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7,534 beauty salons, 808 barber shops, 9,039 dentists' offices and 2,791 fitness and recreational sports centers: that is the 2023 County Business Patterns picture of Florida's employer businesses that run on appointments.

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Florida by the numbers

Florida had 808 employer barber shops and 7,534 employer beauty salons in 2023, by County Business Patterns. Against the Census Bureau population estimate of 22,904,868 for July 2023, that is 3.5 barbershops and 32.9 salons per 100,000 residents. The salon figure ranks 7th of 51, and the barber figure 3rd.

Miami-Dade County led Florida with 970 employer beauty salons, ahead of Palm Beach County (817), Broward County (803), Hillsborough County (507) and Orange County (474). Miami-Dade County had the most barber shops, 127. County Business Patterns publishes a barber shop row for 31 of the 67 Florida counties; the rest have none in its county file.

Florida's 2,791 fitness and recreational sports centers work out to 12.2 per 100,000 residents, 28th of 51. Offices of dentists numbered 9,039 (39.5 per 100,000), closest to Wyoming on that rate. The Census code that includes day spas, other personal care services, had 2,869 establishments, and the code that includes massage therapists' offices, all other miscellaneous health practitioners, had 3,956.

The Census Bureau population estimate for Florida was 23,372,215 on July 1, 2024, up 8.5 percent from the April 2020 base of 21,538,192 and 3rd among the 50 states and DC. Nearest in size is New York, with 19,867,248 people, 7,124 salons and 1,000 barber shops.

BookAndGo has city pages for Miami, Tampa and Orlando. In County Business Patterns 2023, the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro had 302 barber shops and 2,590 beauty salons; the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro had 122 barber shops and 1,140 beauty salons; the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro had 120 barber shops and 854 beauty salons. Metro figures cover every county in the Census metro definition, including any across a state line.

County Business Patterns counts only establishments with paid employees, so Florida's 26,997 is a floor: chair renters, solo therapists and trainers with no payroll sit outside it.

Ranked on beauty salons, Florida (32.9 per 100,000) sits between Colorado (34.4) and North Dakota (30.4). On the code holding massage therapists' offices, Florida (17.3 per 100,000) sits between New Mexico (17.5) and Montana (16.6).

Florida on two more rates: barber shops 3.5 per 100,000 (3rd; neighbors New York 5.1 and Hawaii 3.3); other personal care services establishments 12.5 per 100,000 (6th; neighbors Connecticut 12.7 and Oregon 11.7).

County leaders for fitness and recreational sports centers were Miami-Dade County 369, Broward County 283 and Palm Beach County 248; for offices of dentists, Miami-Dade County 1,543, Broward County 1,086 and Palm Beach County 810; for other personal care services, Miami-Dade County 348 and Broward County 329.

By size, 1,264 Florida fitness and recreational sports centers (45 percent) and 3,435 offices of miscellaneous health practitioners (87 percent) had a payroll of four or fewer people; for dentists' offices it was 3,827.

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Frequently asked

How many beauty salons are there in Florida?

County Business Patterns 2023 counted 7,534 beauty salons with paid employees in Florida, plus 808 barber shops. Salons and barbers with no payroll are not included, so the real number is higher.

Which Florida county has the most salons?

Miami-Dade County, with 970 employer beauty salons in 2023, or 13 percent of the Florida total.

How many fitness centers and dental offices are in Florida?

2,791 fitness and recreational sports centers and 9,039 offices of dentists had paid employees in Florida in 2023, by County Business Patterns.

Are most Florida salons small?

5,762 of Florida's 7,534 employer beauty salons, 76 percent, had fewer than five employees in 2023; for barber shops it was 729 of 808.

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