Economics & margins
Beauty salons with staff that are corporations
72% of US beauty salon locations with paid employees were corporations in 2023 (59% S corporations); 28% were sole proprietorships or partnerships.
Legal form matters for reading salon profit: an S corporation pays a working owner through payroll, while a sole proprietor's pay comes out of the business's profit.
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Source
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County Business Patterns: 2023 (US file, NAICS 812111, 812112, 812113)
US Census Bureau/2023/gov
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