Best Hair Salons in Indianapolis, IN

What's easy to find here

The directory is broadest on everyday services. Around 19 salons each handle women's cuts, men's cuts, styling, and blowouts, and the same depth shows up on the barbering side with fades and beard trims. Textured and protective work is just as well-covered: roughly 19 salons each list braids, locs, and protective styles.

Weaves and extensions are thinner — about five salons each list them — so if that's what you're after, plan to call ahead and confirm before you build your day around it. Keep in mind these are broad service tags: they tell you the work happens at a shop, not that it's the shop's focus.

Booking and ratings at a glance

About 77% of the Indianapolis salons here take online booking, which makes it easy to grab a slot without a phone call. The remaining quarter still book the old-fashioned way, so a quick call is sometimes the fastest route.

On reputation, 92% of the listings carry a public rating, and those ratings average 4.74 stars across the metro. That's a high bar, so lean on review counts too: a 4.9 built on a few dozen reviews and a 4.9 built on a thousand tell you different things about consistency.

How to use this directory

Start with the service you need. The pages are organized so you can narrow to shops that list women's cuts, fades, braids, locs, and the rest, instead of scrolling one long list.

From there, weigh three things together: whether the shop takes online booking, its rating, and how many reviews back that rating. For braids, locs, or protective styles, it's worth checking a shop's own photos or Instagram before you book, since a service tag won't show you their actual work. Once you have a shortlist, reserve the ones that take online appointments first and keep a phone number handy for the rest.