What does it cost to rent a chair in a salon? (what is the operational expense (opex) of the current method)
What percentage of time that the salon is open, is the chair in use? (what is the haircut operational time)
What percentage of customers don't use your chair because they can't get to your location? (substitution value of stylists in a free market)
What percentage of your customers are 'regular' versus 'walk in'? (opportunity cost vs monthly recurring revenue (MRR))
I haven't done the research but I could certainly imagine in places like the Bay Area where rents are high that this could be a better system for a stylist than the traditional one.
But yeah, what you suggest is exactly what happens here in Silicon Valley. We have the haircut group that spends one day a week at eBay, one day at Google, one day at Cisco, etc. Same with the dentist and the car wash folks.
yes have you been to an Afro Caribbean barbers before?
I could see the food truck approach maybe working better. Set up for the day or a few hours in a commercial area, and let local customers come to you.