How big is a salon suite?

Most single salon suites are about 100 to 130 square feet, roughly a 10 x 10 to 10 x 13 ft room. Phenix Salon Suites lists its singles at 105 to 110 sq ft. Doubles for two chairs run up to about 230 sq ft at The Look Salon Suites.

That fits one styling station and chair, a shampoo bowl with its chair, a hood dryer chair and some storage. Shape matters as much as area. A long, narrow room can leave too little space behind the shampoo chair, where Minerva Beauty suggests at least 24 inches for the stylist.

Pennsylvania, for one, requires a one-person cosmetology salon to be at least 120 sq ft and 10 ft wide, while other states use other numbers or none. The salon suite floor plan maker has 10 x 12 and 12 x 14 ft presets. See what a salon suite is.