Becoming a hairdresser: opening your salon or practicing at home

You can perform the following services:

• Washing, cutting, setting, dyeing, coloring, waviness, straightening, permanent waving, scalp treatment
• Shaving and beard cutting
• Consulting and product sales

This is a craft industry and a regulated profession.

For open your hair salon, you must have at least one of the 4 degrees following:

• Professional patent (BP) hairdressing : it is accessible from the age of 16 to your 30th birthday (or more under conditions). You're on an apprenticeship contract for two years.
  You pass it:
  
  • either after having obtained a CAP hairdressing and 2 years of professional experience in hairdressing? You must provide Urssaf documents proving a minimum turnover of €6,000 per year
  • or after 5 years of professional experience in hairdressing
  • either by validation of experience (VAE).
• Master's degree in hairdressing (BM). It lasts 2 years, in an apprenticeship contract or in a professionalization contract.
  It is accessible:
  
  • either after a BP hairdressing
  • or after a course of continuing training
  • either by EEV.

• Pro Hairdressing Tray : you must be 16 years old to register, after class 3^e. The training lasts 2 or 3 years (depending on whether you have CAP hairdressing or not).

• BTS hairdressing trades : to register you must have already obtained either a general BAC, a Pro Bac hairdressing or a BP hairdressing. The training lasts 2 years.

Good Repute

You do not have the right to become a hairdresser if you have been sentenced to one of the following:

• Prohibition of directing, managing, administering or controlling directly or indirectly a commercial or craft company
• Prohibition to engage in a professional or social activity for a maximum period of 5 years when you have used your professional activity to commit an offense (for example, breach of trust or abuse of social property )

You must to analyze the territory economic, social, cultural, etc.

You have to do the list of your competitors in the territory and work on needs of your future customers.

Security

A hairdresser is an establishment that welcomes the general public (ERP). He must meet certain standards to protect and facilitate customer access.

The use of products for curling, straightening or undulating the hair, containingthioglycolic acid is subject to strict rules. Only people with a BP hairdressing can use them.

Accessibility

You must settle accessibility features that enable persons with disabilities of circulate with the most great autonomy possible.

We will explain in detail what are those standards?.

Analysis of the territory

Consider the following:

• Immediate business environment: the more your premises surrounded by other shops, the more potential customers there are
• Nature of the surrounding shops: a street of "food" shops will be less frequented in the afternoon
• Access to your premises: sidewalk width, proximity to parking spaces, direction of traffic, pedestrian street, etc.
• Visibility: are there obstacles (urban furniture) in front of the premises, the showcase is it good? visible from the sidewalk?
• Background location: check with nearby businesses

Insee: economic portrait of a territory

Competitive Analysis

It's essential to learn about competitors in your market.

You need to analyze your customer's needs.

List your competitors

Working on the needs of your future clientele: Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Canevas method:

At this point, you are in a position to address the mandatory phase which consists in carrying out your market study and building your business plan.

The banks and financial partners will require access to these documents. They need it to accept or not to lend you money and make you confidence.

The business plan should include a summary of your market research.

So you have to start the 2 at the same time.

The business plan evolves as your project matures.

It then enables the management of First 3 years of your business.

We'll get you explains everything in our pages dedicated tomarket study and the business plan.

Name your company

Your company must have a name.

Individual business The rules are different depending on whether it is a given or a business.

Domiciliate your company

As a hairdresser at home, the simplest is to choose your home address to house your company. But you can also choose a business of domicile.

What status for which entrepreneur?

You can choose to work under one of the following statuses:

• Micro(auto) entrepreneur. This status is particularly suitable for starting an activity. It is only accessible if your turnover does not exceed €72,600 per year.
• Sole trader (SE)
• Business (SARL, EURL, SA, SAS, etc.). This status is particularly suitable if you wish to associate (note, in the case of SASU or EURL you may be the only partner yourself).

Who can help you?

It is important not to be alone when creating a company.

You can get closer to associations (such as for example) and professional organizations hairdressing, like the National Council of Hairdressing companies (CNEC).

Of entrepreneurial support professionals can also help you.

The status of franchisee minimizes the risk of failure.

If you are inexperienced in entrepreneurship this choice can be interesting. The franchised entrepreneur is legally and financially independent.

However, it does have some limitations:

• Financial investment Departure is important because you pay for access to the franchised brand (fee, entrance fee).
• Commitment by contract

• Conditions of transmission company that can be costly or complex

What is a goodwill?

The goodwill includes everything that is necessary for your business :

• Right to lease salesman
• Trade name, brand, brand, patent
• Material, equipment
• Supplier Contracts
• Customer, reputation, turnover
• Current employment contracts of employees

Transfer of goodwill

For obtain a hairdressing salon room, you must buy the goodwill of an already existing exhibition.

We also talk about, on the administrative documents that you will fill out, transfer of goodwill.

Destination of the goodwill

Your business premises must have for vocation, also called destination, ofhost a hair salon.

This destination is registered in the goodwill and in the commercial lease.

Purchasing formalities

The 2 formalities main for purchase a goodwill are:

• Advertising transfer and purchase.
  You must publish the assignment in a legal listing support within 15 days of purchase.
  Then you must notify your purchase on commercial court registry within 3 days of publication. The clerk will then publish a notice in a Bodacc: titleContent.
• Recording of the bill of sale with the office of the registration of the company Tax Service (SIE).
  You have to pay transfer duty.

A template for the sale of goodwill is available:

Business Transfer Model

We will explain in detail the steps involved in buying a goodwill at a resumption of company.

Company Formalities Window

Your main step is to declare your activity.

Company Formalities Window

You must create personal account. Then you need to click on the column “ Company ” and then click on “File a company”. One interactive online form 8 pages is offered; you must fill it out step by step. A user manual is available on this Single Window website.

This statement corresponds to what is known as theregistration on your company. It is registered in RNE: titleContent as a company of craft trades. Once this process has been completed and your request has been accepted, you will receive the numbers who identify your company.

EPA Code

As its name suggests, the APE code designates your "main activity practiced".

It is the Insee who awards it automatically following your declaration of activity.

In case of cumulative activities, you will have the EPA code of the most remunerative activity, i.e. the one that, per year, brings you the turnover the more important.

The EPA code for hairdressing is as follows: 96.02A

Siren

Only one Siren is given by natural person.

It is the Insee who awards it automatically following your declaration of activity.

You will receive it in your personal area of the Single Window.

Siret

You will have as many Siret numbers as d'adeclared business addresses.

As soon as declaration of activity is accepted, you receive automatically your Siret on your personal Single Window space.

When you perform different but reported activities at a single address, you will have 1 Siret only.

Demonstrate professionalism

So you need to take care of your presentation and your first performances. Hygiene and seriousness These are fundamental aspects. word of mouth can cause you to lose a lot of customers if you neglect these aspects.

Also know that you can market price value your skills. Too low prices would devalue your work.

Sales Techniques

Without a hairdresser, you need to be inventive to build your customer base and the retain.

You can use business techniques such as:

• Make your visible vehicle and recognizable by indicating your activity by a suitable decoration
• Propose personal care complementary (scalp massage)
• Offer beauty and beauty products hair care for sale : Learn more about home sales brands. Check the conditions to be door-to-door seller.
• Propose a loyalty card

Developing partnerships

It's in your best interest to partner with other professionals to make yourself more visible in the marketplace.

They may be:

• Wedding organizer (wedding planners)
• Beauticians
• Spas, hammams
• Holiday club

Create your professional website or blog

Your content on the internet should inspire confidence conveying a positive image; and professional.

The aim is to highlight the following aspects:

• Your work, your previous achievements in agreement with your customers,
• Your personality, your style
• Your impact in the press and on social networks

Creating a blog is faster to implement than a website and easier to update regularly.

The creation of the site is not enough, it must be properly referenced.

Increase your SEO

Creating the site alone is not enough.

Good SEO allows you toappear in early results of search for internet users and thus increase traffic on your web pages.

You must be promoted by search engines (Google, Bing, Yahoo).

To do this you need to work on SEO.

The natural referencing or SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is about improving aspects techniques (charging speed, mobile phone accounting) and editorial (presence of keywords) of your website.

Expand your social media presence

You can use social media to push back positive stories of your customers.

It's those stories that consumers are watching and that are attracting new customers.

We'll explain what the digital communication most adapted to your activity in our page dedicated to the subject.

The hairstyle is a regulated profession, insurance is compulsory.

You must insure your activity and your local.

Your company must be insured against possible material or human damage (fire, allergies, complaints, etc.).

The hairstyle is a health-risk occupation in the medium and long term.

The main risks are:

• You are always standing or sitting in positions that are sometimes uncomfortable
• You're trampling
• You repeat the same gestures many times a day
• Floors can be slippery, crowded, stairs are not always secure
• The environment is sometimes noisy (electrical appliances, sound atmosphere)
• You carry loads (your care products)
• You use chemicals (dyes, shampoos, permanent waving liquids, lacquers, sprays...)

It is important to protect yourself, you and your employees, against these risks.

L'Health insurance lists the health problems associated with these risks and gives you advice.

The price display in a hair salon is obligatory.

You must settle 2 types of views:

• A display must be visible ininterior to the cash register
• Another display must be visible from theoutside
• A map of the services must be searchable indoors by customers at any time and in any place

They must be arranged at sight height of a medium-sized person.

You must display at least 10 fares in a non-mixed salon, and 20 rates (10 for men and 10 for women) in a mixed living room.

You must specify the inclusive of VAT.

In a package, from 2 services, the detail different benefits must be mentioned.

Example: cut + shampoo = xx € Including tax.

You must make a declaration to Sacem and pay an annual fee.

Sacem: applications for permission to broadcast music

Several situations can lead you to settle a sign in the public space.

These can be instructions or signage to take customers to your salon, or to warn them of its existence from afar.

In any case, you will to seek authorization.

Bright sign

If your sign is bright, you must also know the night lighting regulations.

The practice of tip may occur occasionally. As an employer, you must respect certain management rules (contributions to the Urssaf) and repayment to your staff.

You can perform the following services:

• Washing, cutting, setting, dyeing, coloring, waviness, straightening, permanent waving, scalp treatment
• Shaving and beard cutting
• Consulting and product sales

This is a craft industry and a regulated profession.

For open your hair salon, you must have at least one of the 4 degrees following:

• Professional patent (BP) hairdressing : it is accessible from the age of 16 to your 30th birthday (or more under conditions). You're on an apprenticeship contract for two years.
  You pass it:
  
  • either after having obtained a CAP hairdressing and 2 years of professional experience in hairdressing? You must provide Urssaf documents proving a minimum turnover of €6,000 per year
  • or after 5 years of professional experience in hairdressing
  • either by validation of experience (VAE).
• Master's degree in hairdressing (BM). It lasts 2 years, in an apprenticeship contract or in a professionalization contract.
  It is accessible:
  
  • either after a BP hairdressing
  • or after a course of continuing training
  • either by EEV.

• Pro Hairdressing Tray : you must be 16 years old to register, after class 3^e. The training lasts 2 or 3 years (depending on whether you have CAP hairdressing or not).

• BTS hairdressing trades : to register you must have already obtained either a general BAC, a Pro Bac hairdressing or a BP hairdressing. The training lasts 2 years.

Good Repute

You do not have the right to become a hairdresser if you have been sentenced to one of the following:

• Prohibition of directing, managing, administering or controlling directly or indirectly a commercial or craft company
• Prohibition to engage in a professional or social activity for a maximum period of 5 years when you have used your professional activity to commit an offense (for example, breach of trust or abuse of social property )

You must to analyze the territory economic, social, cultural, etc.

You have to do the list of your competitors in the territory and work on needs of your future customers.

Security rules

A hairdresser is an establishment that welcomes the general public (ERP). He must respect certain standards to protect and facilitate customer access.

The use of products for curling, straightening or undulating the hair, containingthioglycolic acid is subject to strict rules. Only people with a BP hairdressing can use them.

Accessibility

You must settle accessibility features that enable persons with disabilities of circulate with the most great autonomy possible.

We'll explain in detail what are those standards?.

Analysis of the territory

Consider the following:

• Immediate business environment: the more your premises surrounded by other shops, the more potential customers there are
• Nature of the surrounding shops: a street of "food" shops will be less frequented in the afternoon
• Access to your premises: sidewalk width, proximity to parking spaces, direction of traffic, pedestrian street, etc.
• Visibility: are there obstacles (urban furniture) in front of the premises, the showcase is it good? visible from the sidewalk?
• Background location: check with nearby businesses

Insee: economic portrait of a territory

Competitive Analysis

It's essential to learn about competitors in your market.

You need to analyze your customer's needs.

List your competitors

Working on the needs of your future clientele: Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Canevas method:

Your company must have a name.

The rules are different individual business depending on whether it's a business.

At this point, you are in a position to address the mandatory phase which consists in carrying out your market study and building your business plan.

The banks and financial partners will require access to these documents. They need it to accept or not to lend you money and make you confidence.

The business plan should include a summary of your market research.

So you have to start the 2 at the same time.

The business plan evolves as your project matures.

It then enables the management of First 3 years of your business.

We'll get you explains everything in our pages dedicated tomarket study and the business plan.

What status for which entrepreneur?

You can choose to work under one of the following statuses:

• Micro(auto) entrepreneur. This status is particularly suitable for starting an activity. It is only accessible if your turnover does not exceed €72,600 per year.
• Sole trader (SE)
• Business (SARL, EURL, SA, SAS, etc.). This status is particularly suitable if you wish to associate (note, in the case of SASU or EURL you may be the only partner yourself).

Who can help you?

It is important not to be alone when creating a company.

You can get closer to associations (such as for example) and professional organizations hairdressing, like the National Council of Hairdressing companies (CNEC).

Of entrepreneurial support professionals can also help you.

The status of franchisee minimizes the risk of failure.

If you are inexperienced in entrepreneurship this choice can be interesting. The franchised entrepreneur is legally and financially independent.

However, it does have some limitations:

• Financial investment Departure is important because you pay for access to the franchised brand (fee, entrance fee).
• Commitment by contract

• Conditions of transmission company that can be costly or complex

You can buy or rent a living space to create your living room.

You can also buy or rent a commercial space that is not a trade show for the turn into a hair salon.

Transform the premises

Adjust Commercial Lease

Single window for company formalities

Your main step is to declare your activity.

Company Formalities Window

You must create personal account. Then you need to click on the column “ Company ” and then click on “File a company”. One interactive online form 8 pages is offered; you must fill it out step by step. A user manual is available on this Single Window website.

This statement corresponds to what is known as theregistration on your company. It is registered on the RNE: titleContent as a company of craft trades. Once this process has been completed and your request has been accepted, you will receive the numbers who identify your company.

EPA Code

As its name suggests, the APE code designates your "main activity exercised".

It is the Insee who awards it automatically following your declaration of activity.

In case of cumulative activities, you will have the EPA code of the most remunerative activity, i.e. the one that, per year, brings you the turnover the more important.

The EPA code for hairdressing is as follows: 96.02A

Siren

Only one Siren is given by natural person.

It is the Insee who awards it automatically following your declaration of activity. You will receive it on your personal space of the Single Window.

Siret

You'll have as many Siret numbers as you havedeclared business addresses.

As soon as declaration of activity is accepted, you receive automatically your Siret in the personal area of the Single Window.

When you perform different but reported activities at a single address, you will have 1 Siret only.

Demonstrate professionalism

So you need to take care of your presentation and your first performances. Hygiene and seriousness These are fundamental aspects. word of mouth can cause you to lose a lot of customers if you neglect these aspects.

Also know that you can market price value your skills. Too low prices would devalue your work.

Sales Techniques

Without a hairdresser, you need to be inventive to build your customer base and the retain.

You can use business techniques such as:

• Make your visible vehicle and recognizable by indicating your activity by a suitable decoration
• Propose personal care complementary (scalp massage)
• Offer beauty and beauty products hair care for sale : Learn more about home sales brands. Check the conditions to be door-to-door seller.
• Propose a loyalty card

Developing partnerships

It's in your best interest to partner with other professionals to make yourself more visible in the marketplace.

They may be:

• Wedding organizer (wedding planners)
• Beauticians
• Spas, hammams
• Holiday club

Create your professional website or blog

Your content on the internet should inspire confidence conveying a positive image; and professional.

The aim is to highlight the following aspects:

• Your work, your previous achievements in agreement with your customers,
• Your personality, your style
• Your impact in the press and on social networks

Creating a blog is faster to implement than a website and easier to update regularly.

The creation of the site is not enough, it must be properly referenced.

Increase your SEO

Creating the site alone is not enough.

Good SEO allows you toappear in early results of search for internet users and thus increase traffic on your web pages.

You must be promoted by search engines (Google, Bing, Yahoo).

To do this you need to work on SEO.

The natural referencing or SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is about improving aspects techniques (charging speed, mobile phone accounting) and editorial (presence of keywords) of your website.

Expand your social media presence

You can use social media to push back positive stories of your customers.

It's those stories that consumers are watching and that are attracting new customers.

We'll explain what the digital communication most adapted to your activity in our page dedicated to the subject.

The hairstyle is a regulated profession, insurance is compulsory.

You must insure your activity and your local.

Your company must be insured against possible material or human damage (fire, allergies, complaints, etc.).

Hairdressing is a medium- and long-term health risk profession.

The main risks are:

• You are always standing or sitting in positions that are sometimes uncomfortable
• You're trampling
• You repeat the same gestures many times a day
• Floors can be slippery, crowded, stairs are not always secure
• The environment is sometimes noisy (electrical appliances, sound atmosphere)
• You carry loads (your care products)
• You use chemicals (dyes, shampoos, permanent waving liquids, lacquers, sprays...)

It is important to protect yourself, you and your employees, against these risks.

L'Health insurance lists the health problems associated with these risks and gives you advice.

You will one day be faced with the hiring of your 1^er employee.

We'll explain in detail how proceed with your first hire.

You will find all the formalities according to the type of contract and employee (alternation, temporary, minor employee, foreigner, etc.).

The practice of tip may occur occasionally. As an employer, you must respect certain management rules (contributions to the Urssaf) and repayment to your staff.

The price display in a hair salon is obligatory.

You must settle 2 types of views:

• A display must be visible ininteriorto the cash register
• Another display must be visible from theoutside
• A map of the services must be searchable indoors by customers at any time and in any place

They must be arranged at sight height of a medium-sized person.

You must display at least 10 fares in a non-mixed salon, and 20 rates (10 for men and 10 for women) in a mixed living room.

You must specify the inclusive of VAT.

In a package, from 2 services, the detail different benefits must be mentioned.

Example: cut + shampoo = xx € Including tax.

You have to make a statement to the Sacem and pay an annual fee.

Sacem: applications for permission to broadcast music

Several situations can lead you to settle a sign in the public space.

These can be instructions or signage to take customers to your salon, or to warn them of its existence from afar.

In any case, you will to seek authorization.

Bright sign

If your sign is bright, you must also know the night lighting regulations.