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Bookkeeping for hair and beauty salons

Salons take payment at the end of each appointment through booking software, alongside gift vouchers, booking deposits, retail product sales and, in some salons, rent from stylists who hire a chair. We look after day-to-day bookkeeping for hair and beauty salons across Australia.

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Businesses in Hairdressing and Beauty Services (ANZSIC class 9511)

Actively trading businesses across Australia
37,517 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2025, checked 15 October 2026
Of those, classified as non-employing
16,815 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2025, checked 15 October 2026
Of those, with 1 to 4 employees
15,897 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2025, checked 15 October 2026

Businesses by main state or territory

  1. New South Wales12,637 businesses
  2. Victoria10,333 businesses
  3. Queensland7,284 businesses
  4. Western Australia3,581 businesses
  5. South Australia2,308 businesses
  6. Tasmania586 businesses
  7. Australian Capital Territory582 businesses
  8. Northern Territory203 businesses
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, June 2025. Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2: Businesses by main state by industry class by employment size ranges (8165DC02.xlsx). Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Businesses by number of employees

  1. Non-employing16,815 businesses
  2. 1 to 4 employees15,897 businesses
  3. 5 to 19 employees4,515 businesses
  4. 20 to 199 employees285 businesses
  5. 200 or more employees5 businesses
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, June 2025. Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2: Businesses by main state by industry class by employment size ranges (8165DC02.xlsx). Checked 15 Oct 2026.

What we look after

What the books involve

  • Appointment takings: card and cash payments recorded in the salon booking software reconciled to the bank, with service income and retail product sales shown on separate lines.
  • Gift vouchers and deposits: prepaid amounts recorded as liabilities and matched to the services or products supplied, or to refunds, so unused balances stay visible.
  • Chair and room rent: weekly or monthly payments from independent stylists and beauty therapists matched to their agreements, with any that fall behind listed for the owner.
  • Product suppliers: invoices for colour, treatments and retail stock from salon distributors entered as they arrive, which shows how much product goes into services compared with what is sold.
  • Booking platform and card terminal fees, rent, laundry and equipment costs recorded against their own accounts, with bank feeds running into Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks Online.

Sources

  1. Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2: Businesses by main state by industry class by employment size ranges (8165DC02.xlsx)

    Australian Bureau of Statistics. Actively trading businesses at 30 June 2025, released 16 December 2025. Checked 15 October 2026.

    Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits, June 2021 to June 2025, licensed under CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0.

  2. Correspondence, GCCSA 2021 to GCCSA 2026 (CG_GCCSA_2021_GCCSA_2026.csv)

    Australian Bureau of Statistics. ASGS Edition 4, July 2026 to June 2031, released 22 July 2026. Checked 15 October 2026.

    Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 4, licensed under CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0.

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