Salon falls in Class 44, medical & beauty services, and depending on what exactly you sell it can also fall in Class 11 or Class 20 or Class 37. Everything below is read from the USPTO's own list of accepted descriptions, not from an opinion about where it belongs.
Searching the USPTO Trademark ID Manual for salon returns 45 accepted descriptions, and most of them sit in Class 44. The manual is the list of identifications the office has already approved, so wording taken from it is pre-approved and settles the class at the same time.
The class follows from the identification you write, so "what class am I in" is really "what exactly do you sell". How the class system works covers the rest.
Medical, dental, veterinary, wellness, beauty, grooming, or landscaping services.
21 accepted descriptions in the manual mention salon. For example:
Lighting, heating, cooling, cooking, or plumbing equipment.
9 accepted descriptions in the manual mention salon. For example:
Furniture, mattresses, mirrors, or picture frames.
4 accepted descriptions in the manual mention salon. For example:
You build, install, clean, or repair things like buildings, vehicles, or equipment.
4 accepted descriptions in the manual mention salon. For example:
Salon appears in 4 classes because what you make, what it is made of and the service of selling it are separate classes. Pick the descriptions above that match what you actually do.
Salon is a service, so it sits in Classes 35 to 45. Software that delivers a service is often Class 9 or Class 42 as well.
Medical, beauty and grooming services: health spa services and hair salon services are here. Exercise is not, because personal fitness training is Class 41, and the products used are goods, so cosmetics are Class 3.
The class decides what a registration covers; it does not decide whether the name is available. Relatedness is judged on the identifications, so a conflict can sit in a class you never looked at: the same name in a different industry.
Check whether your name is clear for salon Searches the live USPTO register, including sound-alike and meaning-alike names. First search $2, then $5.Salon sits in Class 44, medical & beauty services. That is where the USPTO's own ID Manual puts it: 21 accepted descriptions mentioning salon fall in Class 44. Depending on exactly what you sell it can also fall in Class 11 or Class 20 or Class 37.
You file in every class you actually use the mark in, and the USPTO charges its fee per class. Selling a product and also running an online store for it is two classes, not one. Filing in classes you do not use is worse than filing in too few: an application has to be supported by real use or a genuine intent to use.
No. The class decides what a registration covers. Availability turns on whether someone already holds a similar mark for related goods, and relatedness is judged on what the identifications say rather than on the class number, so marks in different classes can still conflict.
Not what you sell? Search the class finder for your own wording, or browse all 45 classes.