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Hair and beauty salon companies in the Redhill area

473 hair and beauty salon companies have a registered office in the Redhill area (RH postcodes), and 133 of them were formed in 2025 or 2026. In their latest accounts, the typical one held £7,050 in cash and owed £12,214 at year end.

Companies House register, 1 September 2026, and accounts filed in the last twelve months. Compared with the official category “Hairdressing and other beauty treatment” (SIC 96020), which also covers barber, nail salon, beauty salon. Covers companies with a registered office in RH postcodes, including Redhill, Crawley, Horsham, Reigate.

The numbers

Hair and beauty salon companies in the Redhill area (RH postcodes) compared with the same category across the UK. Typical figures are medians.
MeasureRedhillUK
Registered companies47370,423
Formed in 2025 or 2026133 (28%)29%
Being struck off or in liquidation36 (7.6%)11%
Typical cash at year end£7,05095 accounts£4,638
Typical amount owed at year end£12,214272 accounts£8,939
Typical number of employees2275 accounts2

What this means if you’re starting one

Most of your competition will be other newcomers

28% of the 473 hair and beauty salon companies in the Redhill area (RH postcodes) were formed in 2025–26, against 17% of all companies in the Redhill area (RH postcodes). Nationally, that share of new companies is higher than 85% of UK industries.

New rivals are arriving faster than in most trades, so your customers already have fresh options. Being new is not a difference on its own.

Most of these businesses are run by one or two people

The typical hair and beauty salon company in the Redhill area (RH postcodes) reports 2 employees; the top quarter has 4 or more (275 filings).

You are mostly up against owner-operators. Your own hours are likely to be your biggest cost, and the easiest one to undercount.

Cash is tight in this trade

At year end the typical hair and beauty salon company in the Redhill area (RH postcodes) holds £7,050 in cash and owes £12,214; that cash figure is lower than 99% of UK industries.

Typical operators end the year holding less cash than they owe, so there is little slack if takings dip or a big bill lands early.

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What these figures can’t tell you

Companies are counted where their registered office is, which may be an accountant or a home address rather than a shop. Sole traders and partnerships are not on the register, and electronically filed accounts cover roughly 60–75% of accounts filed each year. The figures describe companies that exist; they cannot prove demand for your idea or predict whether it will work. How the figures are built.

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