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Size of the US Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, and Perfume Retailers industry

NAICS 456120, Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, and Perfume Retailers. 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)
$50.3 billion
2022 · Economic Census
All establishments, current dollars
Employment
191,683
2026-Q1 · Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Private-sector jobs in the third month of each quarter
Establishments
20,473
2026-Q1 · Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Private ownership
Firms
10,885
2022 · Economic Census

Over time

Employment · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest 191,683 · 2026-Q1
2022-Q1: 163,3932022-Q2: 168,3162022-Q3: 180,2352022-Q4: 203,5362023-Q1: 173,7132023-Q2: 171,8582023-Q3: 179,9692023-Q4: 209,5232024-Q1: 178,0742024-Q2: 176,8902024-Q3: 182,3292024-Q4: 217,8482025-Q1: 188,4972025-Q2: 193,5222025-Q3: 191,9822025-Q4: 233,9552026-Q1: 191,683
Show the numbers
PeriodValue
2026-Q1191,683
2025-Q4233,955
2025-Q3191,982
2025-Q2193,522
2025-Q1188,497
2024-Q4217,848
2024-Q3182,329
2024-Q2176,890
2024-Q1178,074
2023-Q4209,523
2023-Q3179,969
2023-Q2171,858
2023-Q1173,713
2022-Q4203,536
2022-Q3180,235
2022-Q2168,316
2022-Q1163,393

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

Establishments · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest 20,473 · 2026-Q1
2022-Q1: 18,9462022-Q2: 19,1052022-Q3: 19,3032022-Q4: 19,6502023-Q1: 19,7742023-Q2: 19,7652023-Q3: 19,9522023-Q4: 20,0752024-Q1: 20,0402024-Q2: 20,1132024-Q3: 20,0052024-Q4: 20,0882025-Q1: 20,1352025-Q2: 20,2482025-Q3: 20,3832025-Q4: 20,5082026-Q1: 20,473
Show the numbers
PeriodValue
2026-Q120,473
2025-Q420,508
2025-Q320,383
2025-Q220,248
2025-Q120,135
2024-Q420,088
2024-Q320,005
2024-Q220,113
2024-Q120,040
2023-Q420,075
2023-Q319,952
2023-Q219,765
2023-Q119,774
2022-Q419,650
2022-Q319,303
2022-Q219,105
2022-Q118,946

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

Total wages in the quarter · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest $1.8 billion · 2026-Q1
2022-Q1: $1.4 billion2022-Q2: $1.3 billion2022-Q3: $1.5 billion2022-Q4: $1.6 billion2023-Q1: $1.7 billion2023-Q2: $1.5 billion2023-Q3: $1.5 billion2023-Q4: $1.7 billion2024-Q1: $1.7 billion2024-Q2: $1.6 billion2024-Q3: $1.5 billion2024-Q4: $1.8 billion2025-Q1: $1.7 billion2025-Q2: $1.6 billion2025-Q3: $1.7 billion2025-Q4: $1.8 billion2026-Q1: $1.8 billion
Show the numbers
PeriodValue
2026-Q1$1.8 billion
2025-Q4$1.8 billion
2025-Q3$1.7 billion
2025-Q2$1.6 billion
2025-Q1$1.7 billion
2024-Q4$1.8 billion
2024-Q3$1.5 billion
2024-Q2$1.6 billion
2024-Q1$1.7 billion
2023-Q4$1.7 billion
2023-Q3$1.5 billion
2023-Q2$1.5 billion
2023-Q1$1.7 billion
2022-Q4$1.6 billion
2022-Q3$1.5 billion
2022-Q2$1.3 billion
2022-Q1$1.4 billion

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

The ledger

Every published measure

MeasureSourceLatestPeriodHistory
EmploymentPrivate-sector jobs in the third month of each quarterQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages191,6832026-Q12022-Q1–2026-Q1 · 17 published
EstablishmentsPrivate ownershipQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages20,4732026-Q12022-Q1–2026-Q1 · 17 published
Total wages in the quarterPrivate ownershipQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages$1.8 billion2026-Q12022-Q1–2026-Q1 · 17 published
Annual payrollEconomic Census$5.6 billion20222022–2022 · 1 published
EmploymentPaid employees in the pay period including March 12Economic Census199,17320222022–2022 · 1 published
EstablishmentsEconomic Census20,33020222022–2022 · 1 published
FirmsEconomic Census10,88520222022–2022 · 1 published
Receipts (sales, shipments or revenue)All establishments, current dollarsEconomic Census$50.3 billion20222022–2022 · 1 published

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.