State by state
The leading beauty store chains in every state
Tracked beauty store chains ranked by consumer spend in each state, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Ulta Beauty leads in 49 states, Judy's Beauty Supply in DC. Against their share in the US as a whole, Sally Beauty stands out in 13 states, Ulta Beauty in 12 states, and CosmoProf in 11 states.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Sally Beauty
Relative #1 in 13 states
New Mexico 2.1×, Hawaii 1.7×, Kansas 1.5×, Washington 1.5×, Nevada 1.4×, Oregon 1.4×, Wyoming 1.4×, California 1.3×, Oklahoma 1.3×, Arkansas 1.1×, Mississippi 1.1×, Texas 1.1×, Missouri 0.9×
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Ulta Beauty
Relative #1 in 12 states
Alaska 1.6×, Montana 1.5×, North Dakota 1.5×, South Dakota 1.5×, Minnesota 1.3×, Rhode Island 1.2×, Delaware 1.1×, Massachusetts 1.1×, South Carolina 1×, Virginia 1×, Alabama 0.9×, Louisiana 0.7×
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CosmoProf
Relative #1 in 11 states
Connecticut 2.9×, Kentucky 2.1×, Indiana 1.9×, New York 1.9×, Ohio 1.8×, West Virginia 1.8×, New Hampshire 1.7×, Arizona 1.6×, Wisconsin 1.4×, Pennsylvania 1.3×, North Carolina 1.2×
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SalonCentric
Relative #1 in 11 states
Utah 3.2×, Maine 3.1×, Idaho 2.7×, Iowa 2.7×, Michigan 2.1×, Colorado 2×, Illinois 1.5×, Nebraska 1.5×, New Jersey 1.5×, Tennessee 1.4×, Florida 1.1×
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Beauty Master
Relative #1 in Georgia, over 10× its share in the US
Not enough tracked stores: Vermont
No ranked chain with 5% of the state's spend and 3 stores there: District of Columbia
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Ulta Beauty
#1 in 49 states
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
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Judy's Beauty Supply
#1 in District of Columbia
Not enough tracked stores: Vermont
A state shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked beauty store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to the US compares a chain's share of the state's spend with its share in the US as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in the US and the chains that lead a state by spend, wherever a chain has at least 5% of the state's spend and 3 stores there. Colors match the store map; other tracked chains are gray.
Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked beauty store chains
Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Armstrong McCall and Beauty Spot sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armstrong McCall | - | +18.8% |
| 2 | Beauty Spot | ▲15 | +16.1% |
| 3 | Beauty Master | ▲2 | +15.1% |
| 4 | Supreme Hair & Beauty | ▲3 | +15.0% |
| 5 | beauty supply outlet | ▲8 | +15.0% |
| 6 | Hair World | ▲5 | +14.3% |
| 7 | M&M Beauty Supply | ▲11 | +12.6% |
| 8 | Hollywood Beauty Supply | ▲8 | +10.1% |
| 9 | Ali Beauty Supply | ▲11 | +10.1% |
| 10 | 1 Beauty Supply | ▲7 | +9.4% |
| 11 | Beauty Town | ▲1 | +9.1% |
| 12 | Paul's Beauty Warehouse | ▲7 | +6.6% |
| 13 | Beauty Island | - | +6.1% |
| 14 | Hair Zone | ▲4 | +6.0% |
| 15 | Uptown Beauty Supply | ▲4 | +5.7% |
- Ulta Beauty
- Sally Beauty
- CosmoProf
- SalonCentric
- Beauty Master
- Super Beauty
- Beauty 4U
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
10,577 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 6,010 of the 10,577 stores (57%); 2,511 of the 2,949 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Ulta Beauty (1,533)
- Sally Beauty (2,606)
- CosmoProf (1,051)
- SalonCentric (653)
- Beauty Master (12)
- Super Beauty (15)
- Beauty 4U (18)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Sally Beauty 2,606
- 2 Ulta Beauty 1,533
- 3 CosmoProf 1,051
- 4 SalonCentric 653
- 5 Bluemercury 167
- 6 Armstrong McCall 97
- 7 State Beauty Supply 86
- 8 Beauty Mart 29
- 9 Beauty World 29
- 10 Beauty Empire 29
- 11 Beauty Plus 28
- 12 Beauty Depot 28
- 13 Star Beauty Supply 24
- 14 King's Beauty Supply 23
- 15 Beauty Town 23
- 16 Beauty Max 22
- 17 Beauty & Beyond 20
- 18 Hair Plus Beauty Supply 20
- 19 RDA Promart 18
- 20 Beauty Exchange Beauty Supply 18
- 21 Beauty 4U 18
- 22 Hair World 18
- 23 Elegant Beauty Supplies 17
- 24 Queens Beauty Supply 16
- 25 Golden Beauty Supply 16
- 26 Super Beauty 15
- 27 Hair Zone 14
- 28 Ebony Beauty Supply 14
- 29 Lee Beauty Supply 13
- 30 Kim's Beauty Supply 13
- 31 Beauty Master 12
- 32 Beauty Island 12
- 33 Beauty Zone 11
- 34 Mid-K Beauty Supply 11
- 35 A&A Beauty Supply 10
- 36 Young's Beauty Supply 10
- 37 Unique Beauty Supply 10
- 38 Top Beauty Supply 10
- 39 Best Beauty Supply 9
- 40 Wow Beauty Supply 9
- 41 Diva Beauty Supply 9
- 42 Lavish Beauty 9
- 43 Salon Services 9
- 44 Beauty Outlet 9
- 45 Hollywood Beauty Supply 9
- 46 My Beauty Supply 8
- 47 Best Beauty 8
- 48 CoCo Beauty Supply 8
- 49 Beauty Trendz 8
- 50 Essence Beauty Supply 8
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