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Hair salons in Kodiak Island Borough, AK

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Kodiak Island Borough, AK, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,426 of 2,339 scored counties
#7 of 7 scored counties in Alaska

Listings
11
1 chain location (9%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$4.8M
On personal care products and services · $1,027 a household
Spending per listing
$433K
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
23.7
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,387
−5.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on personal care products and services in Kodiak Island Borough comes to about $4.8M a year: $1,027 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That works out to $433K per salon, in line with the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

Kodiak Island Borough has 11 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 23.7, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Kodiak Island Borough, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 13 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Kodiak Island Borough from 2020 to 2025 at −5.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For hair salons, Kodiak Island Borough has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #1,426 of 2,339 scored counties and #7 of 7 scored counties in Alaska.

How Kodiak Island Borough 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.

Hair salons in Kodiak Island Borough, AK compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureKodiak Island BoroughAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households23.719.823.4
Spending per listing$433K$553K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,8921,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.0%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.0%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,027$1,095$1,005
Median household income$86,250$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market score4568

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
13Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
111 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Kodiak Island Borough, 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 Kodiak Island Borough

Population, 2025 estimate
12,387−5.0% since 2020
Households
4,640
Median age
37.3
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
6,690 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2
Median household income
$86,250+0.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$109,824
Median home value
$412,300
Jobs located here
n/a
Daytime population
n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Alaska

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The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for hair salons, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Kodiak Island Borough marked.

Top counties in Alaska

Counties in Alaska ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK659523.8$455K+10.4%#465 of 2,339
2Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK635414.9$724K−1.4%#518 of 2,339
3Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK634719.3$529K+5.1%#538 of 2,339
4Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK58915.7$681K−2.6%#761 of 2,339
5Juneau City and Borough, AK552922.0$517K−1.8%#907 of 2,339
6Anchorage Municipality, AK5326924.8$467K−1.3%#1,012 of 2,339
7Kodiak Island Borough, AK451123.7$433K−5.0%#1,426 of 2,339

Other business types in Kodiak Island Borough

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many hair salons are in Kodiak Island Borough, AK?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 hair salons in Kodiak Island Borough. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Kodiak Island Borough: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 13 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Kodiak Island Borough, AK spend on personal care products and services?

About $4.8M a year, or $1,027 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $433K 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 4,640 households in Kodiak Island Borough and national spending patterns by income.

How does Kodiak Island Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Kodiak Island Borough has 23.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $433K, in line with the U.S. figure of $430K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending.

How fast is Kodiak Island Borough, AK growing?

Population estimates put Kodiak Island Borough at 12,387 people in 2025, down 5.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,640 households. Median household income in Kodiak Island Borough is $86,250, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 0.5%, 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. Kodiak Island Borough scores 45 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,426 of 2,339 scored counties.

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