How to see salon profit from your Phorest export
Phorest covers the book and the till. Profit after wages needs the export plus wages.
Phorest is built for salon bookings, clients and sales reporting. Those reports show what the floor sold. They do not usually show profit after wages by day and by stylist, or revenue per labor hour compared with your wage cost per hour. Export the sales file you already use, add paid hours and wages, and the profit picture appears. Tangled Analytics reads that Phorest export. It is an add-on, not a replacement for Phorest.
What Phorest reports show (and what they do not)
Phorest is built for bookings and sales. Its reports are good at showing tickets, staff sales and busy days. They usually do not subtract wages and payroll tax from those sales, and they do not show revenue per labor hour or profit after wages by day and by stylist.
Phorest sales and staff reports focus on tickets and activity. Profit after wages and RPLH against your labor cost are usually a next step outside the booking product.
That gap is normal. Booking software is not a profit dashboard. The same pattern shows up in GlossGenius, Vagaro, Square, etc.: strong sales views, thin profit views.
Sales is not profit after wages
| Week view (example) | Sales in booking report | Payroll + tax | Profit after wages |
| Monday | $1,100 | $1,250 | -$150 |
| Thursday | $2,800 | $1,400 | +$1,400 |
| Saturday | $5,400 | $1,900 | +$3,500 |
Made-up salon. The booking report can look fine on Monday while that day loses money after wages.
Owners who only watch ticket totals miss quiet paid hours. Pair sales with revenue per labor hour, payroll percentage and profit margin so one busy Saturday cannot hide a weak midweek.
Export from Phorest, then see profit
Export the sales report Tangled expects for whole days, with the staff you want included. Clean date ranges make weak weekdays easier to spot.
- Follow the step-by-step export guide: how to export from Phorest.
- Upload that file to Tangled Analytics (or start with the free profit snapshot: no account, no card).
- Read profit by day and by stylist, plus RPLH and labor share, from the same export you already pull for bookkeeping.
Tangled is an add-on that sits on top of Phorest. It does not replace your booking system, calendar or checkout. Keep Phorest for appointments. Use Tangled when you want the money picture those reports skip.
Export how-tos for other systems live on the export guides hub: GlossGenius, Vagaro, Square, Phorest, etc.
What you can do once you see the picture
- Cut or shorten days that stay under the wage floor (closing slow days).
- Match paid hours to booked hours (schedule stylists to demand).
- Raise prices where the book is full (how to raise salon prices).
- Follow the profit-first sequence in how to maximize salon profits and how to make more money with a salon.
Also useful: what is a good RPLH, profit per stylist from GlossGenius or Vagaro, busy but not profitable.
Quick answers
Does Phorest show salon profit after wages?
Phorest shows sales and related salon reports. It does not usually show profit after wages by day and stylist, or revenue per labor hour versus your wage floor. Combine the sales export with paid hours and wages for that.
How do I see profit from a Phorest export?
Export your Phorest sales file for whole days, then add wages and hours. Tangled Analytics shows profit by day and stylist from that export. Try the free profit snapshot at tangleddata.com or follow the Phorest export guide.
Is Tangled a Phorest alternative?
No. Keep Phorest for bookings and salon operations. Tangled is an add-on that turns your export into profit, RPLH and labor share views.
What if I use GlossGenius, Vagaro or Square instead?
Same pattern for GlossGenius, Vagaro, Square, etc. Export sales, then see profit. Guides are on the Tangled export guides hub.