Best Hair Salons in Denver, CO
Compare 114 hair salons in Denver, Colorado with Google ratings, services and online booking. The top-rated spot is Semion Barbershop For All - Union Station with 5.0 stars from 422 Google reviews.
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Denver's directory lists 114 salons and barbershops, and the coverage is practical: deep on men's cuts and fades, nearly as deep on women's cuts and blowouts, with braids, locs, and weaves well represented. About 71% of listings take online booking, and the rated shops average 4.8 stars. Here's how to read those numbers and get to a shortlist.
What's well represented in Denver
Barbering has the deepest bench here: 21 shops handle men's cuts, 21 do fades, and 19 offer beard trims. The women's side is nearly as covered — 18 salons for cuts, 18 for styling, and 18 that do blowouts.
Textured and protective hair care is a real presence too: 10 listings handle weaves, 10 do extensions, and 9 each offer protective styles, locs, and braids. Color is the thinnest category — 5 salons each for highlights, all-over color, and balayage — so if you want a color appointment, start your shortlist early. One honest caveat: these tags confirm a service is offered, not that it's the shop's main event. Verify the specific work before you book.
Booking and ratings: how to read the numbers
Of Denver's 114 listings, about 71% take online booking, which means you can usually check real availability without a phone call. For the rest, call or message directly — slower, but it gets you answers a booking widget won't give.
On ratings: 61% of listings carry a rating, and those average 4.8 stars. When nearly everything clusters that high, the star number stops being useful for comparison. Weight review volume instead — a 4.8 built on hundreds of reviews tells you more about consistency than a perfect score built on a handful. And a listing without a rating isn't a red flag; it usually just means fewer people have reviewed it yet.
How to work the directory
Start with the service, not the salon name. Filter to shops that actually offer what you need — a fade, a blowout, knotless braids — and build a shortlist of two or three.
Then do a quick reality check on each. Where a listing includes an Instagram link, look for recent examples of the exact service you're booking, not just a nice feed. If there's an online booking link, availability is one click away; if not, call and ask two things: how long the appointment runs, and whether they do a consultation first. For color, extensions, or locs, a consult before the appointment is standard practice, and any shop doing that work regularly will say yes without hesitation.
Frequently asked questions
- How many salons does the Denver directory include?
- 114 salons and barbershops across Denver. Coverage is strongest for barber services — men's cuts, fades, and beard trims — followed closely by women's cuts, styling, and blowouts, with weaves, extensions, protective styles, locs, braids, and color also represented.
- Can I book a Denver salon online?
- About 71% of Denver listings include an online booking link, so most of the time you can book straight from the listing. For the rest, call the shop — it's also your chance to ask about timing and whether a consultation comes first.
- Most Denver salons show similar ratings. How do I actually choose?
- The rated shops here average 4.8 stars, so the star number alone won't separate them. Compare review counts, check recent work on a shop's Instagram where one is linked, and confirm the specific service you want — a tag means a salon offers the service, not that it's all they do.