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Tuesday, March 30, 2004

Personal services industry

2002

Business is booming in the personal services industry, according to the latest survey of establishments that provide services ranging from haircuts and facials to laundry and funeral services.

According to the Annual Survey of Personal Services, firms providing personal services in Canada in 2002 experienced rising revenues in the main components of the industry. Together, those firms earned an estimated $7.6 billion in that year, up from $7.2 billion in 2001 and $6.7 billion in 2000.

Personal care providers, which include hair and esthetic salons, spas and the like, accounted for about 42% of the industry's total earnings. These establishments earned about $3.3 billion in 2002, up from $2.9 billion in 2001 and $2.6 billion in 2000.

Laundry and dry cleaning services accounted for the next largest share of revenues, earning $1.9 billion in 2002, and funeral service providers earned the third largest share at $1.3 billion in 2002. Revenues in both those sectors have been increasing since 1997.

Operating expenses for all personal service establishments increased in 2002, but so did profits. Companies spent an estimated total $6.9 billion in 2002, while their profit margins rose to 10%, up from 8.5% in 2001.

Salaries, wages and benefits were the largest expenses for these companies, amounting to 41% of their operating expenses.

Industry data for 2002 are available now for Canada and the provinces, including revenues, expenses, salaries and wages, profit margins, percentage distribution of revenue by type of service and client base.

Available on CANSIM: table 359-0001.

Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2424.

For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Frank Menezes (613-951-6192; fax 613-951-6696, frank.menezes@statcan.gc.ca), or Bob Allan (613-951-2648, bob.allan@statcan.gc.ca), Services Industries Division.



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