Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Connecticut
Hair salons in the New Haven, CT metro area
How the New Haven, CT metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #288 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 5 scored metro areas based in Connecticut
- Listings
- 694
- 62 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 160
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $248.3M
- On personal care products and services · $1,077 a household
- Spending per listing
- $358K
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 30.1
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 578,741
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,077 per household (7% above the U.S. average), households in the New Haven metro area spend about $248.3M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $358K per salon, 17% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 694 hair salons on map listings in the New Haven metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 30.1 per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the New Haven metro area was 160 in 2023. That is one for every 1,442 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 1,084 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $353K have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in the New Haven metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the New Haven metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in the New Haven metro area is 41 (lower middle), #288 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 5 scored metro areas based in Connecticut.
How the New Haven metro area compares
The same measures for Connecticut 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 | New Haven metro area | Connecticut | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 30.1 | 26.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $358K | $425K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,442 | 1,367 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −8.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,077 | $1,124 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $88,197 | $95,781 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 160
- Employees, 2023
- 821
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $27M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,084Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 69462 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 577The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $353K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the New Haven 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 New Haven metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 578,741+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 230,673
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 367 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,554
- Median household income
- $88,197
- Average household income
- $121,518
- Median home value
- $353,100
- Jobs located here
- 298,580
- Daytime population
- 597,614Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Connecticut
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Waterbury-Shelton, CT | 65 | 393 | 21.8 | $483K | +3.2% | #56 of 387 |
| 2Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | 62 | 247 | 21.3 | $490K | +2.0% | #79 of 387 |
| 3Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | 53 | 1,011 | 28.5 | $435K | +3.7% | #148 of 387 |
| 4Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 48 | 1,271 | 27.3 | $407K | +3.0% | #206 of 387 |
| 5New Haven, CT | 41 | 694 | 30.1 | $358K | +2.5% | #288 of 387 |
Other business types in the New Haven 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 spas37
- Hair salons41
- Barbershops61
- Nail salons34
- Spas and skin care39
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the New Haven, CT metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 694 hair salons in the New Haven metro area. 62 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 160 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 1,084 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the New Haven, CT metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $248.3M a year, or $1,077 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 694 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $358K 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 230,673 households in the New Haven metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the New Haven, CT metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The New Haven metro area has 30.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $358K, 17% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the New Haven metro area would have about 577, against 694 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,442 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the New Haven, CT metro area growing?
Population estimates put the New Haven metro area at 578,741 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 230,673 households. Median household income in the New Haven metro area is $88,197, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 New Haven metro area scores 41 for hair salons (lower middle), #288 of 387 scored metro areas.
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