You can't pick a salon in Kazakhstan by rating: three out of four hold a score of 4.5 or higher, and almost half hold 4.9 or higher. The score no longer tells businesses apart: by it, they are all good. We looked at the ratings of 49,038 salons, clinics, and independent specialists in Kazakhstan
Almost indistinguishable. Here are the shares by score threshold
| rating | businesses | share |
|---|---|---|
| 4.9 and higher | 21,859 | 44.6% |
| 4.8 and higher | 27,226 | 55.5% |
| 4.7 and higher | 31,325 | 63.9% |
| 4.5 and higher | 36,992 | 75.4% |
| below 4.0 | 5,655 | 11.5% |
The national median is 4.80. Open a list of twenty specialists and you will see fifteen with a score above 4.5. You can't choose among them by the number
Hardly. The category medians in the table below sit right next to each other
| category | businesses | median rating |
|---|---|---|
| Massage therapists | 4,478 | 4.90 |
| Cosmetologists | 1,632 | 4.90 |
| Nail studios | 1,348 | 4.90 |
| Barbershops | 1,314 | 4.90 |
| Dental clinics | 2,766 | 4.80 |
| Hair salons | 4,512 | 4.70 |
| Banyas and saunas | 1,951 | 4.60 |
Between a massage therapist and a hair salon the gap is two tenths of a point. Inside a single category there is none at all
The number of reviews. Here the spread is huge:
One business in six (17.4%) has five reviews or fewer. Its 4.9 rests on three people, and one unhappy customer would drag it down to 3.5. A 4.6 with two hundred reviews is more reliable than a 5.0 with four
The data comes from the open 2GIS directory: 49,038 active businesses in Kazakhstan in the beauty and health sections, August 2026. We counted only listings that have both a rating and a review count