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Hair and beauty salon companies in the Warrington area

680 hair and beauty salon companies have a registered office in the Warrington area (WA postcodes), and 207 of them were formed in 2025 or 2026. In their latest accounts, the typical one held £3,959 in cash and owed £8,189 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 WA postcodes.

The numbers

Hair and beauty salon companies in the Warrington area (WA postcodes) compared with the same category across the UK. Typical figures are medians.
MeasureWarringtonUK
Registered companies68070,423
Formed in 2025 or 2026207 (30%)29%
Being struck off or in liquidation88 (13%)11%
Typical cash at year end£3,959154 accounts£4,638
Typical amount owed at year end£8,189360 accounts£8,939
Typical number of employees2367 accounts2

What this means if you’re starting one

Cash is tight in this trade

At year end the typical hair and beauty salon company in the Warrington area (WA postcodes) holds £3,959 in cash and owes £8,189; 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.

Most of your competition will be other newcomers

30% of the 680 hair and beauty salon companies in the Warrington area (WA postcodes) were formed in 2025–26, against 19% of all companies in the Warrington area (WA 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 Warrington area (WA postcodes) reports 2 employees; the top quarter has 3 or more (367 filings).

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

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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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