- There was an average of 42 salons per city. This exceeded the numbers of Starbucks and McDonald’s!
- 76% of the teens lived within 2 miles of a tanning salon. Those living within 2 miles of a tanning salon were significantly more likely to have used indoor tanning than those not living within 2 miles of a salon.
In 2006, we counted the number of indoor tanning salons in each of the 100 most populous cities in the U.S.
Because these cities represented only 34 states (plus Washington, D.C.), we also counted tanning salons in the largest city in each of the remaining 16 states, for a total of 116 cities.
In many cities, tanning salons outnumbered even the most commonly seen business establishments.
To learn how many tanning salons are in your state’s largest cities, select a state from the first menu, then a city from the second menu.