empire beauty school is the largest cosmetology school in the united states headquartered in pottsville pennsylvania . 1 2 founded in 1946 it currently has over 109 schools nationwide after purchasing the training academies of regis corporation in 2007 . 3 it trains students as cosmetologists estheticians electrologists hair stylists and colorists makeup artists manicurists and nail technicians . background edit empire education group participates in annual fundraising efforts for local charities . in 2007 the company garnered a quarter million dollars for kidspeace headquartered in pennsylvania . empire beauty schools hosted national day of beauty a one day event in which students discounted hair skin and nail services and 100 per cent of the proceeds were sent directly to the kidspeace organization . 4 empire education group annually hosts the largest hair and nail competition in the u.s. empire s national competition and hair show brings competitors from the school s 87 campuses together for the two day event . competitors participate in one hour long events such as long hair evening design ladies trend cut and style with color and nail art display . top winners earn educational trips to shadow and learn from industry professionals around the globe . the 2008 first place winners earned all expense paid trips to hawaii spain and the netherlands . 5 6 7 in 2010 empire beauty schools acquired the northern westchester school of hairdressing and cosmetology in peekskill new york as well as the international academy of cosmetology school in cincinnati ohio . 8 9 empire beauty schools opened the company s 100th campus in springfield pennsylvania in 2010 . the school was unveiled during empire education group s 100 days of empire event . 10 the newest eco friendly schools were opened in west palm beach florida pineville north carolina and paramus new jersey . the schools follow on the heels of the lauderhill florida beauty school which picked up the green conscious salon certification award from the florida association of beauty professionals . all of the cosmetology schools incorporated eco conscious elements such as energy and water saving features . 11 12 references edit http www.chron.com business press releases article empire beauty schools 8th annual future 3564738.php http www.mastersofbeauty.com about empire regis announces it intends to merge its 51 accredited cosmetology schools with empire beauty schools inc. s 37 accredited cosmetology schools . reuters reuters press release find articles trade magazine 1 2 3 4 5 external links edit empire beauty school homepage empire beauty schools directory retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title empire beauty schools & oldid 743230374 categories hairdressingcompanies based in schuylkill county pennsylvaniabeauty organisationsamerican companies established in 19461946 establishments in pennsylvania navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 17 08 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view