A salon booth rental agreement is a written contract between a salon owner and a stylist who rents a booth or chair. Like any rental agreement, it records the space, the rent and the length of the rental. Fill in the free template below, then use this guide to complete each part of the form.
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Before you can rent your booth to stylists, you need to know what to include in your rental and what you control when you’re working with them. There are a lot of details that can go into your booth commercial lease template, or you can choose to go with a slimmer, less restrictive agreement.
Almost every renter looks for the same basics. If your offer leaves them out, expect fewer applicants.
Two more points are worth settling early:
Like any lease agreement, it’s important to work out how the space can be used before you sign. For instance, you don’t want a stylist to offer cuts and color at prices that undercut your rates and the rates of your other stylists. You can require set prices, or allow the stylist to set their own, but you may want to include their rates in the contract and negotiate any changes.
Three more details are worth deciding:
Personalization is often limited in booth rental, but it’s important to allow at least a little personalization and room for your stylists to store tools and products in and around their booth. This section will cover what is and is not allowed. Maintenance covers the cleaning and any additional maintenance required by the salon. It does not need to cover everything the stylist intends to do, only the bare minimum required by the owner.
Renting out a booth is very different from hiring a stylist as an employee. Both sides gain something and give something up, so weigh the pros and cons before you decide if booth rental is right for you.
One of the biggest advantages of booth renting as a salon owner is that booth renting guarantees that you’ll have a certain amount of income every month. Most stylists will not rent a booth unless it pays better than employment, so a successful renter earns the owner less than an employee would.
A booth renter keeps more of what they earn. After paying rent, the stylist keeps the rest of the money from their own clients. That is a big advantage, but it comes with more responsibility.
Before you sign anything with a stylist, you need a booth that is ready to show and a plan for finding the right person. These four steps cover getting the booth ready, listing it, vetting applicants and moving the stylist in.
Step 1: Prepare the Booth
The first thing you need to do is make sure everything in the booth is in good working condition. Clean all of your equipment, check that it works, and take pictures to show potential renters.
Step 2: List the Booth
The next step is listing the booth on any local job boards, salon leasing and stylist websites, or social media sites in your area.
Step 3: Interview and Vet Potential Tenants
Once people start applying, check a few more boxes before you say yes:
You can be held partially liable for an unlicensed stylist working in your salon, so you need to know not only that they are licensed, but that the license is current and valid in your state.
Step 4: Signing and Move-In
Once you have chosen a renter, it’s time to go over the paperwork and sign the agreement.
The stylist will likely want to negotiate parts of the agreement. Know what you’re willing to change and what you won’t change for a good stylist.
Clean the booth one more time before the stylist moves in. That way they can get to work right away and start earning back the rent they’ve paid.
The FormsPal salon booth rental agreement is a PDF made for one salon owner and one stylist. It has five pages and 77 fillable fields. These are the parts of the document you fill in:
| Document Name | Salon Booth Rental Agreement Form |
| Other Names | Barber Booth Rental Agreement, Barber Shop Lease Agreement |
| Avg. Time to Fill Out | 14 minutes |
| # of Fillable Fields | 77 |
| Available Formats | Adobe PDF |
These steps follow the FormsPal template you can download above. It has five pages and 77 fillable fields. Work through the steps in order, or fill in the PDF online with the FormsPal PDF editor.
Have these details ready before you start:
The screenshots under each step show the FormsPal Salon Booth Rental Agreement template filled with sample entries in blue, so you can see where each answer goes. The names, addresses, dates and amounts are examples only.
Step 1: Agreement date and parties
On page 1, enter the month, day and year of the agreement. Then fill in the owner’s name and address and the stylist’s name and address.
Step 2: Salon and booth (Recitals)
In the Recitals, enter the salon’s name and address and the booth number. Then initial the booth options that apply under Section 1.
Step 3: Premises options and added features
Initial the sink, laundry and software options that apply. List any added features and amenities on the lines below. Sink, laundry, and chair arrangements are all included in this section.
Step 4: Salon services
List the salon services the stylist may perform in the booth. The list continues on page 2. This section will cover whether the stylist will be able to access salon software and other services, whether the stylist will be able to set their own prices or needs to follow the pricing schedule set by the salon, and what kinds of services the stylist is allowed to offer.
Step 5: Services list and pricing choice
Finish the services list. Then initial whether the stylist or the salon sets the prices.
Step 6: Retail products limitation
If the salon limits what the stylist can sell, initial that option. Then name the products or brands on the lines provided.
Step 7: Term and commencement date
Initial a month-to-month rental or a one-year term. Then enter the date the stylist may start using the booth.
Step 8: Booth rental fee and utilities
Initial the fee options that apply. These cover the base rental fee and how often it is paid, any percentage rent, and whether utilities and Wi-Fi are included or billed as a set monthly amount. If there are any additional fees for water or electrical use or the use of other equipment in the salon, those fees will also be covered in the fees section.
Step 9: Rent due day and security deposit
Enter the day of the month that rent is due. Then enter the security deposit amount.
Step 10: Hours of operation
Initial each option that applies: the stylist’s own hours, set days and times, and whether the stylist gets a key to the salon.
Step 11: Personalization of booth
Start Section 8 by initialing whether the stylist may decorate the booth or may only display a few personal photos.
Step 12: Allowance, music and license options
Initial the allowance option and enter its amount if the owner offers one. Then initial the music and license display options that apply.
Step 13: Insurance
Enter the minimum liability insurance amount and list any other insurance on the lines provided. Sections 9, 11 and 12 are printed text with nothing to fill in. The final section details the kind of insurance the stylist is required to carry, as well as what insurance they currently have.
Step 14: Other terms and provisions
Add any extra terms on the lines in Section 17, or leave them blank. Sections 13 to 16 are printed text. Several additional agreements and liability clauses also must be included in the agreement, and which are not open for negotiation or modification by the salon owner or stylist.
Step 15: Owner and Stylist signatures
Each party completes the By and Its lines under Owner and Stylist. The form has no notary or witness block.
Once every step above is filled in, read the agreement through with the other side. Then follow these steps to sign it and keep it safe. Use the same names on the signature lines as in the first step.
It records the deal between a salon owner and a stylist who rents a booth or chair. The owner and the renter use it to write down the rent, the term and the services the stylist offers.
That is a choice on the form. In the pricing section you initial whether the stylist or the salon sets prices.
Yes. The template has a month-to-month option and a one-year option. Initial the one that matches your deal.
About 14 minutes on average. Gather the names, the addresses and the rent amount first, so you can enter everything in one go.
Yes. See the office space lease for an office, the commercial sublease for passing a space on to someone else, or the independent contractor agreement for work arrangements.
General information, not legal or tax advice.
