Beauty & aesthetic treatment in United Kingdom_
As of 4 November 2026, 18,900 beauty & aesthetic treatment companies are based in United Kingdom; 16 are hiring right now and London has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 18,900
- Hiring now
- 16 · 2 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Beauty salons general · 6,576
- Top city
- London · 344
- Parent market
- Consumer services & leisure · 283,647
Beauty & aesthetic treatment in United Kingdom, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Beauty salons general | 6,576 | 35% |
| Skin treatment clinics | 2,711 | 14% |
| Nail salons | 2,388 | 13% |
| Makeup artists | 2,178 | 12% |
| Tattoo studios | 1,792 | 9% |
| Lash brow studios | 1,692 | 9% |
| Permanent makeup studios | 1,675 | 9% |
| Laser skin clinics | 1,264 | 7% |
| Other beauty & aesthetic treatment | 920 | 5% |
| Waxing & sugaring studios | 558 | 3% |
| Tanning salons & spray tanning | 515 | 3% |
| Hair salons | 475 | 3% |
| Beauty training academies | 385 | 2% |
| Hair loss treatment clinics | 340 | 2% |
| Massage wellness practices | 266 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 12,732 · 1 |
| 2-10 employees | 5,991 · 8 |
| 11-50 employees | 156 · 4 |
| 51-200 employees | 15 · 0 |
| 201-500 employees | 4 · 3 |
| 501-1000 employees | 2 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| London | 344 | 2% |
| Glasgow | 135 | 1% |
| Birmingham | 126 | 1% |
| Bristol | 118 | 1% |
| Manchester | 87 | 0% |
| Liverpool | 83 | 0% |
| Sheffield | 76 | 0% |
| Edinburgh | 73 | 0% |
| Rode | 72 | 0% |
| Leeds | 60 | 0% |
| Cheltenham | 57 | 0% |
| Cardiff | 55 | 0% |
The biggest beauty & aesthetic treatment companies in United Kingdom
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The stack of beauty & aesthetic treatment in United Kingdom
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18,900 beauty & aesthetic treatment companies are based in United Kingdom; 16 are hiring right now and London has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/consumer_services_leisure/united-kingdom/beauty_and_aesthetic_treatment)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Beauty & aesthetic treatment in United Kingdom: questions
How many beauty & aesthetic treatment companies are there in United Kingdom?
18,900 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Consumer services & leisure → Beauty & aesthetic treatment → leaf niches such as beauty salons general, skin treatment clinics, nail salons. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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