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Hair salons in Shasta County, CA

How Shasta 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,202 of 2,339 scored counties
#44 of 55 scored counties in California

Listings
181
32 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
23
−4.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$69.1M
On personal care products and services · $971 a household
Spending per listing
$382K
11% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
25.4
9% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
181,648
−0.3% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 181 hair salons in Shasta County. Of those, 32 are chain locations, or 18%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 25.4 per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Households in Shasta County spend about $69.1M a year on personal care products and services, or $971 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 181 hair salons, that is $382K per salon, 11% below 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 23 businesses with payroll in Shasta County classed as beauty salons, down 4.2% from 2019. That is one for every 3,097 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 468 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show Shasta County declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For hair salons, Shasta County has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #1,202 of 2,339 scored counties and #44 of 55 scored counties in California.

How Shasta 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 Shasta County, CA compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureShasta CountyCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households25.424.023.4
Spending per listing$382K$479K$430K
Households per official establishment3,0971,5511,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−4.2%+8.3%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$971$1,149$1,005
Median household income$72,636$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score5054

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
24 → 23−4.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
74
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
468Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
18132 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
161The 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 Shasta 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 Shasta County

Population, 2025 estimate
181,648−0.3% since 2020
Households
71,232
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
3,776 sq. mi.
People per square mile
48
Median household income
$72,636+32.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$98,245
Median home value
$366,400
Jobs located here
65,820
Daytime population
181,391Residents 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 Shasta 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
44Shasta County, CA5018125.4$382K−0.3%#1,202 of 2,339

Other business types in Shasta County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Shasta County, CA?

There are 181 hair salons on map listings in Shasta County as of September 2026. 32 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, down 4.2% from 2019. Official counts list 468 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $69.1M a year, or $971 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 181 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $382K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 71,232 households in Shasta County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Shasta County has 25.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $382K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Shasta County would have about 161, against 181 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,097 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Shasta County, CA growing?

Population estimates put Shasta County at 181,648 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 71,232 households. The median household income in Shasta County is $72,636 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.9% 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. Shasta County scores 50 for hair salons (upper middle), #1,202 of 2,339 scored counties.

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