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Cosmetic Industry Data & Research

Research on Australia's cosmetic and beauty industry: clinic availability and published treatment prices from Cosmetic.com.au data, ABS business counts for hairdressing and beauty services, and a cosmetic ingredient reference.

Headline figures

  • 6,889clinic locations matched to ABS statistical areasClinic Density Index
  • 2.49listed clinics per 10,000 residents, AustraliaABS population at 30 June 2025
  • 42treatments with a national published-price benchmarkTreatment Price Index
  • 1,994clinic businesses in the price sample42,762 eligible prices

Reports and reference

Original analysis · Cosmetic.com.au data

Australian Cosmetic Clinic Density Index

Cosmetic clinic locations listed in the Cosmetic.com.au dataset per 10,000 residents, by state, city and ABS statistical area.

Listed clinics per 10,000 residents by state and territory. Darker is higher.

Highest ranked SA3 area: Stonnington - West, 18.7 per 10,000 residents.

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Original analysis · Cosmetic.com.au data

Australian Cosmetic Treatment Price Index

Prices published on Australian clinic websites for non-prescription cosmetic treatments, compared by treatment, state and city.

Skin needling$275 · n 636
LED light therapy$69 · n 435
Laser hair removal$66 · n 365
Chemical peels$149 · n 273
Tattoo removal$99 · n 261
Microdermabrasion$107.50 · n 202
  • Median
  • Middle half (25th to 75th percentile)
  • Log scale

Six treatments with the most businesses publishing a price. Observed 17 to 18 October 2026.

Skin needling: median lowest single price $275 across 636 businesses.

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Government data · ABS

Australian Beauty Industry Statistics

Actively trading businesses in ANZSIC class 9511 Hairdressing and Beauty Services by year, state, employment size and turnover, from ABS business counts.

Actively trading businesses at 30 June, ANZSIC class 9511. ABS releases December 2021 to December 2025.

37,517 businesses at 30 June 2025. The class covers hairdressing and beauty services, not cosmetic clinics.

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Reference · AICIS, EU CosIng and sourced notes

Australian Cosmetic Ingredients Explorer

Search cosmetic ingredients by name or function. Official AICIS facts, EU regulation entries and our sourced notes are shown separately.

AICIS chemicals
39,823
AICIS chemicals
researched ingredients
19
researched ingredients
EU annex entries
2,385
EU annex entries

Researched ingredients

Browse by function

An AICIS listing means a chemical can be introduced for industrial use. It is not approval for cosmetic use.

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Data, method and use

DatasetsAggregated CSV files, from the same version as the charts
Downloadable datasets
DatasetSizePublishedVersionDownload
Clinic density by area and treatmentListed clinic locations, ABS population, clinics per 10,000, share and index, for Australia, states, cities, SA4, SA3 and SA2 areas2,909 areas × 17 filters19 October 2026cosmetic-clinic-density-2026-10-19-v1CSV
Published treatment prices by areaBusinesses, observations, median, quartiles, minimum and maximum by treatment, price type and area2,281 groups19 October 2026cosmetic-treatment-prices-2026-10-19-v1CSV
Hairdressing and beauty services businesses (ABS)ABS counts for ANZSIC class 9511 by year, state, employment size and turnover, with entries, exits and the ABS release of each value6 financial years19 October 2026australian-beauty-industry-2026-10-19-v1CSV
How the data is collected and checkedClinic websites, ABS statistics, validation and versioning
  • Clinics are found through map searches, then listed once their own website has been read. Each fact keeps its source page and date.
  • Population, boundaries and business counts come from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Files are checked against the ABS totals before loading, and every figure names the ABS release it comes from.
  • Ingredient data comes from the AICIS Inventory snapshot and the EU CosIng annexes, kept as published. Ingredient reference pages are written from regulators and peer-reviewed studies, and published only after review.
  • Every calculation is a numbered version with recorded checks. Only validated versions are published, and the previous version can be restored.
  • Prices are grouped only with comparable prices. Courses, packages, per-unit and promotional prices, and treatments using prescription-only medicines, are excluded.

Read the full methodology

For journalists and researchersCitation, wording and contact
  • Each report has a suggested citation with its dataset version, chart downloads (SVG and PNG) and CSV files.
  • Describe counts as clinics listed in the Cosmetic.com.au dataset, and prices as published or advertised prices.
  • ABS data is used under CC BY 4.0. The ABS has not reviewed or endorsed this analysis.
  • Questions about the data: hello@cosmetic.com.au