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2,029 beauty salons, 189 barber shops, 2,957 dentists' offices and 972 fitness and recreational sports centers: that is the 2023 County Business Patterns picture of Colorado's employer businesses that run on appointments.
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Colorado by the numbers
Colorado had 189 employer barber shops and 2,029 employer beauty salons in 2023, by County Business Patterns. Against the Census Bureau population estimate of 5,901,339 for July 2023, that is 3.2 barbershops and 34.4 salons per 100,000 residents. The salon figure ranks 6th of 51, and the barber figure 5th.
Denver County led Colorado with 383 employer beauty salons, ahead of Jefferson County (254), El Paso County (228), Arapahoe County (221) and Douglas County (192). Denver County had the most barber shops, 34. County Business Patterns publishes a barber shop row for 13 of the 64 Colorado counties; the rest have none in its county file.
Across the six codes closest to the trades BookAndGo serves, Colorado had 8,259 employer establishments in 2023. Beyond salons and barbers, that includes 2,957 offices of dentists, 972 fitness and recreational sports centers, 1,264 offices of all other miscellaneous health practitioners (the code that holds massage therapists' offices, among others) and 848 other personal care services establishments (the code that holds day spas). Colorado ranks 1st on that last group per resident.
The Census Bureau population estimate for Colorado was 5,957,493 on July 1, 2024, up 3.2 percent from the April 2020 base of 5,775,324 and 21st among the 50 states and DC. Nearest in size is Wisconsin, with 5,960,975 people, 1,592 salons and 133 barber shops.
BookAndGo has city pages for Denver. In County Business Patterns 2023, the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro had 102 barber shops and 1,181 beauty salons. Metro figures cover every county in the Census metro definition, including any across a state line.
Read Colorado's 2,029 salons and 189 barber shops as floors: CBP excludes businesses with no paid employees, which is how many barbers, stylists and massage therapists work.
For barber shops, Colorado (3.2 per 100,000) sits between Hawaii (3.3) and Utah (3.0). For other personal care services (the code that includes day spas), Colorado (14.4 per 100,000) is highest of 51, above New York (13.5).
Colorado on two more rates: dentists' offices 50.1 per 100,000 (3rd; neighbors Utah 52.0 and New Jersey 48.1); fitness and recreational sports centers 16.5 per 100,000 (5th; neighbors Massachusetts 17.4 and Delaware 16.4).
Colorado county counts, 2023: dentists' offices, Arapahoe County 420, Denver County 370 and Jefferson County 370; other personal care services, Denver County 141 and Arapahoe County 100; fitness and recreational sports centers, Denver County 184, Arapahoe County 115 and Jefferson County 111.
By size, 399 Colorado fitness and recreational sports centers (41 percent) and 1,023 offices of miscellaneous health practitioners (81 percent) had a payroll of four or fewer people; for dentists' offices it was 1,242.
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Frequently asked
How many beauty salons are there in Colorado?
County Business Patterns 2023 counted 2,029 beauty salons with paid employees in Colorado, plus 189 barber shops. Salons and barbers with no payroll are not included, so the real number is higher.
Which Colorado county has the most salons?
Denver County, with 383 employer beauty salons in 2023, or 19 percent of the Colorado total.
How many fitness centers and dental offices are in Colorado?
972 fitness and recreational sports centers and 2,957 offices of dentists had paid employees in Colorado in 2023, by County Business Patterns.
Are most Colorado salons small?
1,480 of Colorado's 2,029 employer beauty salons, 73 percent, had fewer than five employees in 2023; for barber shops it was 110 of 189.
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