Industry Size and Turnover
| Annual Turnover | £6.2 billion (inc. spa) |
| Total Employment | 245, 795 |
| (0.87% of the total UK workforce) | |
| Hair salons | 35,704 |
| African Caribbean hair salons | 302 |
| Barbering | 2,967 |
| Nail bars/technicians | 1,512 |
| Beauty salons/consultants | 13,107 |
| Beauty therapists -mobile | 947 |
| Spas | 400 |
Geographical location (workforce)
| England (overall) | 86.7% |
| North East | 4.9% |
| North West | 13.5% |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 8.7% |
| East Midlands | 9.1% |
| West Midlands | 6.3% |
| East | 11.3% |
| London | 10.3% |
| South East | 14.4% |
| South West | 8.1% |
| Northern Ireland | 2.8% |
| Scotland | 6.4% |
| Wales | 4.1% |
Geographical location (businesses – doesn’t include Northern Ireland)
| North East | 4.2% |
| North West | 12.6% |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 8.3% |
| East Midlands | 6.9% |
| West Midlands | 8.9% |
| East | 9.9% |
| London | 13.4% |
| South East | 14.8% |
| South West | 8.5% |
| Wales | 4.4% |
| Scotland | 8.1% |
Gender and Age
| HAIR AND BEAUTY | WHOLE ECONOMY | ||
| % | % | ||
| GENDER | |||
| Male | 25,622 | 10 | 54 |
| Female | 220,173 | 90 | 46 |
|
AGE |
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| 16 – 24 | 76,505 | 31.1 | 13.4 |
| 25 – 34 | 56,787 | 23.1 | 21.1 |
| 35 – 44 | 73,164 | 29.8 | 26.0 |
| 45 – 59 | 38,962 | 15.9 | 31.9 |
| 60 and over | 6,147 | 2.5 | 7.6 |
| Total | 245,795 | ||
Employment Status
| Employees: 57.8% |
| Self-employed: 42.2% |
| Full time employed: 30.8% |
| Part-time: 27% |
| Managers: 9.3% |
| Hairdressers and barbers: 62.6% |
| Beauty therapists and related occupations: 62.6% |
Current skills and qualification profile
| Degree: 2.9% |
| Level 4 and above: 8.5% |
| A-Level (or vocational equivalent): 5% |
| Level 3: 37.8% |
| Level 2: 35.3% |
| Below Level 2 or none: 18.3% |
Recruitment and skill shortages
| Salons with vacancies (overall): 20.5% |
| Hard to fill vacancies: 12.1% |
| Vacancies due to poor quality applicants: 2.9% |
| Establishments with skills gaps: 12.4% |
Size of workplaces
| 1-10 employees: 93.5% |
| 11-49 employees: 6.4% |
| 50-199 employees: 0.1% |
| 200 or more: 0.0% |
Ethnicity
| White: 93.3% |
| Mixed: 1.1% |
| Asian or Asian British: 1.6% |
| Black or Black British: 2.3% |
| Chinese: 1.1% |
| Other ethnic group: 0.7% |
Key trends
Consumer trends, the influence of fashion and the desire to look younger, coupled with economic growth and the associated increase in real disposable income. As the cost of many basic items now takes a smaller proportion of consumers’ budgets, there is increased scope for discretionary spending on services.
Ageing population in the UK will increase the need to cater for a wider age range of clients, but will also pose a threat through the reduction in the number of young people entering the work-force, made more severe by the higher proportion encouraged to stay on into higher education.
Globalisation and technology – the impact of these are expected to be muted and limited to use of ICT in the management of bookings, relationships with consumers and global trends in image and fashion.
Innovation rates are thought to be slight, with some innovation in products but with most hairdressing and beauty treatments remaining essentially the same.