The State of Professional Beauty — H1 2026
The professional beauty industry in Australia and New Zealand isn't shrinking — it's being redistributed. This free report reads the first half of 2026 across the seven fronts that move a professional beauty business: the market, salon business conditions, channel shifts, categories, technology, regulation, and the capital reshaping who owns the industry.
Twenty-five pages. Every figure sourced. A plain-English playbook at the back for what to do next.
Inside: why 40,346 businesses now compete for a market growing just 1.7% a year; online forecast to take 36% of beauty revenue in 2026; the 4.75% award rise and payday super landing 1 July 2026; which categories keep growing while services flatten; and the global capital buying the professional channel.
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