Hair Salons Are a Good Business
There’s quite a bit of demand for haircuts, with relatively stable basic needs—especially among male clients, who tend to come in about once a month. Female clients come less often, but they spend more, so while there’s a ceiling on earnings, the income is generally stable.
Take this real estate agent’s case, for example. Even though he could only pocket over 2,000 RMB per month from a single shop partnership, he expanded quickly—opening five branches—and soon hit an income of over 10,000 RMB per month. Charging 20 RMB per haircut makes it easy to succeed and make money in cities like Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Hangzhou, with low startup costs: rent around 3,000 RMB per month, plus about 20,000 RMB for basic renovations. Hire a skilled barber, pay them a fixed salary plus profit-sharing as a partner, and it’s fairly straightforward.
A single shop can serve roughly 50 clients per day on average; over time, that stabilizes at around 1,000 daily clients, translating to about 30,000 RMB per month. After deducting rent, the rest is basically net profit—especially since the owner lives at the shop and keeps personal spending minimal.