It's time to celebrate the 2026 SALON TODAY 200 honorees who design rewarding career paths and seek out enriching benefits to keep their team members healthy, happy and growing, including the team from Pinup Studio in Raleigh, North Carolina, who always enjoy a good pajama party.
As our judges read those last essays and create their list of honorees in each category, we're planning to start announce the 2026 SALON TODAY 200 starting February 25.
Now in its 29th year, the SALON TODAY 200 is a landmark business competition that celebrates salon success, growth and best practices. The 2026 application is now open, with an extended deadline of November 15, 2025!
Attending Data-Driven Salon Summit and the SALON TODAY 200 Award dinner last spring made an incredible impact on Owner Ashley Boehler, resulting in big changes at Revive Salon & Day Spa in Findlay, Ohio. We invited Asley to blog about her experience.
A big cheer to our 2025 SALON TODAY 200 honorees in Growth, who master a number of best practices to propel their businesses forward, including the team from Studio Wish in Twinsburg, Ohio. (This is the second half of our honorees in this category.)
Congratulations to the 2025 SALON TODAY 200 honorees who master a number of best practices to fuel their growth, including Heather Spencer and Adreanne Gellise-Budzinski, owners of A Spencer Gellise Salon in Bay City, Michigan, who are sporting their 'Minding My Own Small Business' shirts. This is Part One of Growth.
Time to toast the 2025 SALON TODAY 200 honorees in our newest competition category--Business Builders. These salons, including Cynergy Color Bar in Wake Forest, North Carolina, opened up new revenue streams by launching new services, products or business practices.
In our 6th day of celebrating the 2025 SALON TODAY 200, we salute the salons who give their time, money and talents to benefit others, and those who have mastered the retail game, like the team from Shine Hair Designs from Suffolk, Virginia.
It's time to cheer on the 2025 SALON TODAY 200 honorees who design transparent career paths and build enriching benefit programs to retain their team, including J.Con Salon and Spa in St. Petersburg, Florida.