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Size of the US Personal Care Services industry

NAICS 8121, Personal Care Services. Every figure on this page was published by a federal statistical agency and carries its source and period. Palanor does not estimate: a period the agency didn’t publish shows as missing, and a figure it withheld shows as withheld.

Key figures

Receipts (sales, shipments or revenue)
$54.8 billion
2022 · Economic Census
All establishments, current dollars
Revenue, not seasonally adjusted
$9.5 billion
2017-Q1 · Quarterly Services Survey
Employer firms, current dollars
Employment
749,836
2026-Q1 · Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Private-sector jobs in the third month of each quarter
Establishments
157,371
2026-Q1 · Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Private ownership
Firms
140,553
2022 · Economic Census
Annual payroll
$23.4 billion
2023 · County Business Patterns

Over time

Revenue, seasonally adjusted · Quarterly Services SurveyLatest $9.8 billion · 2017-Q1
2009-Q1: $6.8 billion2009-Q2: $6.6 billion2009-Q3: $6.6 billion2009-Q4: $6.6 billion2010-Q1: $6.7 billion2010-Q2: $6.8 billion2010-Q3: $6.8 billion2010-Q4: $7.0 billion2011-Q1: $7.0 billion2011-Q2: $6.8 billion2011-Q3: $6.9 billion2011-Q4: $7.0 billion2012-Q1: $7.0 billion2012-Q2: $7.6 billion2012-Q3: $7.5 billion2012-Q4: $7.3 billion2013-Q1: $7.6 billion2013-Q2: $7.6 billion2013-Q3: $7.8 billion2013-Q4: withheld (S)2014-Q1: $8.1 billion2014-Q2: $8.0 billion2014-Q3: $8.3 billion2014-Q4: $8.6 billion2015-Q1: $8.4 billion2015-Q2: $8.8 billion2015-Q3: $8.8 billion2015-Q4: $8.7 billion2016-Q1: $9.3 billion2016-Q2: $9.2 billion2016-Q3: $9.5 billion2016-Q4: $9.4 billion2017-Q1: $9.8 billion2017-Q2: withheld (S)2017-Q3: withheld (S)2017-Q4: withheld (S)2018-Q1: withheld (S)2018-Q2: withheld (S)2018-Q3: withheld (S)2018-Q4: withheld (S)2019-Q1: withheld (S)2019-Q2: withheld (S)2019-Q3: withheld (S)2019-Q4: withheld (S)2020-Q1: withheld (S)2020-Q2: withheld (S)2020-Q3: withheld (S)2020-Q4: withheld (S)2021-Q1: withheld (S)2021-Q2: withheld (S)2021-Q3: withheld (S)2021-Q4: withheld (S)2022-Q1: withheld (S)2022-Q2: withheld (S)2022-Q3: withheld (S)2022-Q4: withheld (S)2023-Q1: withheld (S)2023-Q2: withheld (S)2023-Q3: withheld (S)2023-Q4: withheld (S)2024-Q1: withheld (S)2024-Q2: withheld (S)2024-Q3: withheld (S)2024-Q4: withheld (S)2025-Q1: withheld (S)2025-Q2: withheld (S)2025-Q3: withheld (S)2025-Q4: withheld (S)2026-Q1: withheld (S)2026-Q2: withheld (S)

Withheld by the agency: 2013-Q4, 2017-Q2, 2017-Q3, 2017-Q4 and 34 more. Gaps are left as gaps.

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PeriodValue
2026-Q2Withheld (S)
2026-Q1Withheld (S)
2025-Q4Withheld (S)
2025-Q3Withheld (S)
2025-Q2Withheld (S)
2025-Q1Withheld (S)
2024-Q4Withheld (S)
2024-Q3Withheld (S)
2024-Q2Withheld (S)
2024-Q1Withheld (S)
2023-Q4Withheld (S)
2023-Q3Withheld (S)
2023-Q2Withheld (S)
2023-Q1Withheld (S)
2022-Q4Withheld (S)
2022-Q3Withheld (S)
2022-Q2Withheld (S)
2022-Q1Withheld (S)
2021-Q4Withheld (S)
2021-Q3Withheld (S)
2021-Q2Withheld (S)
2021-Q1Withheld (S)
2020-Q4Withheld (S)
2020-Q3Withheld (S)
2020-Q2Withheld (S)
2020-Q1Withheld (S)
2019-Q4Withheld (S)
2019-Q3Withheld (S)
2019-Q2Withheld (S)
2019-Q1Withheld (S)
2018-Q4Withheld (S)
2018-Q3Withheld (S)
2018-Q2Withheld (S)
2018-Q1Withheld (S)
2017-Q4Withheld (S)
2017-Q3Withheld (S)
2017-Q2Withheld (S)
2017-Q1$9.8 billion
2016-Q4$9.4 billion
2016-Q3$9.5 billion
2016-Q2$9.2 billion
2016-Q1$9.3 billion
2015-Q4$8.7 billion
2015-Q3$8.8 billion
2015-Q2$8.8 billion
2015-Q1$8.4 billion
2014-Q4$8.6 billion
2014-Q3$8.3 billion
2014-Q2$8.0 billion
2014-Q1$8.1 billion
2013-Q4Withheld (S)
2013-Q3$7.8 billion
2013-Q2$7.6 billion
2013-Q1$7.6 billion
2012-Q4$7.3 billion
2012-Q3$7.5 billion
2012-Q2$7.6 billion
2012-Q1$7.0 billion
2011-Q4$7.0 billion
2011-Q3$6.9 billion
2011-Q2$6.8 billion
2011-Q1$7.0 billion
2010-Q4$7.0 billion
2010-Q3$6.8 billion
2010-Q2$6.8 billion
2010-Q1$6.7 billion
2009-Q4$6.6 billion
2009-Q3$6.6 billion
2009-Q2$6.6 billion
2009-Q1$6.8 billion

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Quarterly Services Survey · Employer firms, current dollars · Agency label: Personal Care Services

Employment · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest 749,836 · 2026-Q1
2019-Q1: 729,9652019-Q2: 742,0452019-Q3: 737,8062019-Q4: 742,0192020-Q1: 718,9382020-Q2: 502,3762020-Q3: 610,8242020-Q4: 616,0192021-Q1: 641,8752021-Q2: 671,5962021-Q3: 676,7942021-Q4: 694,1922022-Q1: 700,9142022-Q2: 716,6202022-Q3: 716,3492022-Q4: 718,4122023-Q1: 724,7442023-Q2: 737,1002023-Q3: 732,9062023-Q4: 737,2092024-Q1: 738,1842024-Q2: 749,3462024-Q3: 745,8082024-Q4: 745,8272025-Q1: 744,6082025-Q2: 756,1192025-Q3: 752,2692025-Q4: 756,0912026-Q1: 749,836NAICS 2022 from 2022-Q1
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PeriodValueNAICS
2026-Q1749,8362022
2025-Q4756,0912022
2025-Q3752,2692022
2025-Q2756,1192022
2025-Q1744,6082022
2024-Q4745,8272022
2024-Q3745,8082022
2024-Q2749,3462022
2024-Q1738,1842022
2023-Q4737,2092022
2023-Q3732,9062022
2023-Q2737,1002022
2023-Q1724,7442022
2022-Q4718,4122022
2022-Q3716,3492022
2022-Q2716,6202022
2022-Q1700,9142022
2021-Q4694,1922017
2021-Q3676,7942017
2021-Q2671,5962017
2021-Q1641,8752017
2020-Q4616,0192017
2020-Q3610,8242017
2020-Q2502,3762017
2020-Q1718,9382017
2019-Q4742,0192017
2019-Q3737,8062017
2019-Q2742,0452017
2019-Q1729,9652017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private-sector jobs in the third month of each quarter

Employment · County Business PatternsLatest 764,640 · 2023
2017: 706,9542018: 737,5442019: 762,1962020: 748,2862021: 676,0502022: 743,4962023: 764,640
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PeriodValue
2023764,640
2022743,496
2021676,050
2020748,286
2019762,196
2018737,544
2017706,954

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns · Paid employees in the pay period including March 12

Establishments · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest 157,371 · 2026-Q1
2019-Q1: 129,4342019-Q2: 131,0352019-Q3: 132,0592019-Q4: 133,3752020-Q1: 134,8342020-Q2: 132,9792020-Q3: 136,2512020-Q4: 137,6402021-Q1: 137,0142021-Q2: 138,8022021-Q3: 141,0212021-Q4: 142,2872022-Q1: 142,6852022-Q2: 144,7052022-Q3: 147,0352022-Q4: 148,1002023-Q1: 149,4922023-Q2: 150,7722023-Q3: 151,6972023-Q4: 152,5152024-Q1: 152,1142024-Q2: 153,9362024-Q3: 155,1062024-Q4: 155,8202025-Q1: 154,5892025-Q2: 155,7572025-Q3: 156,5752025-Q4: 157,4922026-Q1: 157,371NAICS 2022 from 2022-Q1
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PeriodValueNAICS
2026-Q1157,3712022
2025-Q4157,4922022
2025-Q3156,5752022
2025-Q2155,7572022
2025-Q1154,5892022
2024-Q4155,8202022
2024-Q3155,1062022
2024-Q2153,9362022
2024-Q1152,1142022
2023-Q4152,5152022
2023-Q3151,6972022
2023-Q2150,7722022
2023-Q1149,4922022
2022-Q4148,1002022
2022-Q3147,0352022
2022-Q2144,7052022
2022-Q1142,6852022
2021-Q4142,2872017
2021-Q3141,0212017
2021-Q2138,8022017
2021-Q1137,0142017
2020-Q4137,6402017
2020-Q3136,2512017
2020-Q2132,9792017
2020-Q1134,8342017
2019-Q4133,3752017
2019-Q3132,0592017
2019-Q2131,0352017
2019-Q1129,4342017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private ownership

Establishments · County Business PatternsLatest 160,726 · 2023
2017: 133,8592018: 136,5982019: 140,8832020: 143,5622021: 148,0352022: 156,5782023: 160,726
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PeriodValue
2023160,726
2022156,578
2021148,035
2020143,562
2019140,883
2018136,598
2017133,859

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns

Total wages in the quarter · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest $6.3 billion · 2026-Q1
2019-Q1: $4.5 billion2019-Q2: $4.8 billion2019-Q3: $4.8 billion2019-Q4: $5.0 billion2020-Q1: $4.6 billion2020-Q2: $2.1 billion2020-Q3: $3.9 billion2020-Q4: $4.4 billion2021-Q1: $3.9 billion2021-Q2: $4.9 billion2021-Q3: $5.1 billion2021-Q4: $5.7 billion2022-Q1: $5.0 billion2022-Q2: $5.8 billion2022-Q3: $5.9 billion2022-Q4: $5.9 billion2023-Q1: $5.7 billion2023-Q2: $6.1 billion2023-Q3: $6.0 billion2023-Q4: $6.2 billion2024-Q1: $6.0 billion2024-Q2: $6.3 billion2024-Q3: $6.2 billion2024-Q4: $6.5 billion2025-Q1: $6.0 billion2025-Q2: $6.5 billion2025-Q3: $6.4 billion2025-Q4: $6.7 billion2026-Q1: $6.3 billionNAICS 2022 from 2022-Q1
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PeriodValueNAICS
2026-Q1$6.3 billion2022
2025-Q4$6.7 billion2022
2025-Q3$6.4 billion2022
2025-Q2$6.5 billion2022
2025-Q1$6.0 billion2022
2024-Q4$6.5 billion2022
2024-Q3$6.2 billion2022
2024-Q2$6.3 billion2022
2024-Q1$6.0 billion2022
2023-Q4$6.2 billion2022
2023-Q3$6.0 billion2022
2023-Q2$6.1 billion2022
2023-Q1$5.7 billion2022
2022-Q4$5.9 billion2022
2022-Q3$5.9 billion2022
2022-Q2$5.8 billion2022
2022-Q1$5.0 billion2022
2021-Q4$5.7 billion2017
2021-Q3$5.1 billion2017
2021-Q2$4.9 billion2017
2021-Q1$3.9 billion2017
2020-Q4$4.4 billion2017
2020-Q3$3.9 billion2017
2020-Q2$2.1 billion2017
2020-Q1$4.6 billion2017
2019-Q4$5.0 billion2017
2019-Q3$4.8 billion2017
2019-Q2$4.8 billion2017
2019-Q1$4.5 billion2017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private ownership

Annual payroll · County Business PatternsLatest $23.4 billion · 2023
2017: $15.5 billion2018: $16.8 billion2019: $18.0 billion2020: $14.3 billion2021: $18.9 billion2022: $21.7 billion2023: $23.4 billion
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PeriodValue
2023$23.4 billion
2022$21.7 billion
2021$18.9 billion
2020$14.3 billion
2019$18.0 billion
2018$16.8 billion
2017$15.5 billion

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns

The ledger

Every published measure

MeasureSourceLatestPeriodHistory
EmploymentPrivate-sector jobs in the third month of each quarterQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages749,8362026-Q12019-Q1–2026-Q1 · 29 published
EstablishmentsPrivate ownershipQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages157,3712026-Q12019-Q1–2026-Q1 · 29 published
Total wages in the quarterPrivate ownershipQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages$6.3 billion2026-Q12019-Q1–2026-Q1 · 29 published
Annual payrollCounty Business Patterns$23.4 billion20232017–2023 · 7 published
EmploymentPaid employees in the pay period including March 12County Business Patterns764,64020232017–2023 · 7 published
EstablishmentsCounty Business Patterns160,72620232017–2023 · 7 published
Annual payrollEconomic Census$21.0 billion20222017–2022 · 2 published
EmploymentPaid employees in the pay period including March 12Economic Census762,51220222017–2022 · 2 published
EstablishmentsEconomic Census155,82720222017–2022 · 2 published
FirmsEconomic Census140,55320222017–2022 · 2 published
Receipts (sales, shipments or revenue)All establishments, current dollarsEconomic Census$54.8 billion20222017–2022 · 2 published
Revenue, not seasonally adjustedEmployer firms, current dollarsQuarterly Services Survey$9.5 billion2017-Q12009-Q1–2017-Q1 · 32 published
Revenue, seasonally adjustedEmployer firms, current dollarsQuarterly Services Survey$9.8 billion2017-Q12009-Q1–2017-Q1 · 32 published

Breakdown

Industries within Personal Care Services

NAICSIndustrySizeEmployment
81211Hair, Nail, and Skin Care Services$38.7 billionReceipts · 2022 · Economic Census547,6762026-Q1 · QCEW
81219Other Personal Care Services$16.1 billionReceipts · 2022 · Economic Census202,1602026-Q1 · QCEW

Sources

Where every number comes from

Figures are in current dollars and are the agencies’ own, revised when they revise. Each program defines its universe differently (employer firms, private ownership, all establishments), so figures from different sources are not meant to add up. This page is not endorsed by the Census Bureau, BEA or BLS. The same data is in the Palanor API (/v1/industries) and the MCP (palanor_get_industry). All industries.