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Figures on the UK’s hair and beauty trade.
Free to use.

Counted by Covered Beauty from public records, with how we counted on every page and the data to download.

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Salon start-up league

One new hair and beauty company every 37 minutes. Every council area in the UK, per head, with the method and a free download.

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Using the figures

Journalists, colleges, trade bodies and salon owners are welcome to use them. Please credit Covered Beauty and keep the licence line. The league covers 361 council areas and 12 regions and nations, and the CSV has every one. For anything else, email hello@covered.technology.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Companies House and Office for National Statistics. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Figures for the year to 30 September 2026, from the October 2026 snapshot of the register. Download every council area as a CSV.

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