Barbershop Chair Profit Calculator — Haircut Price, Booth Rent vs Commission

1. What the chair books in a typical week

Haircuts and fades booked per week

Haircut or fade price ($)

Haircut or fade chair minutes

Haircut or fade supplies ($ each)

Beard trims and line-ups booked per week

Beard trim or line-up price ($)

Beard trim or line-up chair minutes

Beard trim or line-up supplies ($ each)

Premium combos booked per week

Premium combo price ($)

Premium combo chair minutes

Premium combo supplies ($ each)

2. The chair and your time

Chair hours open per week

No-show rate (% of booked appointments)

What your own chair hour should pay you ($)

Target margin on each service (%)

3. Rent, equipment and retail

This chair's share of shop rent and utilities ($ per month)

Chair, station, clippers and tools ($)

Years you will use them

Other fixed cost for this chair ($ per month)

Completed services that also buy a product (%)

Pomade or product price ($)

Pomade or product cost to you ($)

4. Employ a barber or rent the chair

Barber commission (% of the service price)

Payroll tax and extras on that commission (%)

Booth rent a renter would pay ($ per week)

Enter your numbers or load the example, then click Work out the chair.

Result

Each service

Service	Price	Cost	Profit per cut	Margin	Per chair hour	Price for target

The week at different volumes: what the chair nets three ways

Volume	Booked	Chair hours	Chair used	You cut, after your pay	Employ a barber	Rent the chair

The arithmetic, and what it leaves out

Only appointments that show up earn money or use supplies. A no-show empties the slot, and because you still stand at the chair, your own time for that slot is spread over the cuts that did show.
A cut costs your chair minutes at the hourly figure you type, plus its supplies, plus its share of the chair's weekly fixed cost: rent, equipment spread over the years you will keep it, and other fixed cost.
Profit per chair hour is what a booked hour is expected to bring in (the price less supplies, plus the retail margin, after no-shows) before fixed cost and before anyone is paid, so it compares services on the thing the chair runs out of.
An employed barber costs commission on every completed service plus payroll tax and extras on it; you still pay supplies, rent and equipment and you keep the retail margin. A renter pays a flat weekly amount, buys their own supplies and keeps their own retail.
Not modelled: tips, any pay to you beyond the hourly figure, sales tax, card fees, insurance, licenses, advertising, a barber or renter who books fewer clients than you do, vacations and slow weeks, and income tax.

Common questions

How much should a barbershop charge for a haircut?

Add the chair minutes at what your time is worth to the clippers, razors, towels and capes the cut uses and to the cut's share of rent and equipment, then divide by one minus the margin you want. Remember that a no-show leaves you standing at an empty chair, so the cuts that do show carry that time. Type your own minutes, rent and no-show rate and read the price off.

Is it better to rent out chairs or employ barbers on commission?

Renting gives a fixed weekly amount whatever the renter books, and the renter carries the empty hours. Commission gives you a share of every service the barber completes, less payroll taxes and extras, but you carry the booking risk, the supplies and the no-shows. The calculator prints what each option nets the shop per week after rent and equipment, the booth rent at which the two pay the same, and the commission at which they pay the same.

How many haircuts a week does a barbershop chair need to break even?

The chair's weekly fixed cost (its share of rent, the equipment spread over the years you will keep it and other fixed cost) divided by what each completed service leaves after supplies, your own pay for the chair time and the retail margin. The result gives the completed services needed per week and the number you would have to book at your no-show rate.

How much do no-shows cost a barbershop?

Each empty slot loses the service margin (price less supplies, plus any retail you would have sold) unless you can fill it. The calculator multiplies your no-show rate by the week's bookings and prints the cost per week and per year, and what halving the rate with a deposit or a reminder text would be worth.

What does this leave out?

Tips, which belong to whoever earned them, the owner's own pay beyond the hourly figure you type, sales tax, card fees, insurance, licenses, advertising, a barber who brings fewer clients than you do, and income tax. It is a planning aid, not an estimate of record.

Is my data uploaded?

No. Everything runs in your browser tab and nothing is sent anywhere. There are no accounts. The share link keeps your numbers in the link itself, which you choose whether to send.