Beauty and personal care · County · California
Hair salons in Tulare County, CA
How Tulare 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 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #158 of 2,339 scored counties
#7 of 55 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 235
- 46 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 36
- +33.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $136.3M
- On personal care products and services · $952 a household
- Spending per listing
- $580K
- 35% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.4
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 485,146
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Tulare County scores 75 (high) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #158 of 2,339 scored counties and #7 of 55 scored counties in California. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.
Households in Tulare County spend about $136.3M a year on personal care products and services, or $952 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 235 hair salons, that is $580K per salon, 35% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Tulare County has 235 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 46 are chain locations, or 20%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 16.4 per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Tulare County was 36 in 2023, up 33.3% from 2019. That is one for every 3,978 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $252K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Tulare County. Population estimates put the population change in Tulare County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Tulare 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.
| Measure | Tulare County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.4 | 24.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $580K | $479K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,978 | 1,551 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +33.3% | +8.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $952 | $1,149 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $71,300 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 27 → 36+33.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 115
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 836Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 23546 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 317The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $252K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Tulare 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 Tulare County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 485,146+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 143,195
- Median age
- 32.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 58%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 4,824 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 99
- Median household income
- $71,300+43.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,178
- Median home value
- $330,100
- Jobs located here
- 170,584
- Daytime population
- 466,926Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yuba County, CA | 90 | 21 | 7.3 | $1.3M | +8.2% | #9 of 2,339 |
| 2Madera County, CA | 89 | 65 | 14.3 | $687K | +7.4% | #17 of 2,339 |
| 3Calaveras County, CA | 82 | 27 | 14.6 | $703K | +2.8% | #62 of 2,339 |
| 4Yolo County, CA | 80 | 122 | 15.9 | $688K | +3.1% | #77 of 2,339 |
| 5Kern County, CA | 77 | 444 | 15.6 | $609K | +2.3% | #121 of 2,339 |
| 6Merced County, CA | 77 | 142 | 16.5 | $553K | +5.1% | #125 of 2,339 |
| 7Tulare County, CA | 75 | 235 | 16.4 | $580K | +2.4% | #158 of 2,339 |
| 8San Joaquin County, CA | 75 | 484 | 19.7 | $551K | +5.5% | #161 of 2,339 |
| 9El Dorado County, CA | 72 | 126 | 16.5 | $727K | +0.6% | #229 of 2,339 |
| 10Kings County, CA | 72 | 74 | 16.8 | $560K | +1.0% | #242 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Tulare 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 spas62
- Hair salons75
- Barbershops52
- Nail salons61
- Spas and skin care74
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Tulare County, CA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 235 hair salons in Tulare County. 46 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 33.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 836 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Tulare County, CA spend on personal care products and services?
About $136.3M a year, or $952 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 235 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $580K 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 143,195 households in Tulare County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Tulare County, CA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Tulare County has 16.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $580K, 35% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Tulare County would have about 317, against 235 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,978 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 33.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Tulare County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Tulare County at 485,146 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 143,195 households. Median household income in Tulare County is $71,300, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 43.5%, 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. Tulare County scores 75 for hair salons (high), #158 of 2,339 scored counties.
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