What Local Hair Salon does

Local Hair Salon (localhairsalon.net) is a privately held online directory service that catalogs hair salons across all 50 US states, organized by state and city for consumer discovery. The platform serves two customer segments: individual consumers searching for local salons to browse reviews, prices, and photos, and hair salon businesses seeking online visibility. The core product is a state-by-state directory website with city-level filtering, a self-service Business Dashboard at dashboard.localhairsalon.net for salons to claim and manage their listings, and structured state/city pages optimized for organic local SEO. There is no mobile app, no public API, and no disclosed proprietary technology stack.

The business model is product-led and self-service on both sides. Salons can be listed for free at a Basic tier (name, address, phone, hours) or upgrade to a Premium Listing at $10 per month, which adds priority placement in search results, an enhanced profile, photos, special offers, customer review management, and ad-free listing pages. On top of subscriptions, the company sells tiered advertising packages ranging from $0-250 to $2,500+ per month to promote businesses to consumers actively searching in their area. Revenue is generated purely from these business-side SMB payments; consumers use the site at no charge.

The company operates with approximately 9 employees and is headquartered in Northfield, New Jersey. It is privately held with no disclosed funding rounds, no institutional investors, no leadership team publicly identified, and no M&A history. The owner has not been disclosed, and there is no parent company. Scale indicators suggest broad but shallow penetration — for example, the Wyoming state page lists 182 businesses while Virginia lists 3,303 — and no revenue figures are publicly disclosed.

Name

Local Hair Salon

Legal name

localhairsalon.net

Website

https://localhairsalon.net

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Local Hair Salon (localhairsalon.net) is a US directory platform covering hair salons across all 50 states. It offers free basic business listings plus $10/month premium subscriptions and tiered advertising packages, serving both consumers searching for local salons and salon SMBs seeking online visibility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Business Directory

akta.pro primary industry

Local Search & Business Directories (BPAMAAAE)

Keywords

• Hair salon directory
• Local business listings
• Online directory platform
• Salon advertising
• Business listing subscriptions

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Premium Listings Subscription: Monthly subscription at $10/month for enhanced business profiles with priority placement, photos, special offers, and customer review management with no competing ads on the listing page.
2. Advertising Packages: Variable advertising packages for businesses with budget ranges from $0-250 per month up to $2500+ per month, targeting highly targeted local customers actively searching for hair salons in their area.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

LocalHairSalon.net operates an online directory platform that lists hair salons across all 50 US states with city-level filtering, enabling consumers to discover, review, and compare local hair salons. Hair salon businesses can claim free Basic Listings or upgrade to a Premium Listing subscription ($10/month) for enhanced visibility, and can purchase tiered advertising packages to reach local customers actively searching for salon services.

Product overview

LocalHairSalon.net is a hair salon directory platform organized by US state, offering free Basic Listings with essential business information and a Premium Listing tier ($10/month) with enhanced visibility features. Salon owners can manage their presence through a Business Dashboard, and businesses may purchase advertising packages across various budget tiers to reach targeted local customers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Basic Listing (Free) Free directory listing tier that gives hair salons a presence on LocalHairSalon.net including business name, address, phone number, hours, and basic business information. Designed for any salon seeking minimum online visibility on the platform.
• Premium Listing Subscription listing tier priced at $10/month that includes everything in Basic plus priority placement in search results, an enhanced business profile, photos and special offers, customer review management, and no third-party ads displayed on the salon's page. Aimed at hair salons seeking differentiated visibility versus free listings.
• Business Dashboard Self-service web platform (dashboard.localhairsalon.net) where salon businesses can claim their listings, sign in with email-based verification codes, and update business information, photos, offers, and reviews. Targeted at hair salon owners and managers handling their own online presence.
• Advertising Packages Tiered paid advertising offerings with monthly budget ranges of $0-250, $250-500, $500-1,000, $1,000-2,500, and $2,500+ per month, plus custom packages on request. Promotes hair salon businesses to highly targeted local customers actively searching for hair salons on the platform.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Fresha: Beauty and wellness marketplace offering salon discovery, online booking, and payment processing. Operates a free-to-listings model with monetization through payment processing, directly competing for both salon inventory and consumer discovery.
• Booksy: Booking and business management platform for beauty and wellness professionals, including hair salons. Offers appointment scheduling, payments, and a discovery directory that directly competes with the platform's value proposition to salon owners.
• StyleSeat: Online booking and discovery platform focused specifically on hair, beauty, and barbering professionals. Combines salon listings with appointment booking, making it a direct competitor in the hair salon discovery and lead-generation space.
• Vagaro: Salon and spa booking platform with a built-in marketplace for consumer discovery. Provides directory, booking, and SaaS tools to salons, overlapping substantially with the platform's offering.

Broad incumbents

• Angi (formerly Angie's List): Established local services directory and lead-generation platform. While primarily focused on home services, the directory model and monetization approach (subscriptions + advertising) are directly comparable.
• Yelp: The dominant general-purpose local business directory and review platform. Yelp is a broad incumbent with overlapping capabilities (business listings, reviews, advertising) for hair salons and many other verticals, but is not niche-focused on hair salons.
• Thumbtack: Local services marketplace covering home, events, and personal services including beauty. Functions as a discovery and lead-generation platform for service professionals, with a broader scope than hair salons.
• Square Appointments: Booking and salon management software from Block (Square), widely used by hair salons. Provides listing-style discovery integrated with booking and payments, offering a more feature-complete alternative to the directory.
• Google Business Profile: Google's free local business listing product that surfaces in Search and Maps results. It is the default local discovery destination for most consumers and the most direct substitute for the directory's core listing offering.

Emerging players

• The Knot Worldwide: Vertical-specific directory and marketplace for wedding services, with analogous niche-directory mechanics and advertising-based monetization. While the vertical differs, the operating model and revenue approach are highly comparable.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/local-hair-salon

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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