“Today I can’t say that I have reduced my work time, but I can plan itconfides Cécile Mollon-Deschamps. It took me almost five years to achieve a good balance in my life, it wasn’t easy. » During the Covid-19 epidemic, this hairdresser decided to return to the salon where she had worked for eleven years, but with a new statute: here she is the owner of a single-person limited liability company (EURL), a statute similar to that of the SARL, with more administrative obligations than a microenterprise. Rent a seat at Massato Paris, at 6my district, and in another room in the capital.
Seduced by the promise of autonomy, she set out to take better care of her three children. “In the end, I was working 80% part-time. “I always wanted to start my own business, take the time, avoid the productivity that certain chains demand”is justified. Sonny Phong became a micro-entrepreneur after the pandemic. “Having the freedom to do several things at the same time: I do image consulting, I create a range of hair styling products. “I do my hair at the salon, at home, but only a few times a week.”describe.
In the last quarter of 2024, 115,000 microentrepreneurs were administratively active in the “hairdressing and body care” category, and 69% of them declared positive turnover, according to Urssaf data. At the end of 2021, they represented 27.6% of hairdressing establishments, according to the National Union of Hairdressing Companies, and self-employed workers made up 39% of the sector’s assets, a figure that continues to increase. It has become common for independent hairdressers to rent seats by the hour, by the month or by donating a portion of their turnover to the salon.
Time and invisible burdens
At Massato, a high-end hair salon, a dozen employees and four freelancers work. All of the latter have been employees of the salon in the past. “I trained them, they want more freedom, but I accepted, because they have my techniques.confesses Masato Ito, the manager of the place. As a boss, I don’t pay any fees for them, so that’s great. »
He recovers between 20% and 30% of the independents’ turnover from his personal clientele, and between 40% and 50% if he “lends” them the salon’s clientele. To avoid any risk of undercover employment, the salon should ensure that freelancers work primarily with their own clients, charge their own rates, and do not work in the same location all the time.
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