Chain · United States · data through September 2026

Empire Beauty School

Iceflower tracks 70 Empire Beauty School stores across 21 US states. It ranks #5 of 4,573 tracked US specialty school chains by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved +14.2% over the last year.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked stores
70
States
21
Category
Specialty School
Category rank
#5

Growth

Empire Beauty School against its category

The biggest tracked US specialty school chains by card spend, with year-over-year growth of category share. Share means a chain's slice of tracked category spend. It can decline while the chain's own sales grow. The chart tracks Empire Beauty School's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 Fred Astaire Dance Studios -11.0%
2 Arthur Murray Dance Studio -15.1%
3 School of Rock +1.0%
4 Paul Mitchell The School -19.3%
5 Empire Beauty School +14.2%
6 Teachers of Tomorrow -
7 Aqua-Tots Swim School -
8 NYU Grossman School of Medicine -
9 Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine -11.0%
10 The Salon Professional Academy -14.4%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 119.0 2024 Q4 2026 Q3

Store footprint

Store map

70 tracked Empire Beauty School locations across 21 US states. Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Kentucky hold 40% of them.

Customer overlap

Who shops at Empire Beauty School

Tracked chains Empire Beauty School customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.

Quik Fuel Car Wash 100
Quik Fuel 61
Jenkins Mini Mart 47
Littleton 16
The Hair Palace 11
Kroger 7
GIANT 6

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