Beauty and personal care · Metro area · California
Hair salons in the Yuba City, CA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in the Yuba City, CA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 81 out of 100: High
Ranked #5 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 25 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 116
- 14 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $61.7M
- On personal care products and services · $997 a household
- Spending per listing
- $532K
- 24% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.7
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 187,478
- +3.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Yuba City metro area scores 81 (high) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #5 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 25 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for hair salons.
As of September 2026, map listings count 116 hair salons in the Yuba City metro area. Of those, 14 are chain locations, or 12%, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 18.7 for every 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Yuba City metro area comes to about $61.7M a year: $997 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $532K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 24% above 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 the Yuba City metro area was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 5,161 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Yuba City metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.3%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Yuba City metro 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 | Yuba City metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.7 | 24.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $532K | $479K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 5,161 | 1,551 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.3% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $997 | $1,149 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $78,179 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 81 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 61
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 338Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11614 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 143The 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 Yuba City metro 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 Yuba City metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 187,478+3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 61,927
- Median age
- 36.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,235 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 149
- Median household income
- $78,179+33.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $103,808
- Median home value
- $424,200
- Jobs located here
- 48,001
- Daytime population
- 155,297Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every California market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in California for hair salons, numbered among those based in California, with the Yuba City metro area marked.
Top metro areas in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Stockton-Lodi, CA | 82 | 484 | 19.7 | $551K | +5.5% | #3 of 387 |
| 2Yuba City, CA | 81 | 116 | 18.7 | $532K | +3.3% | #5 of 387 |
| 3Merced, CA | 80 | 142 | 16.5 | $553K | +5.1% | #6 of 387 |
| 4Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 77 | 444 | 15.6 | $609K | +2.3% | #8 of 387 |
| 5Visalia, CA | 76 | 235 | 16.4 | $580K | +2.4% | #12 of 387 |
| 6Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 75 | 2,985 | 20.6 | $519K | +3.5% | #14 of 387 |
| 7Hanford-Corcoran, CA | 74 | 74 | 16.8 | $560K | +1.0% | #15 of 387 |
| 8Fresno, CA | 72 | 741 | 20.0 | $490K | +3.2% | #22 of 387 |
| 9El Centro, CA | 71 | 75 | 15.1 | $573K | +1.1% | #26 of 387 |
| 10Vallejo, CA | 71 | 364 | 23.1 | $492K | +0.6% | #29 of 387 |
Other business types in the Yuba City metro 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 spas75
- Hair salons81
- Barbershops43
- Nail salons57
- Spas and skin care79
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Yuba City, CA metro area?
The Yuba City metro area has 116 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 14 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 338 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Yuba City, CA metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $61.7M a year, or $997 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 116 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $532K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 61,927 households in the Yuba City metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Yuba City, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Yuba City metro area has 18.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $532K, 24% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Yuba City metro area would have about 143, against 116 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,161 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Yuba City, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Yuba City metro area at 187,478 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 61,927 households. The median household income in the Yuba City metro area is $78,179 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.5% 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. The Yuba City metro area scores 81 for hair salons (high), #5 of 387 scored metro areas.
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