Labor & staffing

69%

Beauty salons with staff that have fewer than five employees

69% of US beauty salons with paid employees had fewer than five employees in 2023, and just 3% had 20 or more.

Census County Business Patterns, NAICS 812112: 57,809 of 84,176 establishments had under five employees, and the average was 4.6 employees per salon.

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County Business Patterns: 2023 (US file, NAICS 812111, 812112, 812113)

US Census Bureau/2023/gov

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