Economics & margins
Beauty salon operating margin range, 2013 to 2024
In every year from 2013 to 2024 except 2020, US beauty salons with paid employees kept between 12.6% (2023) and 19.2% (2019) of revenue after operating expenses; the middle year was 15.8%.
Service Annual Survey for 2013 to 2022, Annual Integrated Economic Survey for 2023 and 2024. The change of survey can move figures by a few points.
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Service Annual Survey: 2022 release, Tables 2 and 3 (revenue and expenses of employer firms, 2013 through 2022)
US Census Bureau/2022/gov
Annual Integrated Economic Survey: 2023 (US files AIES00BASIC and AIES00EXP01, NAICS 812111, 812112, 812113, 812199)
US Census Bureau/2023/gov
Annual Integrated Economic Survey: 2024 (US file AIES00BASIC, NAICS 812111, 812112, 812113, 812199)
US Census Bureau/2024/gov
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