Hair Salons
Hair salon chains and independent studios providing cutting, coloring, styling, and related services to consumers.
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Overview
Hair Salons provide cutting, coloring, and styling through chains, franchises (Great Clips, Sport Clips), and a vast base of independent studios. It is the largest personal-care service category by establishment count, and the suite-rental model (Sola Salons, Phenix) has reshaped the industry by leasing space to independent stylists.
Demand is recurring and recession-resilient, but the business is intensely fragmented and labor-driven. Consolidation runs through value-haircut franchises and the booming salon-suite real-estate model rather than traditional salon roll-ups.
Market snapshot
- Market size
- ~$26B
- Growth
- ~2.5%CAGR (2017–22, nominal)
- Companies
- ~83,000
U.S. Census Bureau 2022 CBP/Economic Census, NAICS 812112 (Beauty Salons).
Business model & economics
- Revenue model
- Service fees and product sales; franchise/suite-rental income
- Recurring revenue
- Moderate — recurring repeat visits
- EBITDA margin
- 10–20%
- Capex intensity
- Low
- Largest personal-care category by establishment count.
- Salon-suite rental model reshaped the industry.
- Recession-resilient but intensely fragmented and labor-driven.
M&A deal context
Who’s acquiring
What’s driving deals
- Franchise consolidation in value haircuts.
- Salon-suite rental model expansion.
- Fragmentation limiting traditional roll-ups.
Verticals in this segment
- 2.10.5.1Blow-Dry & Express Styling Bars
Blow-dry bar chains providing quick hair styling services.
- 2.10.5.2Hair Salon Chains & Franchises
Multi-unit hair salon franchise operators.
- 2.10.5.3Independent Salons
Single-location independently owned hair salons.
- 2.10.5.4Specialty Color Salons
Hair salons specializing in hair coloring and color correction services.
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