Business phone system for beauty salons in Montana

Beauty salons in Montana by the numbers

The Census Bureau counted 224 beauty salons in Montana in its 2023 County Business Patterns (NAICS 812112). They employed 768 people in mid-March and reported $24.2 million in annual payroll. That is the 46th highest count among the 51 states and DC with published figures. Beauty salons make up 0.53% of the 42,566 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) Montana has 19.7 beauty salons, 20.4% below the national rate of 24.7. The average establishment has 3.4 employees against 4.6 nationally. Payroll per employee is $31,535, in line with the U.S. figure of $31,717.

Beauty salons by metro area in Montana

Census published beauty salon counts for 7 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of Montana. The largest is Missoula, MT, with 47 establishments. Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 88% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at beauty salons in Montana

77.2% of Montana's beauty salons with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 68.7% nationally. 87.9% 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.

Calls a beauty salon in Montana has to catch

Salons book appointments by phone and text, and stylists are usually with a client when the phone rings. Missed calls are often missed bookings.

Calls a beauty salon in Montana might handle in a typical week include:

• The salon calls a client to fill a cancellation.
• A client calls about products.
• A bride calls about wedding-party styling.

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.

Phone system pricing for a 3-person beauty salon

Beauty salons in Montana average 3.4 employees, so the comparison uses a 3-person team. Per-seat business phone plans bill every one of those people. At month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026, 3 users on RingCentral RingEX Core cost $90.00 a month and 3 on Ooma Office Pro cost $74.85. 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 Montana

Montana has 1 geographic area code 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 Montana

For $99 a month, Callata puts a team of up to 5 on one plan ($20 for each person after that): up to 3 local numbers, unlimited inbound calls, a pooled allowance of 1,500 outbound US and Canada minutes per user, browser and cell calling, voicemail transcription with urgency triage, recorded calls with AI summaries and business-hours routing, with E911 on every number.

If you already have a number in Montana, 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.