About us
Less admin, more salon.
Lean Salon started with Saskia, the owner of Salon Ikigai. She wanted to focus on her clients and treatments. Yet alongside her work in the salon, there was still plenty of admin and organising to do. And the software that was supposed to help her was getting more expensive.
There had to be a simpler way.
A monthly bill that kept growing
Saskia was paying a substantial amount every month for her salon software. As she used more features, her subscription costs continued to rise. As an independent salon owner, you feel that directly: month after month, part of your revenue goes towards the tools you work with.
At the same time, important parts of the software did not fit the way she worked. Getting something done quickly on her phone was difficult. The integration with her payment provider offered limited options, and using the software regularly meant taking time to figure things out.
Getting insight into her business was difficult too. The gift card process still required manual steps. And between treatments, her phone kept filling up with WhatsApp questions from clients.
She was paying for support, but still doing a lot of the work herself.
From frustration to Lean Salon
I'm Daan, the founder of Lean Salon. My background in IT, together with Saskia's experiences, sparked the idea of developing salon software ourselves.
Her working day was our starting point. What do you need to sort out quickly on your phone? Which tasks could happen automatically? How can you get a clear picture of your business? And how can we keep the costs appropriate for an independent salon?
Those questions are the foundation of Lean Salon.
Built for the work between treatments
We develop Lean Salon with those busy moments in mind. Checking an appointment on your phone. Confirming a payment. Handling a gift card. Seeing how your salon is doing.
We use AI to take recurring tasks off your hands, such as answering WhatsApp questions, processing purchase invoices and providing practical business insights.
We also use AI to develop and manage Lean Salon. Our aim is to keep costs low and make smart features accessible to small salons.
Everyday salon life remains our starting point
Salon Ikigai is where this story began and where Lean Salon is used in day-to-day work. What works well there, what is unclear and which tasks take time all help us improve the software.
Because behind every diary, invoice and booking is someone running a salon. Someone who wants to do good work, give their clients proper attention and finish work at the end of the day.
That's who we're building Lean Salon for.