Shifrin Group Margins

Margins

The economics of everyday businesses: what they earn, what they keep, and how to grow both.

Written by Shifrin Group, a Toronto-based operating, investment and advisory group. Each issue takes one familiar business apart with real numbers, for the owners who run these businesses and the buyers who value them.

ISSUE 001July 2026

The Brutal Math of Running a Barbershop

Why a shop that is full every Saturday can still lose money. Chair-hour economics, utilization by day, commission versus chair rental, and the test that reveals whether a business exists at all.

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Shifrin Group Margins

Shifrin Group engages these questions as operator, investor, and advisor. The math that runs a business well is the same math that values it correctly.