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Top 25 Hair styling schools based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 858 hair styling schools headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 13,716 professional contacts across them, including 1,287 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers hair styling schools headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest hair styling schools based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,535 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “TONI & GUY USA is a beauty icon with 40+ hair salons and 20+ cosmetology schools throughout the USA.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,081 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Thanks to the life and teachings of Paul Mitchell, the legendary hair designer, product innovator, and salon educator, careers in hair design today can be both personally and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 784 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 1934, Empire Education Group has been educating future beauty professionals in the art of cosmetology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 348 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Clary Sage College (CSC) is a nonprofit, career-focused college dedicated to preparing students for meaningful careers in beauty, wellness, and creative industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 303 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Tricoci University was founded in 2004 by beauty industry legend Mario Tricoci to introduce a fresh and innovative beauty school curriculum, providing students with advanced…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 230 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since 1973, Ogle School has prepared committed students for rewarding careers in the beauty industry through salon-modeled, student-centered training and development of the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 179 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The publishers of Modern Salon and Day Spa magazine rank our beauty and wellness academies "Best in the Nation." Three of our campuses are located in beautiful, sunny San Diego…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 143 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Elaine Sterling Institute provides Cosmetology Esthetician, Nail Care and Massage Therapy education and certification.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 124 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since 1985, Salon Visage has raised the standard for innovative hair salons in the Southeast led by the creative team of Frank and Belinda Gambuzza, each internationally…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 117 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Avalon Institute is a post secondary education company offering education in the beauty related fields.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 109 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hollywood Institute of Beauty Careers was founded in 1974 to provide professional training in cosmetology arts, and related career fields leading to state licensure and/or…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 106 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Make-Up Designory (MUD), students learn by doing in an inspiring, supportive environment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 90 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Evergreen Beauty College appears to be more than just a beauty school.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Nurtur Aveda Institutes is a leading network of beauty schools dedicated to developing future leaders in the world of beauty and wellness.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 62 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The San Francisco Institute of Esthetics and Cosmetology is a Paul Mitchell Partner School offering comprehensive programs for students preparing for the California state board…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 61 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Salon Success Academy is a beauty school in California that's been educating and training top professionals in the beauty industry for more than 50 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 55 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ARROJO is the hairdressing brand owned by Nick Arrojo, world renowned stylist/educator/salon owner and television personality.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 52 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Our company is comprised of salons and schools for hairdressing and spa services, We also own and operate schools of cosmetology for people seeking careers in Cosmetology and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 50 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Accredited since 1980, our institution provides a cutting-edge cosmetology education.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 49 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Studio Academy of Beauty is focused on your career.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 48 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Institute of Beauty and Wellness is located in the heart of Milwaukee's Third Ward and is owned by Susan Haise.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 47 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Penrose Academy is a higher education company based out of 13402 North Scottsdale Road; Suite B160, Scottsdale, AZ United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 41 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “PCI is an elite beauty school serving students in Iowa and Minnesota.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 41 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1977, The Schilling-Douglas School of Hair Design, LLC provides education in the fields of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Dallas is a higher education company based out of TX, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: hair styling schools. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names hair styling schools.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of hair styling schools, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name hair styling schools. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Hair styling schools based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 858 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among hair styling schools, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “hair styling schools”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names hair styling schools), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among hair styling schools, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,287 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names hair styling schools, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many hair styling schools are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 858 hair styling schools headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Toni&guy, headquartered in Dallas, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most hair styling schools?
New York leads with 18 headquartered companies, followed by Atlanta (15) and Dallas (13).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,287 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 858 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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