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Understanding where the energy goes is the first step to paying less for it. Here is what typical personal care usage looks like across the UK.
Figures are estimates from published UK benchmarks priced at 25p/kWh electricity, 7p/kWh gas and about £365 a year in standing charges. They are not quotes. See how we estimate.
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Each page has the typical bill, the equipment that drives it and the questions owners ask us most. Pick the closest match; you can refine it in the quote.
Typical bill £2.6k–£13k a year
Biggest load: Backwash hot water
See hair salon energyTypical bill £2.1k–£8.1k a year
Biggest load: Hot towel cabinets
See barbershop energyTypical bill £2.1k–£6.9k a year
Biggest load: Fume extraction and ventilation
See nail bar energyTypical bill £3.1k–£18.5k a year
Biggest load: Laser and IPL platforms
See beauty or laser clinic energyTypical bill £3.1k–£21.1k a year
Biggest load: Sunbed lamps and ballasts
See tanning salon energyTypical bill £5.3k–£58.6k a year
Biggest load: Sauna heaters
See day spa or wellness energyHair salons, barbershops, nail bars, beauty and aesthetics clinics, tanning salons and day spas. Almost every one of them is an owner operated SME holding its own supply contract, running electricity intensive kit for ten to twelve hours a day on a rate nobody has checked in years.
Mirror spotlights and ceiling lighting on for ten to twelve hours every trading day, which is around 40% of a typical salon's electricity
Backwash and treatment hot water reheated for every single client, on electric cylinders in most shops
Hairdryers, sunbeds, laser handpieces and pedicure spas all pulling peak power at the same time on a Saturday
Air conditioning working flat out to clear the heat that the dryers, lamps and cabins have just put into the room
The kit that dominates the bill, with the annual kWh and cost bands we see in published benchmarks. Knowing this helps us match a tariff to your usage pattern.
| Equipment | kWh a year | Cost a year (est.) |
|---|---|---|
| Backwash and treatment hot water | 2,500–9,000 kWh | £625–£2,250 |
| Mirror, task and ceiling lighting | 2,500–7,000 kWh | £625–£1,750 |
| Hairdryers, straighteners and styling tools | 1,200–4,000 kWh | £300–£1,000 |
| Air conditioning and space heating | 2,000–15,000 kWh | £500–£3,750 |
| Sunbeds, laser and IPL platforms | 3,000–30,000 kWh | £750–£7,500 |
| Towel washing, drying and hot towel cabinets | 1,500–6,000 kWh | £375–£1,500 |
Swap halogen mirror spots and treatment room downlights for LED, roughly a fifth of the power and far less heat for the air conditioning to fight
Put the hot water cylinder, towel cabinet and wax pot on a timer set to your trading hours, these are the classic overnight leaks in a salon
Fit aerated spray heads on backwash basins, they cut hot water volume by about a third and clients do not notice
Service air conditioning and extraction filters twice a year, clogged filters typically add 10 to 15% to running cost
Find your contract end date on a recent bill and diarise it, salons that let a fixed deal lapse are rolled onto deemed rates, which are usually the most expensive rates the supplier offers
Illustrative example
Five styling chairs open six days a week
Dryers, hot water and lighting make energy the biggest overhead after rent and wages.
Illustrative example, not a real customer. Figures are estimates based on published UK benchmarks. See how we estimate. See all worked examples.
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