Beauty and personal care · County · Arizona
Hair salons in Pinal County, AZ
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Pinal County, AZ, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 91 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #7 of 2,339 scored counties
#1 of 14 scored counties in Arizona
- Listings
- 135
- 27 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 45
- +25.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $160.5M
- On personal care products and services · $992 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 2.8 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.3
- 65% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 539,380
- +25.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Pinal County is 91 (very high), #7 of 2,339 scored counties and #1 of 14 scored counties in Arizona. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 135 hair salons in Pinal County. Of those, 27 are chain locations, or 20%, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 8.3 for every 10,000 households, 65% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $992 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Pinal County spend about $160.5M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $1.2M per salon, 2.8 times the U.S. figure of $430K. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Pinal County was 45 in 2023, up 25.0% from 2019. That is one for every 3,598 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $15K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Pinal County. Population estimates put the population change in Pinal County from 2020 to 2025 at +25.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Pinal County compares
The same measures for Arizona 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 | Pinal County | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.3 | 21.2 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $481K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,598 | 1,669 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +25.0% | +23.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +25.4% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $992 | $1,017 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $80,266 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 91 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 36 → 45+25.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 167
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 772Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13527 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 373The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $15K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Pinal County, 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 Pinal County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 539,380+25.4% since 2020
- Households
- 161,917
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 5,367 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 87
- Median household income
- $80,266+38.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,426
- Median home value
- $349,000
- Jobs located here
- 73,719
- Daytime population
- 335,464Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for hair salons, numbered among those based in Arizona, with Pinal County marked.
Top counties in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pinal County, AZ | 91 | 135 | 8.3 | $1.2M | +25.4% | #7 of 2,339 |
| 2Graham County, AZ | 77 | 15 | 11.8 | $763K | +4.0% | #116 of 2,339 |
| 3Navajo County, AZ | 71 | 54 | 13.5 | $603K | +3.0% | #260 of 2,339 |
| 4Gila County, AZ | 68 | 34 | 14.4 | $607K | +0.9% | #358 of 2,339 |
| 5Yuma County, AZ | 68 | 147 | 18.5 | $471K | +9.2% | #373 of 2,339 |
| 6Santa Cruz County, AZ | 66 | 27 | 15.9 | $521K | +4.8% | #426 of 2,339 |
| 7Pima County, AZ | 63 | 774 | 17.7 | $541K | +2.8% | #534 of 2,339 |
| 8Yavapai County, AZ | 63 | 232 | 20.9 | $451K | +6.5% | #555 of 2,339 |
| 9Mohave County, AZ | 62 | 209 | 20.5 | $418K | +6.5% | #613 of 2,339 |
| 10Coconino County, AZ | 59 | 87 | 15.8 | $620K | −0.6% | #717 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Pinal County
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 spas87
- Hair salons91
- Barbershops85
- Nail salons85
- Spas and skin care92
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Pinal County, AZ?
There are 135 hair salons on map listings in Pinal County as of September 2026. 27 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 45 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 25.0% from 2019. Another 772 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Pinal County, AZ spend on personal care products and services?
About $160.5M a year, or $992 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 135 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 161,917 households in Pinal County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pinal County, AZ compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Pinal County has 8.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 65% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $1.2M, 2.8 times the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Pinal County would have about 373, against 135 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,598 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 25.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Pinal County, AZ growing?
Population estimates put Pinal County at 539,380 people in 2025, up 25.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 161,917 households. The median household income in Pinal County is $80,266 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.0% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Pinal County scores 91 for hair salons (very high), #7 of 2,339 scored counties.
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