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  1. Merchant category codes
  2. ›MCC 7298

MCC 7298: Health and Beauty Shops

Health and Beauty Shops is listed under Business Services in the merchant category directory. The code describes the merchant's business, not the exact item you bought.

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How MCC 7298 is used

The merchant behind the charge

Health and Beauty Shops identifies the business that takes the card payment. A direct payment to that business can be classified differently from a marketplace or third-party checkout.

What card benefits depend on

A health and beauty shops benefit depends on your issuer's eligible codes and terms. The item bought or service received does not by itself confirm the code on the charge.

How to check a payment for MCC 7298

Match your receipt

Find the posted Health and Beauty Shops charge and match its merchant, date and amount to the receipt or payment confirmation.

Read the category as a clue

Most bank apps show a spending category rather than the four-digit MCC. A broad or editable label cannot prove which business processed the payment.

Confirm with your issuer

Ask whether that specific card payment used MCC 7298 and whether it qualifies for the relevant benefit on your card.

Related merchant codes

MCC 7297

Massage Parlors

MCC 7299

Miscellaneous Personal Services ( not elsewhere classifies)

MCC 7296

Clothing Rental - Costumes, Formal Wear, Uniforms

MCC 7311

Advertising Services

MCC 7298 questions

How this code relates to a payment and card rewards.

MCC 7298 classifies merchants recorded as health and beauty shops. It describes the business accepting the payment, not the exact item you bought.

Most banks show a spending category in the app or statement instead of the four-digit MCC. Use that category to narrow down likely codes, then ask the issuer for the exact code on the posted transaction if you need to confirm it.

The MCC alone cannot establish eligibility. Check your card issuer's eligible codes and exclusions for the posted transaction; some transaction types earn no category bonus.

Card issuers can apply different reward rules to merchant codes, payment channels and excluded transactions. A checkout processed by another merchant account may also appear under another MCC.

MCC 7298 is listed as health and beauty shops, while MCC 7297 is listed as massage parlors. The merchant account that processes the payment determines which code appears.

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