SalonScale Technology Inc.

SalonScale Technology Inc. develops backbar management software for hair salons. The product calculates the cost of the product used in each color formula in real time, so stylists and owners can see the true product cost behind a service and price accordingly. Core capabilities marketed on the company's site include real-time color costing, waste tracking to reduce overmixing and leftover product, reporting and analytics dashboards covering color usage and profitability trends, and inventory management that automatically updates stock levels as color is mixed and generates reorder forms.

The application is presented in three role-based views: stylists save and reuse formulas and see costs at mixing time; owners monitor backbar usage, costs and profitability; and managers replace manual stock counts with automatic inventory, reorder supplies, and view the color cost attached to an appointment at checkout. Alongside the software, SalonScale promotes a "Parts + Labor" pricing method — separating product cost from labor in service pricing — through free webinars and a masterclass.

Business model

SalonScale sells a software application to salon businesses, with prospects routed through a virtual demo and a lead form that segments them by salon type (school or academy, salon with a team, hybrid salon, commission salon, self-employed) and by stylist count.

Traction

The company states its software is used by more than 8,000 salons. Customer testimonials on its site cite added annual revenue figures per salon ranging from roughly $12,000 to $70,000, and shorter-term results such as $50,000 generated in five and a half months and about $2,000 of color charged back in a month.