How to immediately increase your chair utilization
If your shop feels busy but the numbers say otherwise, your chairs might not be working as hard as you think.
We see this all the time:
→ Providers booked back-to-back during low-yield hours
→ High-earning time blocks understaffed
→ Revenue swinging week to week with no clear reason why
The good news is you don’t need to overhaul everything to fix it. Small shifts in scheduling, staffing, and pricing can drive big changes in utilization and profitability.
Here’s your weekly task to get started
List your team + their hours: Write out every provider, their shifts, and current chair availability.
Pull 4 weeks of revenue data: Break it down by provider and by day/hour. You want to see where money is actually made.
Highlight your top and bottom revenue blocks: Look for patterns. When is your shop consistently earning the most, and when are chairs sitting empty?
Adjust your staffing + pricing: Once you spot the gaps, add team coverage where demand is high, cut or consolidate low-revenue shifts, and consider demand-based pricing for peak hours
The goal:
Maximize revenue per hour.
Fill high-value time blocks.
Cut dead weight from your schedule.
Want help running this audit?
Book a free discovery call with a Blend advisor. We’ll walk you through it and show you exactly where to optimize.
Download our free guide: How to Double Your Shop’s Revenue in 12 Months.
