Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · California
Hair salons in the Ukiah, CA area
How the Ukiah, CA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #179 of 538 scored small-town markets
#5 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California
- Listings
- 77
- 8 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $32.8M
- On personal care products and services · $941 a household
- Spending per listing
- $426K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.1
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 88,122
- −3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Ukiah area comes to about $32.8M a year: $941 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $426K of household spending for each salon on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
The Ukiah area has 77 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 10%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.1, 6% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Ukiah area was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 4,977 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 190 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the Ukiah area declined 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for hair salons in the Ukiah area is 58 (upper middle), #179 of 538 scored small-town markets and #5 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California.
How the Ukiah area 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 | Ukiah area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.1 | 24.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $426K | $479K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,977 | 1,551 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.5% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $941 | $1,149 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $68,092 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 17
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $422K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 190Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 778 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 76The 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 the Ukiah area, 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 the Ukiah area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 88,122−3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 34,842
- Median age
- 44.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 3,507 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 26
- Median household income
- $68,092+32.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,438
- Median home value
- $512,200
- Jobs located here
- 29,495
- Daytime population
- 87,475Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every California market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in California for hair salons, numbered among those based in California (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Ukiah area marked.
Top small-town markets in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bishop, CA | 69 | 12 | 14.9 | $653K | −4.4% | #59 of 538 |
| 2Red Bluff, CA | 65 | 38 | 15.3 | $592K | −1.7% | #91 of 538 |
| 3Truckee-Grass Valley, CA | 65 | 110 | 25.7 | $425K | −0.4% | #97 of 538 |
| 4Sonora, CA | 64 | 47 | 20.7 | $484K | −4.0% | #109 of 538 |
| Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA | 61 | 57 | 26.2 | $417K | +0.9% | #146 of 538 |
| 5Ukiah, CA | 58 | 77 | 22.1 | $426K | −3.5% | #179 of 538 |
| 6Susanville, CA | 54 | 16 | 17.3 | $522K | −13.1% | #222 of 538 |
| 7Eureka-Arcata, CA | 54 | 117 | 21.3 | $424K | −3.4% | #230 of 538 |
| 8Clearlake, CA | 49 | 58 | 21.5 | $420K | −0.6% | #285 of 538 |
| 9Crescent City, CA | 42 | 21 | 22.1 | $417K | −4.4% | #354 of 538 |
Other business types in the Ukiah area
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 spas50
- Hair salons58
- Barbershops53
- Nail salons50
- Spas and skin care61
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Ukiah, CA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 77 hair salons in the Ukiah area. 8 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 190 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Ukiah, CA area spend on personal care products and services?
About $32.8M a year, or $941 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 77 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $426K 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 34,842 households in the Ukiah area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ukiah, CA area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Ukiah area has 22.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $426K, in line with the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Ukiah area would have about 76, against 77 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,977 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Ukiah, CA area growing?
Population estimates put the Ukiah area at 88,122 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 34,842 households. Median household income in the Ukiah area is $68,092, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.4%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Ukiah area scores 58 for hair salons (upper middle), #179 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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