Beauty and personal care · County · Maine
Hair salons in Franklin County, ME
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Franklin County, ME, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,193 of 2,339 scored counties
#14 of 16 scored counties in Maine
- Listings
- 26
- 7 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $10.9M
- On personal care products and services · $862 a household
- Spending per listing
- $420K
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.5
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,824
- +4.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Franklin County spend about $10.9M a year on personal care products and services, or $862 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $420K per salon, 2% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Franklin County has 26 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 20.5 per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Franklin County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 59 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Franklin County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Franklin County has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #1,193 of 2,339 scored counties and #14 of 16 scored counties in Maine.
How Franklin County compares
The same measures for Maine 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 | Franklin County | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.5 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $420K | $443K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,038 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.6% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $862 | $973 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $58,675 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 59Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 267 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,824+4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 12,675
- Median age
- 44.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,697 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 18
- Median household income
- $58,675+14.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,999
- Median home value
- $194,700
- Jobs located here
- 10,591
- Daytime population
- 27,726Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maine
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1York County, ME | 72 | 190 | 20.8 | $501K | +4.8% | #247 of 2,339 |
| 2Waldo County, ME | 65 | 29 | 16.6 | $558K | +2.6% | #448 of 2,339 |
| 3Somerset County, ME | 65 | 39 | 16.8 | $499K | +2.3% | #457 of 2,339 |
| 4Sagadahoc County, ME | 64 | 35 | 21.3 | $478K | +3.4% | #503 of 2,339 |
| 5Oxford County, ME | 63 | 46 | 19.1 | $459K | +4.2% | #553 of 2,339 |
| 6Kennebec County, ME | 63 | 118 | 21.7 | $425K | +3.5% | #561 of 2,339 |
| 7Piscataquis County, ME | 60 | 14 | 16.7 | $513K | +3.5% | #679 of 2,339 |
| 8Androscoggin County, ME | 58 | 90 | 19.2 | $474K | +4.8% | #781 of 2,339 |
| 9Aroostook County, ME | 55 | 53 | 17.7 | $475K | −0.7% | #914 of 2,339 |
| 10Penobscot County, ME | 54 | 153 | 23.5 | $391K | +3.8% | #985 of 2,339 |
| 14Franklin County, ME | 50 | 26 | 20.5 | $420K | +4.6% | #1,193 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Franklin County
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 spas68
- Hair salons50
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care62
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Franklin County, ME?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 hair salons in Franklin County. 7 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Franklin County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 59 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Franklin County, ME spend on personal care products and services?
About $10.9M a year, or $862 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $420K 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 12,675 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, ME compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Franklin County has 20.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $420K, 2% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Franklin County would have about 25, against 26 on map listings.
How fast is Franklin County, ME growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 30,824 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,675 households. Median household income in Franklin County is $58,675, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.1%, 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. Franklin County scores 50 for hair salons (upper middle), #1,193 of 2,339 scored counties.
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