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What is the contribution split (value) by type of the hair extension market in the US? The types are: Hot Fusions keratin bonds, micro links, tape in extensions, glue in wefts, sew in wefts, clip on wefts.
Hello! Thank you for using Wonder to ask about the hair extension market in the United States by requesting growth figures for each type of extension. The short version is that after searching extensively though industry reports, corporate websites, user forums, review sites, and trusted media sites, I've determined that the information you requested is not publicly available because every industry market report was hidden behind paywalls and that the number of salons in the United States that use hair extension is unknown and are only estimates. However, I was able to learn that nine out of the ten top hair extension brands are located in the United States and that the market does have a significant amount of growth until the year 2021. You will find a detailed report and my methodology below.
METHODOLOGY
After searching exhaustively, I have not been able to find any solid statistics or figures involving the individual methods for the hair extension market. First, I looked into recent industry reports that focused on the United States. It appears that the market figures are split in some reports, but those reports are hidden behind paywalls or are not available to the public. Next, I looked through corporate websites to see if they may have had any of their sales and figures on their "About Us" pages, but this method did not provide any solid results. Finally, I looked into how much each hair extension treatment would be but those figures were not available or only had them for individual salons and not as a whole figure.
HELPFUL FINDINGS
While I could not find a direct answer to your question, I was able to gather some information about this topic, which I think will be helpful for your project.
Top hair extension companies in the united states
Hair Extension Magazine has a list of the "Top 10 Hair Extension Companies". The United States is home to nine out of ten brands listed. I have included each company and their location below. Babe and Donna Bella Hair are located in Utah, Balmain Hair Couture is in Texas, Cinderella Hair, Hair Dreams, and Easihair Pro are located in California, Klix Hair Extensions are in Michigan, and SO.CAP.USA is in New York.
hair extension market figures
In this section, I featured any market figures for the United States on hair extensions that I could find since the majority of the information is hidden behind paywalls.
A 2015 market report by Final Step Marketing stated that the human hair market is growing by 40% in the United States each year. Great Lengths Hair Extension is the largest human hair supplier in the human hair extension industry and has grown by 70% from 2010 to 2015. The Professional Beauty Association stated that there was a 28.5% increase in the number of salons that offer hair extension services. At Mizu Salon in Boston, Alexander Maud, a stylist, states that he "charges anywhere between $2,500 to $4,000 for a full head of extensions". On page 10 of this report, it shows that Texas, Mississippi, West Virginia, Florida, Arizona, Wyoming, and Oklahoma have the largest interest in hair extension services.
Digital Journal has a public slideshow about the global figures of the hair extension industry. Since global figures were not necessary for the request, I looked for any information related to the United States. This slideshow told me that in 2015, the United States has a 40-60% market share of this industry.
IbisWorld had a report that was hidden behind a paywall, but I searched it for any public figures. In my research, I found out that out of the 696 reported businesses, the United State's annual revenue for hair extensions and wigs is around $224 million. The annual market growth from 2011-2016 was around 4% and there are an estimated 1,997 stylists performing these services.
HKEX News had an industry report from 2016, giving us current figures and market projections until 2021. Unfortunately, none of the figures were about the individual classifications of hair extension services. This report states that the United States market for hair goods (extensions, products, and styling) were worth about $1.9 million in 2016, and has a CAGR of 13.7%. The majority of hair goods consumers are African American and Caucasian consumers focus on the hair extension market more than other ethnic demographics. In 2021, the United States' hair extension market is expected to reach $3.9 million and have a projected CAGR of 14.6% from 2017 to 2021.
This last source of information from Fashionista features a salon in New York called RPZL. The salon is a dry bar for hair extensions. I found this article useful because RPZL listed the individual pricing for each hair extension service they offer. For clip-on extensions, this salon charges $250 and they are available in 12 different shades. Glued or taped-on extensions are $350-$550, last up to eight weeks, and are available in 22 different shades. The keratin-bonded extensions are $550-$850, last more than three months, and are available in 22 different shades.
POSSIBLE CONTINUED RESEARCH
In understanding what types of information are and are not publicly available about the hair extension market in the United States, I've suggested a few other routes you may be interested in researching:
• Since we know that the United States is the world's largest market for hair extensions, we can look at what types of hair are the most popular for extensions (human or synthetic).
• We know that human and synthetic are the most popular materials for hair extensions so we could look into a compare and contrast in those industry figures.
• If we know that nine out of the ten top hair extension companies are located in the United States, we can provide a spreadsheet of all the hair extensions that each company offers, differences between each company, the lengths of the extensions, color range, and pricing.
CONCLUSION
To wrap it up, after searching extensively through industry reports, corporate websites, trusted user forums, and trusted media websites, a direct answer to your question is not publicly available because the reports were hidden behind steep paywalls and that the amount of salons that offer hair extension services in the United States are unknown. However, I learned that the United States the global leader for market sales and growth in the hair extension market and that nine out of ten of the top hair extension companies are located in the United States. If you would like to continue research on any of the other topics I've outlined above, please let us know!
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