Your own business is a great option for developing your abilities, an opportunity to finally quit a boring job and try something new. It can also be the first step to wealth. One of the lowest-risk businesses is your own beauty salon.
Instructions
Step 1
Despite the abundance of places offering hairdressing, cosmetic and manicure services, it is often possible to get to the procedures only by appointment, which means a rather high demand for such activities. It is worth starting to open your own beauty salon with market research and choosing a suitable place. In addition, it is better to immediately understand what services you intend to provide, since the registration and licensing procedure, as well as the required area and set of equipment, depend on this.
Step 2
As for the location of the salon, keep in mind that this cannot be a living space, that is, in order to place a hairdresser in an apartment, it will need to be removed from the housing stock. In addition, a beauty salon cannot be located in a basement, semi-basement, room without communications and separate ventilation. The workplace of the first employee must be at least 14 square meters, for the rest - 7 meters. Naturally, all sanitary standards must be observed.
Step 3
Having decided on the types of activity and place, proceed with the registration of the enterprise. For a beauty salon, registration as an individual entrepreneur or a limited liability company is suitable. Then you need to select the types of activities in the tax office and obtain permission to open the salon from the sanitary-epidemiological and fire supervision authorities. Please note that some of the services you will provide may be subject to compulsory licensing.
Step 4
After you understand the legal component, you can move on to equipping workplaces and recruiting personnel. Do not forget that the provision of personal services, which include hairdressing, requires certified equipment. The presence of certificates is also required for consumables. As for the personnel, according to the law, a hairdressing salon must have at least two employees with a specialty “hairdresser”. All personnel are required to have personal medical records with a work permit.
Step 5
Don't forget to advertise your salon, especially at first. If you expect that the majority of your clients will be residents of one microdistrict, then you should negotiate with the management company about the possibility of placing advertisements in elevators and entrances. A bright sign and billboard will help customers to orient themselves, and discounts and promotions will attract new visitors, many of whom will become regular customers of your salon.
