What is a salon suite?

A salon suite is a small private studio inside a larger building, rented by one beauty professional who runs their own business from it. Stylists, barbers, estheticians and nail techs rent suites by the week or month, and the building owner supplies the lobby, utilities and usually the basic fixtures.

At Phenix Salon Suites, a suite comes with a styling station and chair plus a shampoo bowl and chair. The Look Salon Suites in Raleigh adds a dryer chair, cabinets and a lockable door. Sola buildings run 4,200 to 9,000 sq ft with 35 to 50 suites.

Licensing varies. Minnesota, for one, lets a suite building carry one salon license for every suite or have each suite licensed on its own. See how big a salon suite is and what suites rent for, compare booth rent, or sketch a suite in the salon floor plan maker.