Hairdressing Salon

What Hairdressing Salon does

Salon 88 is a privately owned boutique hairdressing salon operating from a single location at 72 Margate Road, Herne Bay, United Kingdom. Founded in 2017, the business delivers a one-on-one personal styling service across three lines: core hairdressing (cuts, blow dries, restyles, colour, highlights, balayage, perms), barber services (gents and boys' cuts), and occasion services (wedding packages and updos). The salon's technical foundation is its professional styling team and its use of Goldwell™ professional colour products, supported by annual full cut and colour training for continued stylist development. There is no proprietary technology platform; the digital surface is limited to a WordPress-based website (salon88.co.uk) and a Facebook page used for customer engagement, reviews, and appointment capture.

The business operates on a direct-to-consumer transaction-fee model with pay-as-you-go pricing. Service prices range from £8 (Little Guys Cut) to £98 (Ombre/Balayage), with Cut and Blow Dry services priced between £23 and £32, and Complete Wedding Packages starting from £150 (including a £25 initial consultation and trial sessions). The salon serves general consumers, male clients, and wedding clients within a tightly defined geographic catchment of Herne Bay and surrounding areas, with optional home services for special occasions. There is no subscription, membership, or contract revenue; all revenue is generated per visit.

Salon 88 is a founder-operated independent business with no disclosed external investment, venture capital backing, or parent company. The operating geography is restricted to a single country (United Kingdom) and a single city, with no global footprint claims. Day-to-day operations run Tuesday through Saturday, with the salon closed on Sundays and Mondays. Marketing relies on organic Facebook activity and the website, with no evidence of paid acquisition, partnerships beyond Goldwell™, or formal awards or certifications.

Name

Hairdressing Salon

Legal name

Salon 88

Website

https://salon88.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Salon 88 is a privately owned boutique hairdressing salon in Herne Bay, UK, offering cuts, colour, barber services, and wedding packages to local individual consumers using Goldwell™ professional products from a single storefront.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hairdressing and Beauty Services

NAICS

Beauty Salons (812112), Barber Shops (812111), Hair, Nail, and Skin Care Services (81211)

akta.pro primary industry

Unisex/Family Hair Salons (HSALAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Barber Shop + Salon Hybrid Services (Unisex) (HSALABAF), Bridal Hair Styling Services (HSALALAA), Special Occasion Hair & Makeup Services (Non-Bridal) (HSALALAH)

Keywords

• Professional hairdressing services
• Hair cutting styling
• Hair color highlights
• Barber grooming
• Wedding hair packages

Headquarters

HQ city

Herne Bay

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Hairdressing Services: One-time transaction-based services including cuts, styling, coloring, and treatments. Services are booked individually with prices ranging from £8 to £98 depending on the service type.
2. Wedding Packages: Complete wedding hair packages starting from £150, including initial consultation (£25), trial sessions, and the wedding day service. Additional appointments available for bridesmaids and mother of the bride.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Salon 88 is a boutique hairdressing salon providing one-on-one hair care services including cutting, blow drying, restyling, wet cuts, coloring, foils, ombre/balayage, perms, and children's cuts, plus barber services for men and boys and a wedding hair package with trial runs. Services are priced per unit (£8–£98 for standard services, from £150 for wedding packages) and delivered at a single salon location in Herne Bay, with optional at-home service for special occasions.

Product overview

Salon 88 is a boutique hairdressing salon offering a unified suite of hair care services. The core offering comprises hairdressing services (cuts, blow dries, colouring, highlights, perms) and barber services (gents and children cuts). Add-on specialty modules include wedding packages with consultations and trial runs, and special occasion updo services. The salon also provides Goldwell professional colour products for blonde and colour treatments. All services are delivered at the physical salon location in Herne Bay.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cut and Blow Dry services

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Goldwell™coreTechnology or IntegrationGoldwell™ is a professional hair color brand used by Salon 88 for their range of blonde colors and tints. The partnership enables the salon to offer expert color services including full head color, root tints, highlights, and balayage treatments. Goldwell™ provides the professional-grade coloring products that support the salon's color expertise.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Headmasters: UK premium salon group offering cuts, colour, barbering and occasion styling. Comparable in unisex salon-plus-barber model, mid-to-premium price points, and a similar annual-training ethos around stylists.
• Rush Hair: UK-based multi-location salon chain offering cuts, colour, barbering and bridal services. Highly comparable in service mix, UK geography, and price-band positioning to Salon 88, but at significantly larger scale.

Broad incumbents

• Toni&Guy: Global hairdressing brand and salon chain with a strong UK footprint. Comparable in service breadth (cuts, colour, bridal) and in positioning around professional training, but at far greater scale and brand recognition than Salon 88.
• Regis Salons (UK): Large UK-affiliated salon chain offering cuts, colour and barbering at accessible price points. Comparable service mix but competes from a value-positioning and scale standpoint rather than boutique.
• Trevor Sorbie: Long-established UK salon brand with strong reputation in cut, colour and bridal work. Comparable in professional hairdressing positioning and bridal services, but at a luxury price tier and London-centric footprint.
• Supercuts: UK high-street walk-in haircut chain with strong presence in shopping locations. Comparable in core cut services and price points (£8–£15) at the men's/children's tier, but does not focus on colour or bridal work.

Regional players

• Daniel Galvin: London-based colour specialist salon using Goldwell-affiliated products and training. Comparable in Goldwell™ colour expertise, premium colour services (foils, balayage), and a similar target market of colour-focused clients, though located outside Kent.
• Nicky Clarke: Celebrity-branded UK salon with strong cut, colour and bridal reputation. Comparable in premium positioning and bridal services, but concentrated in higher-end London locations rather than coastal town markets.

Others

• Fresha: Global salon/beauty booking and payments platform widely adopted by independent salons. Comparable in target customer (independent salon owner) and provides the online-booking infrastructure that Salon 88 currently lacks.
• Treatwell: UK's leading online booking marketplace for salons, barbers and beauty services. Relevant as a customer-acquisition and online-booking channel that Salon 88 does not currently appear to participate in, increasing competitive pressure on visibility.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Salon-88-154781657904190
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hairdressing-salon

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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