Profitability

Is a hair salon profitable in Alaska?

What the public record says about businesses like a hair salon in Alaska: how many open and close each year against the national rate, how many are still open after each year, and a calculator for the margin your own numbers leave.

7.4%of other services, including personal care establishments in Alaska closed in 2023

11.3% opened that year, among 1,765 establishments. Over the last five years with data, 8.5% closed in an average year in Alaska, against 8.5% nationally.

Closed in 2023
7.4%
Opened in 2023
11.3%
United States, closed
8.1%
Net income, % of receipts (2023)
24.4%

What these figures include

The Census publishes these dynamics by sector, not by kind of business, so the figures are for every establishment in other services, including personal care (NAICS 81), which is where the Census counts hair salons.

Still open after 1 year (modeled)
N/A
Still open after 5 years (modeled)
N/A

Profit margin calculator for a hair salon

Your sales and costs, the margin they leave and the sales that break even. Nothing is stored.

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A typical month once open.
Food, drink, product or supplies.
Wages, payroll taxes and benefits, your own pay included.
Base rent, CAM, taxes and insurance.
Utilities, insurance, software, loan payments, marketing.

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Profit margin19.1%$8,600 a month before income tax

Sole proprietors in personal and laundry services reported net income of 24.4% of receipts on their 2023 returns (IRS Statistics of Income). That figure is after the owner's own draw only when they paid themselves wages, so compare with care.

Break-even sales
$22,368
A month of sales at which profit is zero with these costs.
Cost of goods
$13,500
Labor
$14,400
Rent, charges and other fixed costs
$8,500
Rent plus charges is 11.1% of sales; DoorWorthy plans 10% to 15% as a healthy share for hair salons.

From the odds to a location

  • How many are thereCensus counts of hair salons by state and metro area, per 10,000 residents, with the change over five years. See the counts
  • The free location checkOne address measured from public records: who lives and works nearby, the hair salons already there and the traffic on the road.

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No account. The hair salon check reads public records at the address itself.

Sources and dates

U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics (establishment entry and exit rates by sector and state, 2023); IRS Statistics of Income, sole proprietorship returns 2023. Establishments with paid employees.

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