Lancashire has highest concentration of beauty services per capita

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 13 Oct, 16:32 · Archive

Lancashire has 3.1 beauty and personal care sites per 1,000 residents, the highest concentration of any UK region.

Lancashire has been identified as having the highest concentration of beauty and personal care services of any region in the UK, according to the Impact of Beauty report by Oxford Economics commissioned by the British Beauty Council and supported by L'Oréal. The county has 3.1 beauty and personal care sites for every 1,000 residents, placing it alongside Devon, Torbay, and York and North Yorkshire at the top of national rankings.

Beauty salons and shops now make up almost a third of all leisure sites across UK retail centres, with an even greater presence in smaller high streets where they represent more than 35 per cent of leisure and recreation sites. Hair and beauty salons alone account for around a fifth of leisure sites in smaller high streets, matching the combined total of pubs, bars and cafes.

The UK is home to more than 190,000 beauty and personal care sites, with 39 per cent located outside large cities. Greater London has the highest absolute number with just under 25,000 sites, followed by Greater Manchester and the West Midlands, but per capita the northern regions show greater concentration. Millie Kendall, chief executive of the British Beauty Council, said beauty businesses should be recognised as part of the social and local infrastructure of everyday life in Britain rather than simply as a consumer sector.

How it is being reported

• Lancashire has more beauty salons per head than anywhere else in the UKThe county has 3.1 salons for every 1,000 residentsLancsLive · 13 Oct, 16:00
• Lancashire has the highest concentration of beauty services of any region in the UKLancashire has been named one of the UK’s top regions for beauty and personal care services.Lancashire Telegraph · 12 Oct, 05:00

In this story: Lancashire · Devon · Torbay · British Beauty Council · Oxford Economics · L'Oréal · Millie Kendall

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