Barbers are millionaires! Have you heard this statement before and you are wondering how true is this? Maybe not but I can tell you that the statement is correct and I’m sure every Barber will agree to that too. Starting a barbing salon is not difficult and I am going to show you how.
I visit barbing salon every three days and each time I visit, I use to part with between N200 to N500 as service cost; sometime more, depending on the type of barbing salon. Let’s say, the average I spent on barbing weekly is between Six Hundred Naira to One Thousand Five Hundred Naira. It means In a month, I will spend N2,400 to N6,000… just only me.
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Now, if my Barber has 100 other customers like me who patronize him monthly, he will be making between N240,000 to N600,000 monthly from these hundred customers alone! Do you now agree that Barbers are millionaires? Lets see if hundred customers monthly is realistic; if you divide 100 by 30 that will give you about 3.3 customers daily, and there is absolutely no barber that get only 3 persons to barb in a whole day, the least I’ve counted is 10 per day. If I ask the question again “Is 100 Customers realistic” based on this scenario ? I’m sure the answer I’ll get is emphatic YES!
Why are entrepreneurs overlooking this business that is capable of making them millions? Because it doesn’t blow whistles! People naturally like businesses that make lots of noises even if it doesn’t bring money, but would you like to go for business that make noises or the one that brings real money? Your answer is as good as mine. Now, lets take a closer look and find out what it takes to start a good Barbershop.
What You Need To Start A Barbing Salon Business
1. Learn to Barb – Spend three months or thereabout to learn how to barb, which is basically learning how to handle the clippers. Barbing is an art and a barber is an artist! It’s not just enough lo learn how to handle the clipper, you need to perfect the art of haircuts; like shaving, tracing the hair line, and trimming.
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You can learn the basics within three months and then perfect your art as time goes one. But don’t forget that the level of your customer satisfaction will depend on how well you mastered the art of shaving, so don’t play with it. Some will even go as far as arresting you with police for spoiling their haircuts, and if you’re good your customers wouldn’t leave for anyone else.
2. Rent A Shop – Look for a decent shop in a shopping mall or any shop near you, make sure the shop is spacious to accommodate your customers and still have enough space for people to mingle around. It is very important because when you’re working on customers, you may have other customers on the waiting list. Spacious shop will afford you the space to put some chairs for you customers to seat on while they wait.
3. Paint Your Shop – Many local barbers are fond of painting their shops white. This is where you’d need to make yourself and your business stands out. chose some creative color combination for your painting, don’t just go for the norm, defy the norm and create your own style.
Your objective is to impress your customers, and there is no better way to do it than to make your business place stand out from the crowd.
4. Furnish Your Shop – Furnishing a barbing salon is quite simple and cost effective. Get a very good and comfortable revolving chair where your customers will seat on while you work on them. The revolving type make your work easier as you don’t need to move around, you can stand still and turn the chair to any direction of your choice.
You will need a table too, where you’ll put your barbing equipment for convenience access, and other chairs where your waiting customers will seat on.
5. Buy Original Clippers – You will need about two clippers, after working with one, you put it out for treatment then continue with the other. You will be switching between the two clippers. I said original because not all clippers are good.
Go for original Philips, it’s costly but well worth the money. Look for it at at original Philips retail shop. There is one in Allen Avenue. If you can’t find it, make do with other brands but make sure it’s original that will last for you and work more efficiently.
6. Get A Sterilizer – Due to the increased number of communicable diseases out there, people will be more inclined to patronize you if they are assured that your clippers are well treated and sterilized.
So, buy electronic sterilizer that you’ll use to treat your clippers and other cutting equipment when you finished using them on a customer before using them on another customer to avoid the spread of diseases among your customers.
7. Buy A Standby Generator – You do not need BIG one except if you can afford it, small generator of N10,00 to N12,000 is OK for the job. Generator is so important in the business of barbing that without it, you may not be able to do the business.
These are the major equipment, others are wraparound (minor materials like the cloth you’ll tie around the your customers to prevent the flying hairs from littering his body) hair creams, spirits, aftershave, and so on
With all these in place, you are ready to go and start making hundreds of thousands every month from this cool business. That’s all for now, let me see your comments on this.
Hello Mr Darlington, I just read ur post on starting up a barbing salon, I must say u really did a good job in d analysis. I'm female, I just suddenly got d vision to learn how to barb and don't know where to go and learn, I'm really interested, can u suggest somewhere very good I can learn?
Kudos to you Mr Dalington for putting up this article, am a barber too and can be of help if only if you are serious about it.It good to encourage and support women that show interest in the profession.
You can just look out for the very best around you and let him know of your intention to be his trainee.
That was a nice one. Starting may be funny but with time and dedication, you will be a pro… Danjuma Abraham J, Uyo.
I there !!!
i'm maxwell i student of unilorin computer science fresher
i love to have a unisex barber shop
and am budgeting about 500k to start up the biz
i don't know if that would work out
i really want it to be a unsiex saloon and with good standards
i hate trash….
YOUR ENGLISH IS TRASH
I totally agree with you Mr Darlington barbing is a very good business that most people look down but I believe that with this article many will benefit from the biz God bless you
Barbing salon is nice buz and i love it ; am a barber also MD of GODs WILL Barbing salon
I want to open a barbing saloon and hire a barber. How do I pay him. I want to splint the money into two or should i tell him to pay me a certain amount of money each month then any other money he has he can keep. What do I do. Am a little not so sure. People find it hard to work for people these days. It's hard to get someone who is reliable.
ok how and when will the business have a break even point.
Hello Mr. Omeh. I really appreciate your analysis on setting up a barbing salon. I have set
up one already and I needed some responsible barbers. Can you help in recommending or
introducing some to my salon through my telephone contact.
i’m marscut I’m a professional and skillful barber. if you need me dis is my number 08131008756
Dear Uncle Darlington, am already learning the art of barbing hope to start soon when I am through. With this article my hope of success is guaranteed and I’m very happy about it.Thanks
Thank you Mr. Darlington for your enlightenment in this area of Business. Your articles on this subject matter has made the business so easy to begin
this article is more instructional than most have seen online. I really love this article, thanks for helping people out on how to put their money in barbing business.
Thanks Mr Darlington
I find this article quite helpful
But how much can I use to start up a big cool and inviting barber shop
Please I’m not much on here I’m the busy type sorry I will like if you can just text me or message me on whatsapp no disrespects Sir
Thanks Sir
Woo….Thank you Mr. Darlington Omeh for this great information. God bless You Sir.
Nice one Sir, but will love to talk to you personally. Please email me your contact so I can call you Sir.
Thanks.
MR. OMEH BARBING SALOON BIZ IS A GOOD BIZ BUT NOT IN NIGERIA. 1, THE BARBERS ARE FRUSTRATING THE BIZ AND CUSTOMERS ARE NOT ENCOURAGING TOO. 2, I RUN AN INTERNATIONAL BARBING SALOON AND I RUN ON WEEKLY RETURNED. FOR THE PASS 4 YEARS I SUPPLIES PRODUCTS WORTH 1,200.00 USD MONTHLY BUT I’M NOT GETTING 100,000.00 NG NAIRA IN A MONTH I’M SURPRISE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MAKING 600,000.00 IN A MONTH. PLS DON’T GET PEOPLE INTO BIZ THEY DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE COUNTRY IS HARD TODAY PLS. THE BARBER ARE NOT TRUTHFUL HERE THEY WORKS MONEY BUT THE OWNER IS NOT SEEING THE MONEY AND UNDER 1YEAR THEY WILL RUN TO OPEN LOCAL PLACE AND ALL CUSTOMERS THAT CUT WITH HIM WILL FOLLOW HIM. THE BIZ IS GOOD FOR ONLY BARBERS NOT THOSE WHO ARE NOT. PLS BECAREFUL ON HOW YOU GET PEOPLE INTO BIZ THEY HAD NO IDEAL ABOUT THANKZ YOU CAN REACH ME ON.
Am still learning the work but I can barb perfectly and I want to know if it okay collecting stylist because am a student and I want ro run the business
Am a student of osun state polytechnic, hnd1 banking and finance ……. Am learning this barbing and I can barb perfectly. I want to know the amount I can use to start the business here in nigeria and It would be a big salon containing close to 6 customers chair……. Facebook user
Adeleke damilare or 08032446785 WhatsApp number only…….. Pls I really need a reply
i am a barber and i find this article very interesting and educative. its an eye opener to a very creative art that after finish leaves you with so much smiles. just in case you need a contract barber in Delta state you can contact me on my email
its a nice one am planning on starting mine in the next three months and i will need good barberz
Welldone
oga barbing business is only lucrative for those that own the shop and are barbers themselves. and you can make your calculation on 600,000 monthly because of other expenses like food, transport, fuel, maintenance and assistant barbers and note that the problem of savings is there because the income is not static and it does not come in bulk ok.
I just read this article and it is quite informative. However I think you exaggerated the income estimates. At N200 per cut for 3 customers per day for a 30 day month will earn you N18,000 monthly. If you increase the number to 10 per day, the income earnings will be N60,000 per month. How did you arrive at your N240,000 to N600,000 estimate?
Thank you for the comment but you need to go back and read the article properly before commenting. That way, you’ll be able to get the gist. You totally manufactured your own figures, that’s not the figures I mentioned. 100 customers that spends N2,400 to N6,000 monthly will give you N240,000 to N600,000. That’s what is in the article and that hasn’t changed.
I really like your post and learned from it. My challenge is that I need to open up one and have no idea on how to barb and too busy to learn. How do I carefully work with an experienced barber without problems with finances on the long run?
thanks you sir for enlightenment me about this profession job,you are one in millions
Hi, I currently run a barbing salon in partnership, and I must say it’s making some progress. Your article is a bit exaggerated and you missed out on the weekly/daily expenses part. Your article focused more on the income. There’s so much more.
Salon Age: 2 months
Business averages
Customers: 3 per day
Services :(Barbing, Shaving, Friction,etc): #200
Per day Income: #1000
Workers: 1
Expenses: #300 / day (We turn on the generator for more than 1 hr at least)
I would like to highlight a few challenges
1. Electricity: Salon business strictly runs on power . You either on generator or PHCN. Please get a good location where the electricity supply is a bit stable or else it would drill a hole in your overall profit.
2. Expenses: The following expenses are required monthly; Oils ,powder, aftershave, disinfectants, neck tissue, Electricity bills, Fuel, Generator repairs and servicing, etc.
Based on my Salon Income /Expense analysis so far, we spend 40%-45% of our monthly income all these expenses.
So if income= #240,000, expenses range up to #108000. Remainder =#132000. Not to mention personal expenses like feeding , shelter, healthcare etc. This means Barbers are not entirely millionaires.
2. Business Growth Syndrome
It is often said that 9 out of 10 business die after the first 5 years. At the take off of the Salon, one has to pray and source for customers especially if the location of Salon is not so favorable. So at the initial , it might take up to 3-6 months for the required 10 customers/day.
However, this is not the phase to give up.
3. Competition
Everyone forgets about this. There is competition out there. People don’t easily switch Salons especially if their current hair stylist is good , and very good. You know the feeling of walking into a Salon and your barber immediately knows what to do , You say little, and he just does his/her magic. How do expect clients to just shift because you have a similar salon? This is another challenge. We all need to think more and do things a bit different else clients do not show up. We need to add more services maybe even for free.
4. Good and Faithful workers/employees
Not so much to say. Just pray you get good , faithful, respectful and honest employees that can represent your interest very well.
Anyone, interested in my monthly income and expense report can leave a comment.
Wish everyone success.
real learnt alot from al these. Am currently learning the art and would love 2 start soon. Please i need 2 knw d expenses and how to manage my salon n hw to pay my co-barber when i start it up. Hal at me via FB at OKOYE ARTHUR CHIBUIKE
09057216587
Yeah I wanna Know please your income and expenses I just started a salon of my own resently
Gudday bro… Pls hw do I get to contact u ASAP
Please i will like to know as you have been in the barbing business for long, which is best paying the employed barber monthly or the barber deliver a certian agreed amount of money? Please you can reply me through Facebook (lawal habeeb beebul) because i plan on opening a barber shop soonest
MR or Mrs Tope I am Jesse im an business developer, i like this business. How can I contact you?
Dear Tope,
Good morning. My name name is David and i must compliment you for the wonderful insights you have outlined for potential investors in the barbing business. You know you could start a consultancy agency of sorts, to help guide anyone that is passionate and committed to starting such a business. I would like to have a brief discussion with you if that’s possible. My phone number is 08165924471 and you can also reach me via whatsapp on the same number. I sincerely look forwards to hearing from you ASAP.
Thank you.
Regards,
David.
Nice report. i’m interested
I’d love a monthly report please, thank you.
Your article is wonderful, i fully get the gist. Barbing is very lucrative. Please people read the article very carefully and pick those vital points.
1. Your location is very important.
2. Your packaging ( interior)
3. Service quality.
These and more are basic need that triggers the number of customers that will turn to your shop on daily basis.
Get it and stop the argument
God bless you sir. For the explanation some think it’s a lazy work
learnt alot from the article and by God’s grace wil start mine soon after learning . Would go 4 a top standard 1 nt a hungry salon. Aiming 4 d big fishes and best custormer service. TANX thumbs up bro.
Keep it up y don’t u start ebe
I ma ihe
i love the idea
impressive,quiet impressive..am into learning thise great art of barbing,nd it been my dream to become a wel popular nd great stylist of ds country fr a very long time though,bt thank God i v finally make a step by learning dz awesome work…in addition i knw i can accomplish my dream by comin accros dz aweson nd most inspiring post frm d great man himself mr darlington,ur day shal b great nd bles for u 2 bles others wit ds great article..
Good article. Pls I want to open a barbing salon and employ somone to handle it. How best do I profit since am not the one barbing. Pls I need ur advice
Mr Darlington thanks you so much,may God bless.but am a barber and i don’t have anyone to help me open my own shop,wat wil i do?
God will surely make you wealthy and reward you greatly for the knowledge you have been sharing. thank you
We are as important as the health pratitioner without us think of how you are gona be .
BIG SHOUT OUT TO ALL BARBER IN THE HOUSE
Well spoken bro…..God bless our hustle…..
#dharmmytee# Barbas shop
Agbabiaka, Kwara State.
very gud article,i leaned a lot 4rm it.Thank 4ur enlightment.
i need a competent barber that staysneither around abule egba, command asap
i so much appreciate,you realy impert some knowledge to me on how to make big money from barbing salon small sale business,
This is barbers world
Am the CEO of Rozisky international barber
I think you can earn more than that because if you include others things like sharping and to fix clippers.
Am a student of osun state polytechnic, hand 1 banking and finace……. Am learning barbing and I can barb perfectly…. So am planing on setting up a large shop which can contain up to 6 customers chair so I want t know the amount u can use to set up the business….. WhatsApp only 08032446785 pls I need the answer
I need a very good barbing stylist.
Location: Abeokuta
Whatsapp: 08033693808
This business is worth learning, i must comment on it. It is a small scale business but i like it.
I will be investing 400,000 naira for it. I will employ 2workers and also pay for it to be advertized on a radio station.
I don’t know if i make sense.
Good day sir,i am Mr Ani Sunday from Enugu state,am a qualified barber by his grace, please sir am looking for a job. 08166459345