Salon software for chair renters — your book, sealed and yours.
Salonomy gives every chair renter in a UK salon a sealed client book, their own live queue, split payments that settle straight to them, and a real iPhone app. Sealed means sealed — enforced by how the data is stored, not a setting someone can flip. And no contracts, ever.
You rent a chair, but you run a business. Your clients, your prices, your money, your book. Salonomy is the only salon software that treats it that way.
For renters in hair salons, barbershops, nail bars, makeup studios, massage rooms and aesthetics clinics across the UK.
Sealed means sealed — enforced by how your data is stored.
When a chair renter's book is sealed, it is isolated at the database level by row-level security — not hidden behind a permission a manager could turn off. The salon owner runs the diary, the front desk and the queue; they never see another renter's client list, notes, history or takings. It is privacy by architecture, which keeps the whole salon clean under UK GDPR.
Sealed, shared, or a mix — your choice at setup.
You pick the client-book model when you set the salon up, and you can change it per person afterwards. There is no migration and no support ticket — it is a setting on the salon, backed by the same row-level isolation underneath.
A sealed book per renter
Every renter gets their own isolated client book, queue and takings. Nobody else in the salon — owner included — can see inside it. The default for true chair-rental salons.
One shared salon book
Everyone works from a single client list and a single diary — the classic employed-team setup. Front desk, owner and stylists all see the same book.
A mix, set per person
Run employed staff on the shared book and renters on sealed books, in the same salon, under one roof. Choose the model per person and change it later.
Paid direct. And free to leave.
Card payments split at the point of sale and settle straight to each renter through Stripe — the salon never sits in the middle of your takings. And because the book is yours, you can take it with you: export every client, note and history in one tap if you move on. No lock-in, no hostage data, no contract.
Every renter keeps their own live queue.
A gap in your column becomes a walk-in slot only your clients can take. They join from their phone, watch their place and ETA in real time, and get a nudge when they're next — no app download for them, just a link. Your queue is yours; it never spills into another renter's column.
And you run all of it from a real iPhone and Android app — diary, queue, payments and comms — not a cut-down browser tab. Run your chair from anywhere, not just the salon iPad.
Chair renter FAQ
What is the best salon software for chair renters in the UK?
Salonomy is built specifically for chair-rental salons: each renter gets a sealed client book, their own live queue, split payments that settle direct, and a native iPhone and Android app. It is the only UK salon software where the renter's privacy is enforced by the database, not by a permission setting.
Can the salon owner see my clients if I rent a chair?
No. When your book is sealed, the owner runs the diary, the front desk and the salon queue but cannot see your client list, notes, history or takings. Isolation is enforced by row-level security at the database level, so there is no setting anyone can flip to peek inside your book.
Do split payments go straight to me?
Yes. Card payments split at the point of sale and settle directly to each renter through Stripe, so the salon never holds your money. The published card rate is 1.9% + 5p in person and 2.5% + 5p online.
Can I take my client book with me if I leave?
Always. Your book is yours, so you can export every client, note and appointment history in one tap and take it with you. There is no lock-in and no contract — Salonomy is monthly rolling with one-click cancel.
Can one salon mix sealed renters and a shared team?
Yes. You choose the client-book model per person: employed staff can share one salon book while renters keep sealed books, all under one roof. You set it at setup and can change it per person later.
Is this GDPR-compliant for chair-rental data?
Sealed books make each renter the controller of their own client data, isolated by architecture rather than policy, which keeps a multi-renter salon clean under UK GDPR. A data-processing agreement covering chair-renter data is part of the standard terms.
Your chair, your book, your queue. Start in minutes.
Try Salonomy free for 30 days. Set up a sealed book, take your first split payment, and open your own live queue — all from your phone. Keep going for £15 a month solo, or £12 per chair across the salon.