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Hair salons in Del Norte County, CA

How Del Norte County, CA compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,822 of 2,339 scored counties
#55 of 55 scored counties in California

Listings
21
3 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$8.8M
On personal care products and services · $920 a household
Spending per listing
$417K
3% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
22.1
6% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
26,410
−4.4% 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

For hair salons, Del Norte County has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #1,822 of 2,339 scored counties and #55 of 55 scored counties in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Del Norte County spend about $8.8M a year on personal care products and services, or $920 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $417K per salon, 3% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

Del Norte County has 21 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 14%, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 22.1 for every 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Del Norte County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Del Norte County declined 4.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Del Norte County compares

The same measures for California 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 Del Norte County, CA compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureDel Norte CountyCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households22.124.023.4
Spending per listing$417K$479K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,5511,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.3%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.4%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$920$1,149$1,005
Median household income$67,058$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score3654

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
39Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
213 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
20The 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 Del Norte 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 Del Norte County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,410−4.4% since 2020
Households
9,522
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,006 sq. mi.
People per square mile
27
Median household income
$67,058+48.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,665
Median home value
$342,000
Jobs located here
7,729
Daytime population
25,295Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across California

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The highest-scoring counties in California for hair salons, numbered among those based in California, with Del Norte County marked.

Top counties in California

Counties in California ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Yuba County, CA90217.3$1.3M+8.2%#9 of 2,339
2Madera County, CA896514.3$687K+7.4%#17 of 2,339
3Calaveras County, CA822714.6$703K+2.8%#62 of 2,339
4Yolo County, CA8012215.9$688K+3.1%#77 of 2,339
5Kern County, CA7744415.6$609K+2.3%#121 of 2,339
6Merced County, CA7714216.5$553K+5.1%#125 of 2,339
7Tulare County, CA7523516.4$580K+2.4%#158 of 2,339
8San Joaquin County, CA7548419.7$551K+5.5%#161 of 2,339
9El Dorado County, CA7212616.5$727K+0.6%#229 of 2,339
10Kings County, CA727416.8$560K+1.0%#242 of 2,339
55Del Norte County, CA362122.1$417K−4.4%#1,822 of 2,339

Other business types in Del Norte County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Del Norte County, CA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 hair salons in Del Norte County. 3 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Del Norte County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 39 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Del Norte County, CA spend on personal care products and services?

About $8.8M a year, or $920 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $417K 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 9,522 households in Del Norte County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Del Norte County, CA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Del Norte County has 22.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $417K, 3% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Del Norte County would have about 20, against 21 on map listings.

How fast is Del Norte County, CA growing?

Population estimates put Del Norte County at 26,410 people in 2025, down 4.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,522 households. Median household income in Del Norte County is $67,058, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 48.1%, 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. Del Norte County scores 36 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,822 of 2,339 scored counties.

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