Booking software in New Hampshire

403 beauty salons, 26 barber shops, 586 dentists' offices and 292 fitness and recreational sports centers: that is the 2023 County Business Patterns picture of New Hampshire's employer businesses that run on appointments.

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New Hampshire by the numbers

New Hampshire had 26 employer barber shops and 403 employer beauty salons in 2023, by County Business Patterns. Against the Census Bureau population estimate of 1,402,199 for July 2023, that is 1.9 barbershops and 28.7 salons per 100,000 residents. The salon figure ranks 12th of 51, and the barber figure 27th.

Rockingham County led New Hampshire with 134 employer beauty salons, ahead of Hillsborough County (125), Merrimack County (36), Strafford County (32) and Grafton County (24). Rockingham County had the most barber shops, 9. County Business Patterns publishes a barber shop row for 4 of the 10 New Hampshire counties; the rest have none in its county file.

Across the six codes closest to the trades BookAndGo serves, New Hampshire had 1,587 employer establishments in 2023. Beyond salons and barbers, that includes 586 offices of dentists, 292 fitness and recreational sports centers, 132 offices of all other miscellaneous health practitioners (the code that holds massage therapists' offices, among others) and 148 other personal care services establishments (the code that holds day spas). New Hampshire ranks 14th on that last group per resident.

The Census Bureau population estimate for New Hampshire was 1,409,032 on July 1, 2024, up 2.3 percent from the April 2020 base of 1,377,546 and 41st among the 50 states and DC. Nearest in size is Maine, with 1,405,012 people, 293 salons and 20 barber shops.

BookAndGo has city pages for Manchester. In County Business Patterns 2023, the Manchester-Nashua, NH metro had 47 offices of all other miscellaneous health practitioners and 90 fitness and recreational sports centers. Metro figures cover every county in the Census metro definition, including any across a state line.

Read New Hampshire's 403 salons and 26 barber shops as floors: CBP excludes businesses with no paid employees, which is how many barbers, stylists and massage therapists work.

For barber shops, New Hampshire (1.9 per 100,000) sits between Michigan (1.9) and Indiana (1.8). For other personal care services (the code that includes day spas), New Hampshire (10.6 per 100,000) sits between Massachusetts (10.6) and North Dakota (10.5).

New Hampshire on two more rates: dentists' offices 41.8 per 100,000 (14th; neighbors Alaska 42.8 and Maryland 41.2); fitness and recreational sports centers 20.8 per 100,000 (1st; neighbors Montana 19.0).

New Hampshire county counts, 2023: dentists' offices, Hillsborough County 198, Rockingham County 154 and Merrimack County 56; other personal care services, Hillsborough County 54 and Rockingham County 46; fitness and recreational sports centers, Rockingham County 98, Hillsborough County 90 and Merrimack County 26.

By size, 104 New Hampshire fitness and recreational sports centers (36 percent) and 104 offices of miscellaneous health practitioners (79 percent) had a payroll of four or fewer people; for dentists' offices it was 158.

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Frequently asked

How many beauty salons are there in New Hampshire?

County Business Patterns 2023 counted 403 beauty salons with paid employees in New Hampshire, plus 26 barber shops. Salons and barbers with no payroll are not included, so the real number is higher.

Which New Hampshire county has the most salons?

Rockingham County, with 134 employer beauty salons in 2023, or 33 percent of the New Hampshire total.

How many fitness centers and dental offices are in New Hampshire?

292 fitness and recreational sports centers and 586 offices of dentists had paid employees in New Hampshire in 2023, by County Business Patterns.

Are most New Hampshire salons small?

235 of New Hampshire's 403 employer beauty salons, 58 percent, had fewer than five employees in 2023; for barber shops it was 20 of 26.

Does each provider get a separate calendar?

Yes. Each team member gets their own calendar and availability settings, and services can be linked to the providers who offer them.