Is my booth rent worth it?
Booth Rent Calculator
Rent is only expensive relative to what the chair produces. This shows the share, the break-even cuts and what is left.
YOUR NUMBERS
YOUR RESULT
$70,300 a year after rent and supplies
- Kept per year
- $70,300
- Kept per week
- $1,406
- Rent as a share of revenue
- 13.9%
- Cuts to cover rent
- 5.6
- Rent per year
- $12,500
Per week
Rent takes 13.9% of what the chair makes, and the first 5.6 clients each week pay for the booth before you earn a dollar.
Educational calculation from the numbers you entered. Not financial, tax or legal advice.
HOW THIS CALCULATION WORKS
Booth rent is a fixed cost against a variable book. That makes it cheap in a full week and brutal in a slow one, which is why the share matters more than the sticker price.
- Weekly gross = average ticket × clients per week
- Rent share = rent ÷ weekly gross
- Kept = gross − rent − supplies
A WORKED EXAMPLE
$250 a week rent on a $45 ticket and 40 clients: gross $1,800, rent is 13.9%, and the first 5.6 clients of the week cover the booth.
These figures come from the example inputs above, not from industry data. ChairScale does not publish benchmark numbers until it has enough verified data to do it properly — read the methodology.
QUESTIONS BARBERS ASK
What share of revenue should rent be?
There is no universal figure and ChairScale will not invent one. What matters is whether your own share leaves you the income you calculated you need.
Rent or commission?
Rent wins when you are busy, commission wins when you are building. Compare them at your real weekly volume, not your best week.
Does rent include everything?
Check for product, towels, card fees, reception and software. Those extras are what turn a cheap-looking booth into an expensive one.
RUN YOUR NUMBERS
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