Sharjah's Health Control Section asks for at least 25 square metres for a ladies' salon, plus 5 for henna, and 15 for a barbershop, with two inspections before opening. Sharjah government staff work Monday to Thursday, with a three-day weekend. Salongram keeps each stylist's diary, client notes and payment records on one phone.
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A working copy of the app's screens with a sample salon in Sharjah: local staff, services and prices in AED, in Arabic (right to left).
Salongram is a free salon booking app for Sharjah salons and barbershops: appointments, clients, staff hours and WhatsApp reminders in one app for Android and iPhone.
Floor space and two inspections come first. Sharjah's Health Control Section sets minimum areas by type of shop and checks the premises before and after fit-out, and the Sharjah government's own staff have a Friday to Sunday weekend.
Sharjah's Health Control Section asks for at least 25 square metres for a ladies' salon or personal care centre, plus 5 square metres for henna and 6 for eastern bath services. A barbershop needs at least 15 square metres, and each shop must be at least 3.5 metres in every dimension.
An inspector visits once for the initial approval, then after fit-out for the final approval, and the investor gets a copy of each report. The final report needs an attested tenancy contract and a decor permit, and costs AED 250 up to 50 square metres or AED 500 above.
The same guide says independent massage and personal care centres are not licensed as an independent business in Sharjah; they may operate only within hotels and sports centres. A salon adding massage should check with the municipality first.
The UAE Government portal says Government of Sharjah employees work four days a week, 7.30 am to 3.30 pm from Monday to Thursday, and that the official weekend in Sharjah is Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The guide says to apply to the Health Control Section for a premises inspection with the Sharjah Economic Development Department form and trade name, a tenancy contract or title deed, and planning approval for villas, then submit a decor plan for approval before fit-out.
Henna and eastern bath work add to the minimum floor area in Sharjah. List each as its own service with its own length, so a booking for henna holds the right time and the right person.
Between the first and final inspection, enter your services, prices, staff hours and regular clients, so the diary is ready on the day the final report arrives.
With a Friday to Sunday weekend for Sharjah government staff, set each stylist's Friday hours on their own, and share the booking link for weekend requests.
The decor plan is approved before fit-out, and fit-out comes before the final inspection. Block those days in the diary, so the booking link does not offer appointments while the salon is closed.
Sharjah does not license stand-alone massage or personal care centres outside hotels and sports centres. Leave massage out of your service list until the municipality confirms what your licence allows.
We found no official data on how Sharjah residents book salons, so this guide does not guess. What Salongram does is keep calls, walk-ins and link requests in one diary per stylist, and it shows a warning for an overlap, so you decide whether to go ahead.
Switch the app to Arabic and the diary, client list and reports read right to left.
LanguagesShare your booking link or QR code. A request for a free time arrives, and nothing is booked until you accept it.
The booking linkIn the app, a package such as hair and henna books its services together at one price.
PackagesAn illustrative Friday, not research: a ladies' salon in Al Majaz with the owner, a hair stylist and a henna and threading specialist, open seven days, with shorter hours on Fridays.
The owner opens the diary: the henna specialist is booked solid until six with bridal henna, and the hair stylist has a gap at four.
A client calls for a blow-dry; the four o'clock gap fits it and the booking goes into the hair stylist's column.
A threading booking cancels; the waiting list shows a client who asked for Friday evening, and the owner books her in with one tap.
Four requests for Saturday arrive from the link. The owner checks each stylist's hours and accepts them.
Type in your own numbers. A no-show is a slot nobody else could take; reminders and a waiting list are how most salons win part of it back.
An estimate from the numbers you enter (a month counted as 4.33 weeks). Nothing is sent or stored. Salongram is free to download.
Pick the app language, then set the currency to UAE dirhams and your opening hours, including Friday.
Add each service with its price and length, and group regular pairs into packages.
Create the optional account to get your link and QR code, then share it on WhatsApp, Instagram and at the door.
Sharjah's Health Control Section asks for at least 25 square metres, plus 5 for henna and 6 for eastern bath services, and at least 3.5 metres in each dimension. A barbershop needs at least 15 square metres. Salongram does not check premises.
Salongram is free on Android and iPhone, with Arabic right-to-left screens as well as English and Spanish. It keeps a diary per stylist, client records and payment notes. WhatsApp messages are prepared in English, and it does not take card payments.
The Health Control Section guide describes two: an initial inspection, then a final one after fit-out, with a report copy each time. The final report costs AED 250 up to 50 square metres or AED 500 above.
The Health Control Section guide says independent massage and personal care centres are not licensed as an independent business; they may operate only within hotels and sports centres. Ask the municipality before adding massage to a salon menu.
The UAE Government portal says Sharjah government staff work Monday to Thursday and the official weekend is Friday, Saturday and Sunday. In Salongram you set each stylist's hours per day, so Friday can have its own hours.
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