosures, then build and download your own startup budget.

For a new salon

Salon license requirements by state

What your state requires to open a salon: the establishment license, fees, renewal, inspection, owner and booth rental rules, quoted from each state's own board.

Cosmetology license requirements by state

Training hours, exams, state fees, renewal and continuing education for the cosmetology, barber, nail tech and esthetician licenses in every state, quoted from each state's own board.

For lash and brow work

Lash and brow license requirements by state

Whether lash extensions, lash lifts and tints, brow lamination, waxing and eyebrow threading need a license in your state, and which one, quoted from each state's own rules.

For permanent makeup

Microblading and permanent makeup license requirements by state

Whether microblading and permanent makeup need a license in your state, which one, whether the studio needs its own and who issues them, quoted from each state's own rules.

For estheticians

Esthetician scope of practice by state

Whether your state lets a licensed esthetician do microneedling, chemical peels, dermaplaning, laser or Botox, and what a master license adds, quoted from each state's own rules.

For every salon

Salon inspection checklist by state

What your state's inspectors check, from its own sanitation rules: licenses, disinfection, tools, towels, pedicure tubs and banned items, as a checklist you can filter and print.

For every salon

Sales tax on salon services by state

Whether your state taxes haircuts, nail services and skin care, whether the products you sell are taxable, the rate and the permit a salon needs, quoted from each state tax agency.

For your service menu

Salon price list template

Add your services, prices, and booking details. Preview a clean menu, print or save a PDF, and download editable text.

For your first business plan

Salon business plan template

Work through clients, services, staffing, marketing, operations, and cash. Download a blank template or your editable draft.

For booth & chair renters

Salon booth rental agreement

Set rent, term, deposit, independent contractor status, and termination with a chair renter. Fill it in, print or save a PDF, and download editable text.

For your booking terms

Salon cancellation & no-show policy

Set your notice window, late-cancel and no-show fees, deposits, and grace period. Fill it in, print or save a PDF, and download editable text.

For new clients

Salon client intake & consultation form

Choose the sections you need (contact, allergies, health, patch test, consent), then print blank copies or save a PDF. Download editable text.

For your next move

Salon AI planner

Choose your business and what you want help with, then continue directly to Founden with your salon AI brief.

Salon revenue leak calculator

See what missed calls, no-shows, and clients who never rebook are costing your salon every year, and where to plug the leak.

Salon owner income calculator

See what your salon leaves you each year from your own chair, your team, booth rent, and retail, after costs and beside sourced benchmarks.

Salon card fee calculator

What 7 salon POS systems would cost on your own card sales, software and card fees together, from each one's published rates.

For stylists & owners

Stylist pay calculator

Compare commission and booth rent before taxes, with your own tips, schedule, lease, and expenses. Wage references are shown separately.

Ready when you are

Give the whole business a plan.

Turn your business priorities into a salon AI brief. Build it in Founden, verify the connections, and measure changes in time, service, operations, and revenue against your own baseline.

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