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2,226 beauty salons, 194 barber shops, 3,551 dentists' offices and 1,415 fitness and recreational sports centers: that is the 2023 County Business Patterns picture of North Carolina's employer businesses that run on appointments.

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North Carolina by the numbers

North Carolina had 194 employer barber shops and 2,226 employer beauty salons in 2023, by County Business Patterns. Against the Census Bureau population estimate of 10,881,189 for July 2023, that is 1.8 barbershops and 20.5 salons per 100,000 residents. The salon figure ranks 33rd of 51, and the barber figure 30th.

Mecklenburg County led North Carolina with 443 employer beauty salons, ahead of Wake County (422), Guilford County (135), Forsyth County (96) and New Hanover County (88). Mecklenburg County had the most barber shops, 47. County Business Patterns publishes a barber shop row for 18 of the 100 North Carolina counties; the rest have none in its county file.

North Carolina's 1,415 fitness and recreational sports centers work out to 13.0 per 100,000 residents, 20th of 51. Offices of dentists numbered 3,551 (32.6 per 100,000), closest to South Carolina on that rate. The Census code that includes day spas, other personal care services, had 993 establishments, and the code that includes massage therapists' offices, all other miscellaneous health practitioners, had 995.

The Census Bureau population estimate for North Carolina was 11,046,024 on July 1, 2024, up 5.8 percent from the April 2020 base of 10,441,499 and 9th among the 50 states and DC. Nearest in size is Georgia, with 11,180,878 people, 2,563 salons and 212 barber shops.

BookAndGo has city pages for Charlotte and Raleigh. In County Business Patterns 2023, the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro had 262 offices of all other miscellaneous health practitioners and 466 fitness and recreational sports centers; the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro had 192 offices of all other miscellaneous health practitioners and 280 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 North Carolina's 9,374 is a floor: chair renters, solo therapists and trainers with no payroll sit outside it.

Ranked on beauty salons, North Carolina (20.5 per 100,000) sits between Indiana (20.9) and Idaho (20.4). On the code holding massage therapists' offices, North Carolina (9.1 per 100,000) sits between Hawaii (9.2) and North Dakota (9.1).

North Carolina on two more rates: barber shops 1.8 per 100,000 (30th; neighbors South Carolina 1.8 and Nebraska 1.8); other personal care services establishments 9.1 per 100,000 (24th; neighbors Alaska 9.4 and Montana 9.0).

County leaders for fitness and recreational sports centers were Wake County 251, Mecklenburg County 250 and Guilford County 73; for offices of dentists, Mecklenburg County 577, Wake County 562 and Guilford County 202; for other personal care services, Mecklenburg County 191 and Wake County 184.

By size, 579 North Carolina fitness and recreational sports centers (41 percent) and 780 offices of miscellaneous health practitioners (78 percent) had a payroll of four or fewer people; for dentists' offices it was 936.

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Frequently asked

How many beauty salons are there in North Carolina?

County Business Patterns 2023 counted 2,226 beauty salons with paid employees in North Carolina, plus 194 barber shops. Salons and barbers with no payroll are not included, so the real number is higher.

Which North Carolina county has the most salons?

Mecklenburg County, with 443 employer beauty salons in 2023, or 20 percent of the North Carolina total.

How many fitness centers and dental offices are in North Carolina?

1,415 fitness and recreational sports centers and 3,551 offices of dentists had paid employees in North Carolina in 2023, by County Business Patterns.

Are most North Carolina salons small?

1,577 of North Carolina's 2,226 employer beauty salons, 71 percent, had fewer than five employees in 2023; for barber shops it was 131 of 194.

Can I bring my clients across from another system?

Yes. Send us your client export as a CSV and we bring your clients and upcoming bookings across, matched on email so nobody is imported twice.