Beauty and personal care · County · Alaska
Hair salons in Anchorage Municipality, AK
The hair salons in Anchorage Municipality, AK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,012 of 2,339 scored counties
#6 of 7 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 269
- 32 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 62
- +1.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $125.7M
- On personal care products and services · $1,158 a household
- Spending per listing
- $467K
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.8
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 287,155
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,158 per household (15% above the U.S. average), households in Anchorage Municipality spend about $125.7M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $467K per salon, 9% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Anchorage Municipality has 269 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 24.8 per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 62 businesses with payroll in Anchorage Municipality classed as beauty salons, up 1.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,752 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 427 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Anchorage Municipality declined 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Anchorage Municipality scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #1,012 of 2,339 scored counties and #6 of 7 scored counties in Alaska.
How Anchorage Municipality compares
The same measures for Alaska and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the hair salons counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Anchorage Municipality | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.8 | 19.8 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $467K | $553K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,752 | 1,892 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +1.6% | +10.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,158 | $1,095 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $103,284 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 61 → 62+1.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 283
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 427Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 26932 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 292The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Anchorage Municipality, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Anchorage Municipality
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 287,155−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 108,597
- Median age
- 36.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,707 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 169
- Median household income
- $103,284+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $132,200
- Median home value
- $395,900
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alaska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 65 | 95 | 23.8 | $455K | +10.4% | #465 of 2,339 |
| 2Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 63 | 54 | 14.9 | $724K | −1.4% | #518 of 2,339 |
| 3Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 63 | 47 | 19.3 | $529K | +5.1% | #538 of 2,339 |
| 4Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK | 58 | 9 | 15.7 | $681K | −2.6% | #761 of 2,339 |
| 5Juneau City and Borough, AK | 55 | 29 | 22.0 | $517K | −1.8% | #907 of 2,339 |
| 6Anchorage Municipality, AK | 53 | 269 | 24.8 | $467K | −1.3% | #1,012 of 2,339 |
| 7Kodiak Island Borough, AK | 45 | 11 | 23.7 | $433K | −5.0% | #1,426 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Anchorage Municipality
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
- Salons, barbers and spas42
- Hair salons53
- Barbershops65
- Nail salons50
- Spas and skin care36
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Anchorage Municipality, AK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 269 hair salons in Anchorage Municipality. 32 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 62 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 1.6% from 2019. Another 427 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Anchorage Municipality, AK spend on personal care products and services?
About $125.7M a year, or $1,158 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 269 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $467K per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 108,597 households in Anchorage Municipality and national spending patterns by income.
How does Anchorage Municipality, AK compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Anchorage Municipality has 24.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $467K, 9% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Anchorage Municipality would have about 292, against 269 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,752 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Anchorage Municipality, AK growing?
Population estimates put Anchorage Municipality at 287,155 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 108,597 households. Median household income in Anchorage Municipality is $103,284, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.6%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Anchorage Municipality scores 53 for hair salons (upper middle), #1,012 of 2,339 scored counties.
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