Business phone system for barber shops in New Jersey

Barber shops in New Jersey by the numbers

New Jersey had 560 barber shops in 2023, according to Census County Business Patterns (NAICS 812111, Barber Shops). They employed 1,589 people in mid-March and reported $45.7 million in annual payroll. That is the 5th highest count among the 51 states and DC with published figures. Barber shops make up 0.24% of the 237,968 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) New Jersey has 5.9 barber shops, 157.4% above the national rate of 2.3. The average establishment has 2.8 employees against 3.7 nationally. Payroll per employee is $28,760, 14.6% below the U.S. figure of $33,667.

Barber shops by metro area in New Jersey

Census published barber shop counts for 6 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of New Jersey. The largest is New York, NY-NJ, with 1,324 establishments (a multi-state area; its count covers every state it spans). Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 10% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at barber shops in New Jersey

81.0% of New Jersey's barber shops with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 75.5% nationally. 97.3% had fewer than ten. That is the size of team where a missed call usually means nobody was free, not that nobody was on staff.

What barber shops in New Jersey use the phone for

Barbers are busy with clients all day, and calls for appointments and wait times often go unanswered. Capturing calls and texting back helps fill chairs.

Typical inbound and outbound calls for barber shops in New Jersey:

• A parent calls to book kids' cuts.
• A client calls about hours.
• A client calls to book a haircut.

Calls after closing time

After-hours calls are mostly booking requests.

Callata voicemail is transcribed and triaged for urgency, and business-hours routing decides where calls go once you close.

What a phone system costs a barber shop in New Jersey

Barber shops in New Jersey average 2.8 employees, so the comparison uses a 3-person team. Priced per seat, 3 users would run $90.00 a month on RingCentral RingEX Core and $74.85 on Ooma Office Pro (month-to-month list prices, checked September 28, 2026). Callata is $99.00 a month with 5 users included, which is more than either per-seat plan for 3 people; it becomes the lower price at 4 users or more.

At this team size the per-seat plans cost less than Callata's $99 base price, which already covers 5 users; Callata becomes the lower price from 4 users.

Area codes in New Jersey

New Jersey has 10 geographic area codes in service according to NANPA. You can choose local numbers in the area codes your clients know, subject to carrier inventory, or port your current number for free.

How Callata works for barber shops in New Jersey

Callata is a business phone system priced at $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user. Callata Office includes up to 3 local business numbers, unlimited inbound calling, 1,500 pooled outbound US and Canada minutes per user each month, a browser softphone that can also ring your cell, voicemail with transcription, call recording with AI summaries, business-hours routing and E911 on every number.

If you already have a number in New Jersey, porting it to Callata is free. Texting from a local number requires a one-time carrier registration (10DLC, $49), and the numbers available in any area code depend on carrier inventory when you choose them.

Optional AI agents (receptionist, sales, support or scheduler) can answer calls after hours or when nobody picks up, take messages, text, email and transfer to your team. They are billed from prepaid AI minutes at $0.25 per minute, identify themselves as AI, and may only place outbound calls to people who consented, between 8am and 9pm.