When people ask what a suite costs, they are really asking the wrong question. Rent is one line on a page. What matters is what lands in your account at the end of the month. Here is how to estimate that honestly for a Naples suite — no hype, just arithmetic you can check.
Start with your service revenue
Take your average ticket and multiply it by how many clients you realistically see in a week, then by the weeks you actually work in a year (most full-time pros land near 48–50 after time off). A stylist averaging $120 a ticket and 25 clients a week is doing roughly $3,000 a week, or about $144,000 a year in services. In a commission salon keeping 50%, that book takes home $72,000 before tips. In your own suite, you start from the full $144,000 and subtract costs instead of a percentage.
Subtract the real costs
The honest expenses of a suite are straightforward, and most are tax-deductible:
- Rent — your one fixed cost, paid weekly
- Products and back bar — now bought at cost, not marked up by a salon
- Card processing and booking software — typically 3–4% of card sales plus a small monthly fee
- Insurance and licensing — a few hundred dollars a year
Notice what is not on that list: a 50% cut of every service, forever. That is the whole point.
A quick worked example
Take the same $144,000 book. Subtract, say, roughly $22,000 in rent, $12,000 in product, and $6,000 in processing, insurance and software, and you are near $104,000 before tax — versus $72,000 on 50% commission. That is a $30,000-plus swing on an identical client list, and it grows every year your prices rise, because in a suite the raise is entirely yours.
Your numbers will differ — your ticket, your volume and your product habits are unique. That is why we built a calculator instead of quoting one figure.
Retail is the quiet multiplier
In most commission salons, retail earns you a token 10%. In your own suite you keep the full margin on everything you sell. For estheticians and stylists with a strong product story, retail alone can cover a meaningful slice of the rent — turning a cost center into profit.
Run your own numbers
Plug your real ticket, volume and rent into our take-home calculator and see the gap for yourself. When the number makes sense, request current pricing and we will match you to the right suite at Ocean Breeze Lofts.
Figures above are illustrative examples, not a promise of earnings. Your results depend on your book, pricing and expenses.