How salons in Kenya can track daily income and expenses

A salon may receive money from hair styling, braiding, treatments, product sales, bookings and repeat customers. Some payments come by Cash, some by M-PESA, and some customers may pay later.

At the same time, the salon has costs: rent, electricity, water, products, towels, transport, staff commissions, repairs and marketing. Without records, the salon owner may not know whether the business is truly profitable.

A salon can look busy every day but still struggle if product costs, rent and staff payments are not tracked carefully.

What a salon should record

• Service income by Cash, M-PESA or Bank.
• Product sales.
• Salon supplies bought.
• Rent and utilities.
• Staff commissions or wages.
• Customer deposits and balances.
• Stock of products used or sold.

Example

• A salon earns KSh 12,000 in a day, but spends KSh 4,000 on supplies, KSh 2,000 on staff commission and has rent costs to cover.
• Without tracking those costs, the owner may overestimate profit.

How Bizwazi helps

• Bizwazi helps salons record income, expenses, customers, invoices, inventory and reports in one place.
• This gives the owner a clearer view of daily and monthly business performance.