How much would a salon owner charge to rent a chair on average, i was thinking of £40 per day instead of a %

Question

I have a salon and employ 6 staff, i m interested in taking on a self employed barber. He will be using only a small amount of electricity and water.I feel that would rather charge per day an amount than a percentage, is there an average amount ? i realise the location and price he charges would have to come into consideration.

Answer 1

he needs to earn a liveable wage of (say) £350 per week
£70 per day (assume 5 days)
plus chair

If he averages 20 haircuts per day @ £8 that is £160

He earns £160 - 40 = £120 that looks good to me

Can he do 20 haircuts and is £8.00 the right price?

It all depends on how many and at what price

What would another hairdresser charge him per chair?

Answer 2

I would personally think £40 a little on the hefty side - do a quick calculation, based on the average haircut time, average barber haircut price etc, and see how many cuts he would have to do to make that 40 quid. He might end up working more than half the shift just to pay the rent! Stick with the percentage if you want to be fair about it i think. Only my opinion though!!1 :)

Answer 3

How about a variable charge depending what day it is. Saturday is the busiest day, perhaps monday is the quietest.

3 hair cuts an hour, 8 hour day would give a maximum of 24 hair cuts ot £5 would give £120 maximum income if there was a constant stream of customers, on a quiet day he might do 10, or £50 income.

Try him for a month at a rate you set then review it depending how busy he is - neither of you want him to go bust doing his job

Answer 4

You could go 50/50 with them paying for all products (must keep good, accurate books) OR you offer to pay a set price per week depending on location, if they advertise, supply your products, etc. or a different price depending on what you supply....find out how much it costs them to maintain their area per month, including all expenses (insurance, heat, hydro, phone, wages, taxes, etc, etc) and take the amount of space you would require and give that portion. And being the owner, you set your own guidelines and will know if they are correct with the successful of your rental and their happy clientele

Answer 5

40 a day is quite a lot, thats £240 a week , so to make a profit he would need to have loads of customer, most barbers charge around £5, so he would need to have at least 8 customers a day to pay you for the chair, so for him to make it worthwhile he would need 16 customers a day, which is quite a lot. £40 for £40 for him, i doubt very much that barbers see tha many customers everyday.

Answer 6

The hairdressers at our shop pay £30 a day (each) but they had a full client base when they took over the upstairs of our shop.
It might be better to charge a % at first, until he gets full........

Answer 7

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