B
Evidence Grade B
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85.6%
85.6% -- share of consuments checking social media before trying service provider for service provider customers (2026)
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Value
85.6%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Booksy
Primary
Tier A
https://biz.booksy.com/blog/how-to-start-a-barber-shop ↗
Source Article
How to Start a Barbershop: A Complete Guide to Opening Your Business
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Booksy
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Survey conducted by Booksy
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Industrymarketing
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service provider customers: 85.6% share of consuments checking social media before trying service provider. Source: Booksy (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/consumers-check-social-media-before-service-provider
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