What's the difference between a booth-rental salon and a commission salon?

In a booth-rental salon, stylists or barbers pay the owner rent for a chair and run their own books. In a commission salon, they're employees and the salon keeps the service revenue and pays a share. Ask which model the listing uses and whether staff plan to stay.

Do the licenses come with the salon?

Not all of them. In Washington, stylist and nail tech licenses belong to each person, and the salon needs its own shop license from the Department of Licensing. Ask the broker how licensing and staff would move over with the sale.

How is the cash-on-cash number worked out?

It's an estimate on our model, shown only when a listing shares cash flow: 30% down, a 7.5% interest rate and a 10-year loan, with cash flow left after loan payments divided by the down payment. Many salon listings don't share cash flow, so those show no number. You can run your own figures in our free business acquisition calculator.

Salons for sale in Seattle, WA

Looking for a salon for sale in Seattle? This page gathers hair salons, nail salons, barbershops and day spas tagged to the Seattle area from public listing sites and brokers into one free search. Recent listings include nail salons in Ballard, West Seattle, Bellevue, Kent and Lynnwood, barbershops that rent chairs to independent barbers, hair salons across King County and a few skin care and spa businesses in Pierce and Snohomish counties. Salons are often one of the more affordable ways into owning a business here, but the value usually lives with the people, so how the staff get paid matters a lot. A salon where stylists rent booths works very differently from one with employees on commission. Few salon listings share cash flow; when one does, we show a cash-on-cash estimate on our model. For other businesses in the area, go back to all businesses for sale in Seattle.

Estimates only — not financial, tax, or legal advice. Modeled on seller-reported numbers with 30% down, a 7.5% rate and a 10-year loan. How we estimate

Salons · Seattle area · live counts

5matching in Seattle · 26 including nearby towns
1clear 20% cash-on-cash on our model, incl. nearby
1clear 1.5x DSCR on our model, incl. nearby

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Salons for sale in and near Seattle, WA

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Questions about buying salons in Seattle

What's the difference between a booth-rental salon and a commission salon?: In a booth-rental salon, stylists or barbers pay the owner rent for a chair and run their own books. In a commission salon, they're employees and the salon keeps the service revenue and pays a share. Ask which model the listing uses and whether staff plan to stay.
Do the licenses come with the salon?: Not all of them. In Washington, stylist and nail tech licenses belong to each person, and the salon needs its own shop license from the Department of Licensing. Ask the broker how licensing and staff would move over with the sale.
How is the cash-on-cash number worked out?: It's an estimate on our model, shown only when a listing shares cash flow: 30% down, a 7.5% interest rate and a 10-year loan, with cash flow left after loan payments divided by the down payment. Many salon listings don't share cash flow, so those show no number. You can run your own figures in our free business acquisition calculator.