Complete Hair Salon Equipment List 2024

So you decided on starting your own business and opening a brand new salon. Our congratulations! You’re sure excited and full of ideas, but there’s also plenty of hard work ahead and lots of salon expenses to cover. While calculating your budget to save money you will undoubtedly ask yourself (or the internet): What equipment is needed for a salon? Let us help you with a comprehensive essential salon equipment list divided into categories so you can easily find everything you will need to provide the best quality services to your future clients.

Salon Furniture

Consider your salon’s layout, design. Furniture pieces are usually the biggest and the most expensive pieces of quality equipment. They need to fit well and be comfortable.

• Reception desk

• Reception chairs

• Salon chair

• Styling stations

• Backwash units (shampoo stations)

• Carts and trolleys

• Salon retail stands

• Lighting

• Magazine rack

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Salon Electric Equipment

The choice here very much depends on the salon quality services you are going to provide and how many stylists will be working in your beauty salon at the same time.

• Hair dryers

• Heat lamps

• Blow dryer

• Hair straighteners

• Hair curlers

• Hair clippers

• Washing machine and a dryer (for towels)

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Hair Salon Tools and Salon Supplies

Talk to your stylists, which cutting tools, styling station and accessories they consider essential items. Keep your budget in mind but remember that reliable equipment is often expensive for a reason. Consider buying just what hair tools you really need from the very beginning and purchasing some things later as your beauty salon business grows.

• Shears and scissors

• Salon Cart

• Rattail Combs

• Wide-Toothed Combs

• Round Brushes

• Vented Brushes

• Hood Dryer

• Paddle Brushes

• Hair cutting capes

• Salon towels

• Hand mirrors

• Hair water spray bottles

• Hair clipper

• Aprons

• Hair cutting capes

• Salon latex gloves

• Towels

• First Aid Kit

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Salon Manager Equipment

While not directly related to cutting hair, this equipment plays an essential role in your business. From booking appointments for your clients and collecting payments to organizing your salon’s schedule and optimizing your stock.

• Laptop/computer

• Phone

• Appointment booking / scheduling

• Salon POS System / cash register

• Salon management software

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Hair Salon Equipment Checklist

To make it even easier for you here we uploaded an essential salon equipment and salon supply checklist for you to work with while planning your future beauty salon business. Download it, add your notes and remarks, let us know if we forgot anything!

Conclusion

It’s easy to get confused with all the things you need to think of when opening a new salon, choosing location, staff, and, of course, all the hairdressing tools and equipment. But the result is totally worth it! We wish you luck and patience and hope that our essential salon equipment list could be of help to you.

Citations

Construction planning, equipment, and methods
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Process equipment design: vessel design
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Equipment leasing
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