Opening a salon requires careful planning—from choosing the right location and preparing the budget to purchasing equipment, hiring staff, setting service prices, organizing inventory, and promoting the business.

A practical opening a salon checklist PDF can help you keep track of important tasks and prepare for your launch step by step.

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What Should You Prepare?

🏪 Business Plan – Define your salon concept, target customers, services, budget, and goals.

📍 Location – Check accessibility, visibility, parking, rent, layout, and nearby competition.

📋 Legal Requirements – Research applicable registrations, licenses, tax requirements, and local permissions.

🪑 Equipment – Prepare styling chairs, mirrors, wash stations, beauty equipment, nail equipment, storage, and reception furniture.

👩‍💼 Staff – Plan hiring, salaries, commissions, working hours, responsibilities, and training.

💰 Services & Pricing – Build your service menu and set prices based on your costs, target market, and local competition.

📦 Inventory – Stock professional products, consumables, towels, cleaning supplies, and other opening-day essentials.

📱 Technology – Set up appointments, billing, payments, customer records, attendance, and inventory tracking.

📣 Marketing – Prepare social media, Google Business Profile, website/landing page, opening offers, and local promotions.

🎉 Grand Opening – Plan your opening date, promotions, staff responsibilities, bookings, and customer communication.

✅ Final Check Before Opening

Make sure your equipment is tested, products are stocked, staff is trained, pricing is finalized, payment and booking systems work, the salon is clean, and your marketing campaign is ready.

A checklist can turn a complex salon launch into manageable steps:

Plan → Set Up → Hire → Stock → Promote → Test → Open

Download the Free Opening a Salon Checklist

Save this resource and use it while preparing your salon from the initial planning stage through opening day.