Booking software in Tennessee
Tennessee had 5,402 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 7,227,750 in July 2024.
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Tennessee by the numbers
Beauty salons with employees numbered 1,062 across Tennessee in County Business Patterns 2023, 1.26 percent of the 84,176 counted in the 50 states and DC. Barber shops numbered 115, or 1.48 percent of the national 7,789. Of Tennessee's 1,062 salons, 603 had a staff of four or fewer.
By county, Davidson County (183), Shelby County (169), Knox County (105), Williamson County (97) and Hamilton County (77) held the most employer salons in Tennessee, 59 percent of the state total between them. For barber shops the leader was Davidson County with 24. The county file publishes a barber shop row for 9 of Tennessee's 95 counties or county-equivalents.
Day spas and massage wellness spas are counted under other personal care services (NAICS 812199), a broader code: Tennessee had 572, or 8.0 per 100,000. Massage therapists' offices sit inside offices of all other miscellaneous health practitioners (621399), which also covers other practitioners; Tennessee had 642. There were 2,225 offices of dentists, 44th on dentists per resident, and 786 fitness and recreational sports centers, 34th on that measure.
The Census Bureau population estimate for Tennessee was 7,227,750 on July 1, 2024, up 4.6 percent from the April 2020 base of 6,912,347 and 15th among the 50 states and DC. Nearest in size is Massachusetts, with 7,136,171 people, 2,569 salons and 164 barber shops.
BookAndGo has city pages for Nashville. In County Business Patterns 2023, the Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN metro had 224 offices of all other miscellaneous health practitioners and 320 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 Tennessee's 5,402 is a floor: chair renters, solo therapists and trainers with no payroll sit outside it.
Ranked on beauty salons, Tennessee (14.9 per 100,000) sits between Kentucky (14.9) and Arkansas (14.8). On the code holding massage therapists' offices, Tennessee (9.0 per 100,000) sits between Texas (9.0) and South Dakota (8.9).
Tennessee on two more rates: barber shops 1.6 per 100,000 (33rd; neighbors Idaho 1.7 and New Mexico 1.6); other personal care services establishments 8.0 per 100,000 (33rd; neighbors Missouri 8.1 and Indiana 8.0).
County leaders for fitness and recreational sports centers were Davidson County 148, Shelby County 107 and Knox County 76; for offices of dentists, Shelby County 309, Davidson County 297 and Knox County 184; for other personal care services, Davidson County 97 and Shelby County 78.
In Tennessee 60 percent of the 642 miscellaneous health practitioner offices had fewer than five employees (387), compared with 32 percent of dentists' offices and 43 percent of fitness and recreational sports centers.
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Frequently asked
How many beauty salons are there in Tennessee?
County Business Patterns 2023 counted 1,062 beauty salons with paid employees in Tennessee, plus 115 barber shops. Salons and barbers with no payroll are not included, so the real number is higher.
Which Tennessee county has the most salons?
Davidson County, with 183 employer beauty salons in 2023, or 17 percent of the Tennessee total.
How many fitness centers and dental offices are in Tennessee?
786 fitness and recreational sports centers and 2,225 offices of dentists had paid employees in Tennessee in 2023, by County Business Patterns.
How does Tennessee rank on dentists per resident?
31.1 offices of dentists per 100,000 residents in 2023, 44th of the 50 states and DC; Mississippi is closest at 31.1.
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