Booking & no-shows
US salon/spa inbound call miss rate
US salons and spas miss about 24% of the 7.56 billion inbound calls they receive each year (roughly 1.82 billion missed calls), and about half are high-intent customers ready to book.
Miss rates are highest for solo/micro shops (27%) and fall to 18% for enterprise-size businesses. An independent field study by 411 Locals (85 businesses, 58 industries, monitored 30 days) separately found 24.3% of inbound calls got no response at all, closely matching the salon-specific rate.
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US Salon & Spa Industry Call Volume Research Report
Booking Bee/2025/vendor
SMBs Don't Answer 62% Of Phone Calls (field study of 85 businesses across 58 industries)
411 Locals/2016/study
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