Business phone system for beauty salons in Minnesota

The beauty salon industry in Minnesota

Minnesota had 1,521 beauty salons in 2023, according to Census County Business Patterns (NAICS 812112, Beauty Salons). They employed 8,380 people in mid-March and reported $276.1 million in annual payroll. That is the 18th highest count among the 51 states and DC with published figures. Beauty salons make up 0.98% of the 154,455 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) Minnesota has 26.3 beauty salons, 6.1% above the national rate of 24.7. The average establishment has 5.5 employees against 4.6 nationally. Payroll per employee is $32,951, 3.9% above the U.S. figure of $31,717.

Where beauty salons in Minnesota are concentrated

Census published beauty salon counts for 27 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of Minnesota. The largest is Minneapolis, MN-WI, with 1,133 establishments (a multi-state area; its count covers every state it spans). Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 17% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at beauty salons in Minnesota

62.4% of Minnesota's beauty salons with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 68.7% nationally. 83.8% 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.

Why the phone matters for beauty salons in Minnesota

Salons book appointments by phone and text, and stylists are usually with a client when the phone rings. Missed calls are often missed bookings. That holds for beauty salons in Minnesota as much as anywhere.

A few of the calls that come in to beauty salons in Minnesota:

• A client calls to move an appointment.
• A client calls about products.
• The salon calls a client to fill a cancellation.

Calls after closing time

Clients often call to book in the evening, so capturing those calls matters.

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 beauty salon in Minnesota

Beauty salons in Minnesota average 5.5 employees, so the comparison uses a 6-person team. Per-seat business phone plans bill every one of those people. At month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026, 6 users on RingCentral RingEX Core cost $180.00 a month and 6 on Ooma Office Pro cost $149.70. On Callata the same 6 people cost $119.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

The annual difference against RingCentral's monthly list price comes to $732. Some vendors discount annual contracts; the table shows month-to-month prices.

Area codes in Minnesota

Minnesota has 8 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 beauty salons in Minnesota

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 Minnesota, 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.