In the last 6 months I must have seen at least 4 or 5 salons advertised for sale. Just search CraigsList for sale and you will see the ads. The world economy is crap, the Canadian economy will be crap for the next 12-18 months minimum. There are a lot of companies closing or down sizing. Small private businesses use to do OK, now they are all in the crapper. The boss can no longer sneak out for a quick "massage" when he has fired half his staff and has to do a lot of the work himself. Quite a difference from 10-15 years ago when he was making money and can have personal leisure time. during working hours. Younger guys are not entering the hobby as much as sex is much easier to get on the civilian scene these days. Then there is C-36. The illegals are almost non existent, which makes for less choice. Some of the clients have been scared away, and even the part timers like CEGEP or University girls that would flood the massage places at spring break time or before for extra money for spring break. The client base for the hobby is getting old. The baby boom is tapering off and many guys are thinking about the big 65. I also suspect that the way the government has plugged many cash businesses has had an effect on the hobby. In the last 20 years the government has gone after the bikers, the trades like reno, plumbing and electricians. Now there is less dirty and under the table money. In the last few years restaurants has had to present a bill on the table for food and at the end of the month, bars will have to do the same. No more undocumented money. I would not be surprised if the government went after the massage business in the same way and made them present a bill to the client as he enters the premises. Prices have stayed the same for the last 10 years in the hobby. A stripper told me that the strip clubs are empty because the government has gone after all the ways people make undocumented money and crime. She told me of a time when dirt bags that made dirty money would come into a strip club and throw $1000 on the table and say dance until the money is gone so that these scum can feel like kings. The days of dirty/under the table money are gone.