Sola Salons

Sola Salons is a suite rental business rather than a salon with its own staff. Independent beauty professionals rent a private suite and run their own businesses inside it, with the business providing the space and the basics needed to work.

Rent is charged as one weekly fee that covers utilities and Wi-Fi. Each suite has a glass door with an individual lock, and tenants receive a key, so they control their own access and set their own working hours. Access hours vary by location, and the Huntington Beach location has 24/7 security.

Each suite comes with full-spectrum lighting, a shampoo bowl and a styling chair. Tenants can decorate the space with their own artwork, music, furniture and decor, and set their own service and product prices.

Tenants keep all of their profits, including from the products they choose to sell. The business says a personal suite costs about the same as renting a chair or booth, and it describes the arrangement as offering the freedom and benefits of owning a salon without many of the risks of opening a traditional one.

The business says its community includes more than 20,000 independent business owners. Sola Salon Studios franchise locations are independently owned and operated, and the Huntington Beach site lists nearby Sola locations in Fountain Valley, Sunset Beach, Costa Mesa and Cypress.

The business says its mission is to support independent beauty professionals in growing their careers, with tenants setting their own prices, products and hours.

Private glass-door suites that tenants can personalize with their own décor, artwork and music.