Hair salon · Birmingham

Best hair salons in Birmingham ranked by Google reviews.

We pulled the top-ranked hair salons in Birmingham from Google’s own listings. Here’s the leaderboard, what the leaders share in common, and how a branded biglove.to link helps yours close the gap. Data refreshed from Google Places.

Leaderboard · top 10

Who’s winning the review race in Birmingham.

  1. 01 Strand & Lock — hair salon in Birmingham

    Strand & Lock

    Unit 12 & 13 Gibb St, Deritend, Birmingham B9 4DJ

    5.0 ★ · 730 reviews

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  2. 02 VP Hair Art Co — hair salon in Birmingham

    VP Hair Art Co

    16-18 Temple Row, Birmingham B2 5HG

    5.0 ★ · 175 reviews

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  3. 03 Urban Roots — hair salon in Birmingham

    Urban Roots

    6 Lower Temple St, Birmingham B2 4JD

    4.9 ★ · 1,302 reviews

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  4. 04 MEDIVINE SALON — hair salon in Birmingham

    MEDIVINE SALON

    18-19, Burlington Arcade, 126 New St, Birmingham B2 4JQ

    4.9 ★ · 924 reviews

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  5. 05 Nicky Clarke Salon — hair salon in Birmingham

    Nicky Clarke Salon

    103B Wharfside St, Birmingham B1 1RD

    4.9 ★ · 512 reviews

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  6. 06 Hazel & Haydn Hairdressing — hair salon in Birmingham

    Hazel & Haydn Hairdressing

    27 Caroline St, Birmingham B3 1UE

    4.9 ★ · 461 reviews

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  7. 07 Benjamin Ryan Hair — hair salon in Birmingham

    Benjamin Ryan Hair

    Maddox House, 117 Edmund St, Birmingham B3 2HJ

    4.9 ★ · 439 reviews

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  8. 08 Charlie's Hair Studio — hair salon in Birmingham

    Charlie's Hair Studio

    B 207, first floor, Arcadian Centre, 70 Hurst St, Birmingham B5 4TD

    4.8 ★ · 459 reviews

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  9. 09 James Bushell Hair at Harvey Nichols — hair salon in Birmingham

    James Bushell Hair at Harvey Nichols

    65 Wharfside St, Birmingham B1 1RE

    4.8 ★ · 315 reviews

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  10. 10 Cora Hair — hair salon in Birmingham

    Cora Hair

    16-18 Temple Row, Birmingham B2 5HG

    4.5 ★ · 447 reviews

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What the leaders share

Patterns from the top of the leaderboard.

Hair salons run on referrals and Google reviews. The leaderboard below shows what asking customers consistently does to a review count over a few years.

  1. They ask every customer, every visit. Not just the obvious fans. The compounded effect of asking 100% of customers — even shyly, even with friction — beats asking 10% of customers enthusiastically.
  2. They make the link short enough to say out loud. The hair salons at the top of the Birmingham leaderboard print a memorable URL on receipts, table tents, or cards. Long Google review URLs don’t survive the trip from till to phone.
  3. They don’t gate. No "rate us 5 stars first" forms. No satisfaction filters that route happy customers one way and frustrated customers another. Google’s 2026 review policy and the FTC’s 2024 Consumer Reviews Rule both prohibit gating, and the leaderboard reflects it — the top Birmingham hair salons are clean.
  4. They follow up once, never twice. The polite single ask converts. The pushy second ask annoys.

How to climb the Birmingham hair salon leaderboard

Five steps that move the needle in 90 days.

  1. 01

    Claim a memorable review URL.

    Pick a slug that customers can read off your receipt. biglove.to/your-hair salon beats the long Google URL on every printed surface. Free preview at biglove.to/check — no signup needed to see your slug + QR.

  2. 02

    Print the QR somewhere your customers see it twice.

    Receipt and door sticker is the highest-conversion combo. The customer sees the QR when they pay, again when they leave, and again at home if they keep the receipt. Three impressions beats one impression by a wide margin.

  3. 03

    Make the ask part of the script.

    Train staff to mention the QR card during natural pauses ("If you enjoyed this, our Google review code is right here on the receipt"). Don’t script a 5-star pitch — that’s gating. Just point at the QR.

  4. 04

    Reply to every review within 48 hours.

    Public replies signal an active, accountable hair salon — both to future customers reading the reviews AND to Google’s ranking signals. A short, sincere thanks is enough; engagement matters more than length.

  5. 05

    Track which ask path works.

    Pro tier on biglove.to gives you click analytics — country, hour, device, referrer — so you can tell whether the receipt QR or the email signature is actually driving the reviews. Optimize what you can measure.

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