Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Florida
Hair salons in the Ocala, FL metro area
How the Ocala, FL 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #237 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 336
- 41 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 91
- +3.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $131.9M
- On personal care products and services · $800 a household
- Spending per listing
- $392K
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.4
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 442,660
- +17.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 336 hair salons in the Ocala metro area. Of those, 41 are chain locations, or 12%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 20.4 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $800 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in the Ocala metro area spend about $131.9M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $392K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 9% 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.
Official counts show 91 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Ocala metro area in 2023, up 3.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,812 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 1,000 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $51K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Ocala metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Ocala metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +17.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in the Ocala metro area is 45 (lower middle), #237 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida.
How the Ocala metro area compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Ocala metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.4 | 27.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $392K | $333K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,812 | 1,162 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.4% | +15.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +17.3% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $800 | $911 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $61,010 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 91+3.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 380
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,000Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 33641 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 306The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $51K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Ocala 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 Ocala metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 442,660+17.3% since 2020
- Households
- 164,881
- Median age
- 46.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,588 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 252
- Median household income
- $61,010+34.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,982
- Median home value
- $243,100
- Jobs located here
- 117,529
- Daytime population
- 371,865Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Florida for hair salons, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Ocala metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 84 | 66 | 9.4 | $953K | +21.1% | #2 of 387 |
| 2Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 61 | 533 | 18.4 | $456K | +19.8% | #94 of 387 |
| 3Gainesville, FL | 45 | 296 | 20.8 | $403K | +5.4% | #234 of 387 |
| 4Ocala, FL | 45 | 336 | 20.4 | $392K | +17.3% | #237 of 387 |
| 5Punta Gorda, FL | 45 | 206 | 22.8 | $379K | +15.5% | #239 of 387 |
| 6Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 43 | 494 | 24.5 | $368K | +6.5% | #257 of 387 |
| 7Sebring, FL | 43 | 109 | 23.3 | $327K | +9.7% | #261 of 387 |
| 8Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | 43 | 238 | 27.0 | $325K | +15.7% | #262 of 387 |
| 9North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 42 | 958 | 24.6 | $386K | +13.2% | #269 of 387 |
| 10Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 41 | 675 | 22.9 | $380K | +11.2% | #285 of 387 |
Other business types in the Ocala 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 spas45
- Hair salons45
- Barbershops50
- Nail salons52
- Spas and skin care41
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Ocala, FL metro area?
The Ocala metro area has 336 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 41 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 91 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 3.4% from 2019. Official counts list 1,000 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Ocala, FL metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $131.9M a year, or $800 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 336 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $392K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 164,881 households in the Ocala metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ocala, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Ocala metro area has 20.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $392K, 9% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Ocala metro area would have about 306, against 336 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,812 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Ocala, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Ocala metro area at 442,660 people in 2025, up 17.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 164,881 households. The median household income in the Ocala metro area is $61,010 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.5% 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 Ocala metro area scores 45 for hair salons (lower middle), #237 of 387 scored metro areas.
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