When shopping for an accounting firm that knows the salon and spa industry, the value matters. That means that after you find a high-quality accounting and tax service, you need to see if the cost aligns with your budget. If you’re looking at CSI, you may know about our pricing, but how does pricing for salons and spas compare?
Salons and spas’ monthly fees typically come out a little higher than our average clients’ – but that’s because their situation is typically a little different. Let’s talk about it!
CSI Accounting & Payroll has provided monthly accounting services to salons and spas for 60 years. We know that different industries have different experiences that affect the amount of work required. In this article, I’ll answer:
Let’s talk about CSI Accounting & Payroll’s average fee so prospective clients know where they might land.
Out of our entire client base, our average monthly fee comes out to about $800 per month and typically ranges from $600 to $1,500+ per month.
For the salon and spa industry only, the average fee is about $930 per month (as of December 2025).
This isn’t too much of a difference, but why aren’t the average fees more aligned? I’ll answer that in the next section.
We don’t charge an extra “salon fee”, but salons and spas tend to have more accounting activity and more complexity, which are the two main factors that our monthly fee is based on.
“Accounting activity” is the volume of work. Salons tend to have a lot of moving pieces for your accountant to keep track of.
“Complexity” is the difficulty of the work. Salons have a retail portion: products that are subject to sales tax, which we manage for you. Plus, many salons have chair rentals, adding further complexity to your accounting.
You may think, “If I might pay more than the overall average fee, why would I choose CSI? Surely I can find something cheaper.”
Well, you get what you pay for. With higher levels of accounting activity and more complexity, salons and spas often need our support more than other industries. That’s why salons and spas make up a good portion of our client base.
Our big-name competitors offer notoriously poor customer service and generally can’t offer much (if any) advice, especially if it goes beyond generic – such as anything pertaining to the salon and spa industry.
Meanwhile, CSI offers the best-quality customer service and specializes in salon and spa industry advice. Profit margins, ratios… we speak your language and can help you achieve your KPIs.
Now that you know how salons’ and spas’ monthly fees compare to other CSI clients, why they pay more on average, and why they still choose to work with us, are you ready to check out our monthly accounting services?
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