Booking & no-shows
Clients who abandoned a booking over friction
71% of salon and spa regulars have skipped booking an appointment because it was too hard to reach someone or use the online system.
Quantifies revenue lost to booking friction, the core problem AI receptionists and streamlined booking aim to solve.
This figure is load-bearing across 28 pages on SalonAI. See where, below.
Sources
Where this number comes from. The end of the reference chain.
2025 Survey: What salon and spa clients want for 2026 (AI receptionist survey results)
Zenoti (The Check-In)/2025/vendor
AI receptionist ROI: real results barbershops are seeing
Zenoti (The Check-In)/2025/vendor
Where this number is used
Every page on SalonAI that leans on this figure. This is the point: a number is not a dead end, it is a node, and you can see exactly what it supports and follow it up the hierarchy.
AI capabilities (3)
By business type (5)
Software categories (1)
Free tools (1)
Original research (1)
Comparisons (3)
Deep-dive pages (14)
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