Market & industry
US beauty salons with employees (2023)
The US had 84,176 beauty salons with paid employees in 2023 (hair, beauty and skin care salons), employing 391,064 people on a combined annual payroll of $12.4 billion.
Census County Business Patterns, NAICS 812112. Up 6% from 79,413 in 2019. Counts only establishments with at least one paid employee; one-person salons and most booth renters are counted separately, as businesses with no employees.
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County Business Patterns: 2023 (US file, NAICS 812111, 812112, 812113)
US Census Bureau/2023/gov
County Business Patterns: 2019 (US file, NAICS 812111, 812112, 812113)
US Census Bureau/2019/gov
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