Information on opening a tanning salon?

I have done a couple of months of research on opening a tanning salon. From many people I had spoken to, it is not profitable.





Your question seems very vague. In what aspects are you curious about? You need to research on the net and get a list of vendors. They will then send you their free catalogs.


Look at spaces to rent. Apply for loans. Make a business plan.





Business plans are the most important whether you apply for the loan or not. Mine took me 3 months and was 36 pages for another business I opened. There is lots of research.





I do have another friend who opened a tanning salon in a small town and they are able to pay their overhead and that's it. Which is pretty good for the first year.





Dont expect to get rich off a salon. And certainly dont expect to profit for about 3 years depending on the amount of the loan.

Information on opening a tanning salon?
Careful, here. The best way is through franchising. You will be able to get advertising, it support, branding, etc with the help of the franchisor. But, know what you are getting into before getting to excited.
Reply:Business Plan Pro software program has a sample business plan for a tanning salon. You can see all the sample plans at bplans.com.
Reply:If you need a resource that provides all the requirements, documents, planning, etc to open a tanning salon go to www.buildabusinessworkshop.com
Reply:Exactly what are you looking for? If you'd like general information, you can go and talk to the major distributors of tanning supplies and they're usually very happy to help you out by providing you with information as well as give you an idea of what its going to costs. I agree with the previous posters, you definitely need a business plan. Once you get it going and you're ready to start you're going to have to come up with a financial plan as well. If you need financing check out


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