2.0× The typical hair salon or barbershop for sale in the US asks 2.0 times its yearly cash flow.
We read 717 hair salons and barbershops listed for sale on a major online marketplace and compared each asking price with the cash flow its seller reported.
The findings in eight sentences.
- The middle half of hair salons and barbershops ask between 1.4 and 3.0 times their yearly cash flow.
- Hair salons and barbershops ask less than the typical business for sale, which asks 2.6 times.
- The typical asking price for a hair salon or barbershop is $155,000.
- Measured against revenue, the typical hair salon or barbershop asks 0.6 times its yearly sales.
- 23% of hair salons and barbershops for sale offer seller financing, against 22% overall.
- 34% of owners who say why they're selling are retiring.
- 24% of hair salons and barbershops for sale show no revenue, cash flow or EBITDA, against 18% overall.
- 20% of the hair salons and barbershops for sale are listed in Florida, 15% in California and 10% in Texas.
Of the health, beauty and fitness industries, hair salons and barbershops ask less than most.
Home health and senior care agencies and pharmacies ask the most, 3.0 times their yearly cash flow, and assisted living and care homes the least, 1.4 times.
- Home health and senior care agencies: median 3.0×, middle half from 2.0× to 4.0×
- Pharmacies: median 3.0×, middle half from 2.2× to 4.8×
- Gyms, fitness studios and spas: median 2.7×, middle half from 2.0× to 3.5×
- Medical practices: median 2.6×, middle half from 1.9× to 3.6×
- Hair salons and barbershops: median 2.0×, middle half from 1.4× to 3.0×
- Chiropractic practices: median 1.8×, middle half from 1.6× to 2.6×
- Nail salons and beauty studios: median 1.8×, middle half from 1.1× to 2.7×
- Assisted living and care homes: median 1.4×, middle half from 1.0× to 2.8×
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49% of hair salons and barbershops ask less than two times their yearly cash flow.
38% ask between two and four, and 13% more than four.
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Bigger hair salons and barbershops ask less for each dollar of cash flow.
The typical ask is 2.0 times below $100,000 of yearly cash flow and 1.9 times at $100,000 to $250,000.
- Under $100k: median 2.0×, middle half from 1.5× to 3.0×
- $100k to $250k: median 1.9×, middle half from 1.2× to 2.9×
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What a hair salon or barbershop like yours would ask.
The middle half of similar listings ask
$126,000 to $252,000
The typical one asks $169,000, 2.0× its yearly cash flow.
Based on hair salons and barbershops with under $100k of yearly cash flow. These are asking prices, not sale prices or appraisals.
After the close.
We write the software a newly bought business runs on, one process at a time, such as quoting, scheduling or billing, and the new owner keeps the code. How we work with buyers and operating partners.
The data.
We read the listings on September 24, 2026, and their full details from September 25 to 30, 2026.
Questions
What multiple of cash flow do hair salons and barbershops sell for?
Hair salons and barbershops listed for sale in the US ask a median 2.0 times their yearly cash flow (seller's discretionary earnings), and the middle half ask between 1.4 and 3.0 times. Sale prices usually come in lower.
How much does it cost to buy a hair salon or barbershop?
The typical hair salon or barbershop for sale asks $155,000, and the middle half ask between $90,000 and $299,000. Sale prices usually come in lower.
How many hair salons and barbershops for sale offer seller financing?
23% of hair salons and barbershops for sale offer seller financing, against 22% overall.
What multiple of revenue do hair salons and barbershops ask?
The typical hair salon or barbershop for sale asks 0.6 times its yearly sales, and the middle half ask between 0.4 and 0.9 times.
Why are hair salons and barbershops for sale?
34% of owners who give a reason are retiring. 27% are moving on to other businesses or interests, and 16% are relocating.
How we did it
We read every listing on a major US online marketplace for businesses for sale on September 24, 2026, and went back to each one from September 25 to 30, 2026 for its full details. This page covers the 717 established hair salons and barbershops among them. 403 show both an asking price and a cash flow, and 389 of those are left after the exclusions below.
Older listings use a flat list of named categories, and newer ones a two-level list whose subcategories have no names. A listing without its own photo shows its category's default photo. Each default photo almost always shows up in a single newer subcategory, so each named category joins the subcategory where its photo appears.
A multiple is the asking price divided by the seller's discretionary earnings the listing reports. We left out multiples below 0.3 or above 20, and listings whose price includes the property. Prices and cash flows on this page come from the listings with a multiple. These are asking prices, and a business usually sells for less than it asks. The full method.
Cite this page
Fulkerson Advisors (2026). What hair salons and barbershops for sale ask. From What Small Businesses for Sale Ask: 39,587 US Listings, September 2026. https://www.fulkersonadvisors.com/research/small-business-multiples/hair-salons-barbershops
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