Best Hair Salons in Portland, OR
Compare 112 hair salons in Portland, Oregon with Google ratings, services and online booking. The top-rated spot is Fancy Salon with 5.0 stars from 1 Google reviews.
This directory lists 112 hair salons and barbershops in Portland, OR. The rated listings average 4.8 stars, and about 70% let you book online. Here's how the city's services break down — and how to pick well once you've narrowed the list.
Barbering leads, but the range is real
Portland's list skews toward barbering. Men's cuts and fades are the most-listed services here — 28 shops handle each — and 20 offer beard trims. If you want a fade and a beard trim in one visit, you have plenty of chairs to choose from.
The women's side is close behind: 19 salons offer women's cuts, 19 handle styling, and 19 do blowouts. For textured and protective hair, 12 listings offer braids, 12 handle locs, and 12 do protective styles, with 9 offering weaves and 9 doing extensions.
Color is the thinnest category — 7 salons list all-over color, 7 handle highlights, and 7 offer balayage. That doesn't mean good color work is scarce in Portland; it means fewer listings tag it, so it's worth confirming directly before you assume.
Ratings run high — read past the stars
About 71% of Portland listings carry a public rating, and those salons average 4.8 stars. That's a high bar across the board, which means stars alone won't separate one salon from another. Review count and recency do more work: a 4.8 built on several hundred reviews tells you more than a perfect score built on a dozen.
On booking, roughly 70% of these salons take appointments online. That's convenient, and it's also a signal — an online calendar shows real availability, and how far out the open slots sit tells you how much lead time to plan for.
How to use this directory
Start with the service, not the salon. Each service category has its own Portland page — braids, fades, balayage, and the rest — where the list narrows to salons that actually tag that work.
Then verify. A service tag proves a salon does the work, not that it's the salon's main event. Where a listing includes an Instagram handle, spend two minutes scrolling recent posts — ten photos of finished work will tell you more than any description.
Finally, book online where you can. When you call instead, name the specific service — a balayage, a loc retwist, a skin fade — so the front desk books enough time for it.
Frequently asked questions
- How many hair salons does Portland, OR have in this directory?
- This directory lists 112 salons and barbershops in Portland, OR. About 71% carry a public rating, and those salons average 4.8 stars.
- Can I book Portland salons online?
- About 70% of the Portland listings take online booking. For the rest, call the salon directly — and name the exact service you want so they set aside enough time.
- Which hair services are easiest to find in Portland?
- Men's cuts and fades top the list at 28 salons each, with beard trims at 20. Women's cuts, styling, and blowouts each appear at 19 salons, and braids, locs, and protective styles at 12 apiece. Color services — balayage, highlights, and all-over color — are tagged at 7 salons each, so plan further ahead there.
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Dread Rock Salon
2023 Northeast Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard