Booking software in South Dakota

160 beauty salons, 8 barber shops, 317 dentists' offices and 114 fitness and recreational sports centers: that is the 2023 County Business Patterns picture of South Dakota's employer businesses that run on appointments.

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South Dakota by the numbers

South Dakota had 8 employer barber shops and 160 employer beauty salons in 2023, by County Business Patterns. Against the Census Bureau population estimate of 918,305 for July 2023, that is 0.9 barbershops and 17.4 salons per 100,000 residents. The salon figure ranks 42nd of 51, and the barber figure 49th.

Minnehaha County led South Dakota with 57 employer beauty salons, ahead of Pennington County (24), Lincoln County (13), Brookings County (10) and Codington County (10). Pennington County had the most barber shops, 4. County Business Patterns publishes a barber shop row for 1 of the 66 South Dakota counties; the rest have none in its county file.

Across the six codes closest to the trades BookAndGo serves, South Dakota had 768 employer establishments in 2023. Beyond salons and barbers, that includes 317 offices of dentists, 114 fitness and recreational sports centers, 82 offices of all other miscellaneous health practitioners (the code that holds massage therapists' offices, among others) and 87 other personal care services establishments (the code that holds day spas). South Dakota ranks 22nd on that last group per resident.

The Census Bureau population estimate for South Dakota was 924,669 on July 1, 2024, up 4.3 percent from the April 2020 base of 886,729 and 46th among the 50 states and DC. Nearest in size is Delaware, with 1,051,917 people, 277 salons and 31 barber shops.

BookAndGo has city pages for Sioux Falls. In County Business Patterns 2023, the Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro had 31 offices of all other miscellaneous health practitioners and 57 fitness and recreational sports centers. Metro figures cover every county in the Census metro definition, including any across a state line.

Read South Dakota's 160 salons and 8 barber shops as floors: CBP excludes businesses with no paid employees, which is how many barbers, stylists and massage therapists work.

For barber shops, South Dakota (0.9 per 100,000) sits between Mississippi (1.0) and Iowa (0.9). For other personal care services (the code that includes day spas), South Dakota (9.5 per 100,000) sits between Georgia (9.6) and Alaska (9.4).

South Dakota on two more rates: dentists' offices 34.5 per 100,000 (30th; neighbors Kansas 34.6 and Louisiana 34.3); fitness and recreational sports centers 12.4 per 100,000 (25th; neighbors Pennsylvania 12.6 and Iowa 12.4).

South Dakota county counts, 2023: dentists' offices, Pennington County 62, Minnehaha County 60 and Lincoln County 34; other personal care services, Minnehaha County 27 and Pennington County 16; fitness and recreational sports centers, Minnehaha County 40, Lincoln County 16 and Pennington County 13.

By size, 51 South Dakota fitness and recreational sports centers (45 percent) and 69 offices of miscellaneous health practitioners (84 percent) had a payroll of four or fewer people; for dentists' offices it was 89.

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Frequently asked

How many beauty salons are there in South Dakota?

County Business Patterns 2023 counted 160 beauty salons with paid employees in South Dakota, plus 8 barber shops. Salons and barbers with no payroll are not included, so the real number is higher.

Which South Dakota county has the most salons?

Minnehaha County, with 57 employer beauty salons in 2023, or 36 percent of the South Dakota total.

How many fitness centers and dental offices are in South Dakota?

114 fitness and recreational sports centers and 317 offices of dentists had paid employees in South Dakota in 2023, by County Business Patterns.

Are most South Dakota salons small?

106 of South Dakota's 160 employer beauty salons, 66 percent, had fewer than five employees in 2023; for barber shops it was 8 of 8.

Does it suit mobile providers?

Yes. Mobile massage therapists and in-home personal trainers can capture each client's service address, set a cancellation window, and block repeat no-shows automatically.