Cleveland, OH · Hair Salons

Hair Salons in Cleveland, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 664 beauty salons in the Cleveland, OH Metro Area in 2023, employing 4,257 people with $120.3 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

664

25th most of 386 US metro areas

People employed

4,257

6.4 per business, against 4.7 across all metros

Annual payroll

$120.3 million

$28,248 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

80%

of businesses, against 87% across all metros

Change since 2022

-0.6%

in the number of businesses (668 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Cleveland.

  • Cleveland is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of beauty salons, 25th of 386.
  • Businesses here run larger than average: 6.4 employees each, against 4.7 across all metros.
  • Pay runs below the metro average: $28,248 per employee a year, against $32,028.
  • The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.

How VERA helps hair salons in Cleveland.

The same product everywhere. It prepares the work and waits for your approval before anything goes out.

Booking by stylist and service

Appointment types tied to the stylists who do them, with real durations and buffers, so a three-hour color is only offered where it fits.

Deposits on the services that need them

A pay link with your cancellation policy goes out for long color, extensions and bridal, and VERA tracks what has been paid.

Quotes from the consultation

Corrections and extensions priced from your own rates and sent as a link the client can accept, with the follow-up drafted if it sits.

Questions

Hair Salons in Cleveland

How many beauty salons are there in Cleveland?

664 in the Cleveland, OH Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 4,257 people and paid $120.3 million in annual payroll.

Is the Cleveland market for hair salons growing?

By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 668 to 664 (-0.6%).

What does VERA do for hair salons in Cleveland?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Cleveland business runs on, and waits for the owner's approval before anything goes out. It is the same software everywhere; this page adds the local numbers.

Hair Salons in other markets

Other Cleveland markets

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022, metropolitan statistical areas. The Bureau adds a small amount of noise to these figures to protect individual businesses. The category counted is beauty salons, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.

See what VERA can do for your business.

Try it with the built-in demo data, no credit card, no API keys. VERA proposes the work and waits for your approval before it acts.