Best Grooming Software for
Multi-Location Salons
Most grooming software treats multi-location as an enterprise add-on with enterprise pricing. GroomBoard's Salon plan supports multi-groomer and multi-location from day one at $39/month per shop. You get per-location booking pages, per-groomer calendars, and a dashboard that rolls revenue and appointment counts across locations.
Who this page is for: Owners running 2 to 5 grooming salons who need per-location schedules with rolled-up owner reporting.
What Multi-Location Salons Actually Struggle With
Per-shop systems create data silos
When each location runs its own tool, cross-shop reporting becomes a spreadsheet job. Unified tenancy keeps pet profiles, client history, and revenue in one view.
Transfers are a booking nightmare
A client booking at Location A showing up at Location B is impossible if the pet profile only exists in A. Shared pet profiles solve the transfer flow.
Groomer payroll is opaque
Commission-based groomers need accurate appointment counts per groomer per location. GroomBoard filters the calendar and revenue by groomer so payroll is a two-click export.
Owner visibility is delayed
Owners often find out about a slow Tuesday on the following Monday. The dashboard shows this-week revenue and upcoming-week bookings per location in real time.
Why GroomBoard Fits Multi-Location Salons
Multi-Location Salons live in a workflow most generic scheduling tools were not designed for. The platforms that dominated the last decade of grooming software bundled kennel management, boarding, inventory, and payroll into a single subscription sold at an enterprise price point. For an archetype like multi-location salons, that bundle is 80% dead weight. You pay for features you will never open, and the interface that surfaces the features you actually use gets crowded out.
GroomBoard takes the opposite approach: scheduling, client management, SMS, and payments as the spine, with every extra feature optional and invisible until you need it. The result is a dashboard that multi-location salons can learn in 15 minutes, a booking page that is indexed by Google out of the box, and a price point (Salon) that is not counting against your rent every month.
The feature set below is the exact subset that moves the needle for your archetype — not a full catalog.
Recommended Plan
Salon ($39/mo)
Multi-location operators pay $39/mo per shop. Three locations = $117/month total. Volume discounts available for 5+ locations — email hello@groomboard.com.
Must-Have Features for Multi-Location Salons
The three to five capabilities that earn their keep every week for this archetype.
Services to Build Your multi-location salons Rate Card Around
Dog Bath
$30–$75
Professional bathing with coat-appropriate shampoo, thorough drying, and finish work.
Dog Haircut
$55–$120
Precision coat trim using clipper guards, scissor work, and client-preferred length.
De-Shedding Treatment
$55–$120
Deep undercoat removal with HV drying, deshedding shampoo, and specialized rakes.
Doodle Grooming
$70–$150
Dedicated trimming and dematting for goldendoodles, labradoodles, and doodle crosses.
GroomBoard vs. Typical Alternatives
Pricing guidance for multi-location salons
The Pricing Index gives you a regional + breed-adjusted starting point. For this archetype, the most common early mistake is charging below the regional column on Dog Bath appointments — your most frequent service. Set it to the regional mid-range first, then adjust per breed using the breed × service matrix.
Worked example — not a customer story
Say you run three shops, each on its own subscription. GroomBoard Salon is $39/month per location — $117/month for three, or $1,170 paid yearly. Each shop gets its own booking link, and the owner account sees revenue and appointments rolled up across all three. Multiply your current per-shop rate by three and compare; the arithmetic is the honest part of this pitch.