Our Story

Founded in 2011, Crewners opened its one chair barber shop as the first tenant of Downtown San Jose's San Pedro Square Market. Within two years, Crewners was the highest rated shop in California on Yelp, was ranked in the top 5% of profiles viewed out of 200 million users on LinkedIn and gained a loyal client base of over 700. In 2015, Crewners received the Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce's Small Business of the Year award and expanded to a three chair shop. Crewners moved to 111 Market Square in September of 2017, expanding to five chairs. Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Crewners was forced to close its doors at 111 on March 15, 2020. We were, however, allowed to reopen for 48 hours in July only be shut down again.

Crewners has operated from a temporary location for the last two years, until July 2022. Crewners reopened its new 2-chair space in the Cannery Park building, located in San Jose’s historic Japantown.

  1. Awards & Achievements

    • September 22nd, 2011, Crewners opens as the first tenant of San Jose’s San Pedro Square Market. The smallest space, 100 sq.ft., the only service based tenant, owned and operated by one employee.

    • March 2012 - Repeat client base of 200 customers, booked 2 weeks out, zero advertising budget.

    • October 2013 - Yelp rates Crewners, highest rated barber shop in California.

    • June 2014 - Linkedin ranks Crewners in Top 5% of profiles viewed, out of 200 Million users

    • October 2015 - Crewners is awarded Small Business of the Year Award out of 13,000 small businesses, from The Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce

    • October 2016 - Crewners becomes the first tenant to expand within San Pedro Square Market, adds 2 chairs

    • February 2017 - Crewners secures new location at 111 Market Square

    • September 28th, 2017, Crewners opens new location at 111 Market Square with 5 chairs

    • December 2018 - Crewners is awarded Best of San Jose

 

Appearances & Print

• San Jose Mercury News • Contra Costa Times• Oakland Tribune• Content Magazine, Muscle & Fitness, Silicon Valley Business Journal

• Lifestyle Resources Magazine

• Progenex commercial for ESPN

• The History Channel’s “American Restoration”

• KGO Radio / Hangin with Langin Show

• BBC Radio / Fresh Dialogues with Alison van Diggelen

• San Jose’s “On The Town” television special

• Stanford University Business School, Santa Clara University, San Jose State University student projects

Volunteer Organizations

• Lucille Packards Children’s Home at Stanford

 • Palo Alto Ronald McDonald Children’s Home

 • St.Baldricks Foundation