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Hair salons in Maui County, HI

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Maui County, HI, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,779 of 2,339 scored counties
#4 of 4 scored counties in Hawaii

Listings
155
19 chain locations (12%)
Official establishments
50
+16.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$63.3M
On personal care products and services · $1,133 a household
Spending per listing
$408K
5% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
27.8
19% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
160,592
−2.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For hair salons, Maui County has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #1,779 of 2,339 scored counties and #4 of 4 scored counties in Hawaii. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 155 hair salons in Maui County. 19 of them (12%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 27.8 per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Maui County comes to about $63.3M a year: $1,133 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. Spread across 155 hair salons, that is $408K per salon, 5% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 50 businesses with payroll in Maui County classed as beauty salons, up 16.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,117 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $30K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Maui County. Population estimates show Maui County declined 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Maui County compares

The same measures for Hawaii 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.

Hair salons in Maui County, HI compared with Hawaii and the U.S.
MeasureMaui CountyHawaiiU.S.
Listings per 10k households27.818.823.4
Spending per listing$408K$608K$430K
Households per official establishment1,1171,4701,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+16.3%−2.3%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.5%−1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,133$1,143$1,005
Median household income$97,161$100,389$80,734
Groundwork market score3761

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
43 → 50+16.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
141
Annual payroll, 2023
$4M
One-person businesses, 2023
357Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
15519 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
147The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$30K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Maui 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 Maui County

Population, 2025 estimate
160,592−2.5% since 2020
Households
55,841
Median age
43.5
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,162 sq. mi.
People per square mile
142
Median household income
$97,161+20.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$131,649
Median home value
$904,700
Jobs located here
75,578
Daytime population
133,480Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Hawaii

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The highest-scoring counties in Hawaii for hair salons, numbered among those based in Hawaii, with Maui County marked.

Top counties in Hawaii

Counties in Hawaii ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hawaii County, HI7611014.9$682K+4.6%#136 of 2,339
2Honolulu County, HI5960317.8$660K−2.3%#716 of 2,339
3Kauai County, HI585824.5$453K+0.3%#788 of 2,339
4Maui County, HI3715527.8$408K−2.5%#1,779 of 2,339

Other business types in Maui County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many hair salons are in Maui County, HI?

There are 155 hair salons on map listings in Maui County as of September 2026. 19 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 50 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 16.3% from 2019. Official counts list 357 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Maui County, HI spend on personal care products and services?

About $63.3M a year, or $1,133 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 155 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $408K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 55,841 households in Maui County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Maui County, HI compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Maui County has 27.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $408K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Maui County would have about 147, against 155 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,117 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Maui County, HI growing?

Population estimates put Maui County at 160,592 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 55,841 households. The median household income in Maui County is $97,161 a year, 20% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.0% 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. Maui County scores 37 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,779 of 2,339 scored counties.

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