Revenue per chair calculator.
Enter monthly revenue and number of chairs (or stations, booths, treatment rooms). See revenue per chair per day, per week, per month — and how it compares to the €150-300/day salon benchmark.
Salon numbers
Defaults work for most small shops in the EU.
Revenue per chair / day
Revenue per chair — the simplest salon health check.
Salons are real estate businesses. Each chair, station, booth, or treatment room is a unit of capacity. Revenue per chair tells you whether each unit is pulling its weight — and whether your problem is too few chairs filled, or each chair priced too low.
The formula
Revenue per chair per day = (monthly revenue ÷ chairs) ÷ days open
Benchmarks
Suburban salon: €120-200/day per chair. Urban / mid-tier: €150-300. Premium urban: €300-500. Specialty (color bar, treatments): can be €400-800.
Below €100 means the chair is underused. Either you have too many chairs for your booking volume, or stylists aren't booked enough hours, or service prices are too low.
The diagnostic split
If revenue per chair is low and chair UTILIZATION is high (chairs are full of clients), the problem is price — your services are too cheap.
If revenue per chair is low and chair UTILIZATION is low (empty chairs), the problem is bookings — marketing, walk-ins, or staff hours.
You'll need a different lever for each. Don't confuse them.