Booking software in Louisiana
Louisiana had 3,752 employer establishments in 2023 across the six Census business codes closest to the appointment trades BookAndGo serves, from barber shops and beauty salons to dentists' offices and fitness and recreational sports centers, for a population the Census Bureau estimated at 4,597,740 in July 2024.
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Louisiana by the numbers
Beauty salons with employees numbered 699 across Louisiana in County Business Patterns 2023, 0.83 percent of the 84,176 counted in the 50 states and DC. Barber shops numbered 64, or 0.82 percent of the national 7,789. Of Louisiana's 699 salons, 502 had a staff of four or fewer.
By county, East Baton Rouge Parish (132), Jefferson Parish (91), St. Tammany Parish (80), Lafayette Parish (68) and Orleans Parish (66) held the most employer salons in Louisiana, 63 percent of the state total between them. For barber shops the leader was Orleans Parish with 12. The county file publishes a barber shop row for 8 of Louisiana's 64 counties or county-equivalents.
Day spas and massage wellness spas are counted under other personal care services (NAICS 812199), a broader code: Louisiana had 264, or 5.8 per 100,000. Massage therapists' offices sit inside offices of all other miscellaneous health practitioners (621399), which also covers other practitioners; Louisiana had 641. There were 1,575 offices of dentists, 31st on dentists per resident, and 509 fitness and recreational sports centers, 33rd on that measure.
The Census Bureau population estimate for Louisiana was 4,597,740 on July 1, 2024, down 1.3 percent from the April 2020 base of 4,657,874 and 25th among the 50 states and DC. Nearest in size is Kentucky, with 4,588,372 people, 680 salons and 47 barber shops.
BookAndGo has city pages for New Orleans. In County Business Patterns 2023, the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro had 70 offices of all other miscellaneous health practitioners and 123 fitness and recreational sports centers. 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 Louisiana's 3,752 is a floor: chair renters, solo therapists and trainers with no payroll sit outside it.
Ranked on beauty salons, Louisiana (15.2 per 100,000) sits between West Virginia (15.6) and Kentucky (14.9). On the code holding massage therapists' offices, Louisiana (14.0 per 100,000) sits between Nevada (14.1) and Maine (13.2).
Louisiana on two more rates: barber shops 1.4 per 100,000 (41st; neighbors Maine 1.4 and Ohio 1.3); other personal care services establishments 5.8 per 100,000 (47th; neighbors Oklahoma 6.2 and New Mexico 5.7).
County leaders for fitness and recreational sports centers were East Baton Rouge Parish 80, Jefferson Parish 60 and Orleans Parish 47; for offices of dentists, Jefferson Parish 222, East Baton Rouge Parish 202 and St. Tammany Parish 141; for other personal care services, East Baton Rouge Parish 45 and Jefferson Parish 38.
In Louisiana 81 percent of the 641 miscellaneous health practitioner offices had fewer than five employees (519), compared with 34 percent of dentists' offices and 46 percent of fitness and recreational sports centers.
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Frequently asked
How many beauty salons are there in Louisiana?
County Business Patterns 2023 counted 699 beauty salons with paid employees in Louisiana, plus 64 barber shops. Salons and barbers with no payroll are not included, so the real number is higher.
Which Louisiana county has the most salons?
East Baton Rouge Parish, with 132 employer beauty salons in 2023, or 19 percent of the Louisiana total.
How many fitness centers and dental offices are in Louisiana?
509 fitness and recreational sports centers and 1,575 offices of dentists had paid employees in Louisiana in 2023, by County Business Patterns.
How does Louisiana rank on dentists per resident?
34.3 offices of dentists per 100,000 residents in 2023, 31st of the 50 states and DC; South Dakota is closest at 34.5.
What happens when someone cancels?
When a cancellation opens a slot that matches a waitlisted client, BookAndGo can book that client straight in or email them the offer, whichever you choose.