Salon business definition

Backbar

Professional products and supplies consumed while performing services.

What it means

Backbar includes color, developer, shampoo, disposables, treatment products, and other service inputs that are not sold directly as retail. Tracking use by service helps reveal waste and incomplete pricing.

Example

If a color service uses $24 of measured backbar, that cost belongs in the service economics.

Related terms

InventoryProduct costService margin