Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Massachusetts
Hair salons in the Nantucket, MA area
How the Nantucket, MA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #216 of 538 scored small-town markets
#3 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 17
- 2 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.2M
- On personal care products and services · $1,380 a household
- Spending per listing
- $426K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 32.4
- 38% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,758
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,380 per household (37% above the U.S. average), households in the Nantucket area spend about $7.2M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 17 hair salons, that is $426K per salon, in line with the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 17 hair salons on map listings in the Nantucket area as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 12%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 32.4, 38% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Nantucket area was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 477 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 36 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in the Nantucket area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Nantucket area scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #216 of 538 scored small-town markets and #3 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Massachusetts.
How the Nantucket area compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Nantucket area | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 32.4 | 24.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $426K | $486K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 477 | 1,084 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,380 | $1,165 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $139,688 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 31
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 36Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 172 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 Nantucket 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 Nantucket area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,758+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,252
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 46 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 314
- Median household income
- $139,688
- Average household income
- $205,560
- Median home value
- $1,593,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,570
- Daytime population
- 13,667Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Massachusetts market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Massachusetts for hair salons, numbered among those based in Massachusetts, with the Nantucket area marked.
Top small-town markets in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Greenfield, MA | 68 | 50 | 15.8 | $606K | −0.3% | #70 of 538 |
| 2Vineyard Haven, MA | 62 | 19 | 25.1 | $498K | +3.1% | #132 of 538 |
| 3Nantucket, MA | 55 | 17 | 32.4 | $426K | +3.6% | #216 of 538 |
Other business types in the Nantucket 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 spas56
- Hair salons55
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care47
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Nantucket, MA area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 17 hair salons in the Nantucket area. 2 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 36 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Nantucket, MA area spend on personal care products and services?
About $7.2M a year, or $1,380 per household. That is 37% above the U.S. average (an index of 137, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $426K 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 5,252 households in the Nantucket area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Nantucket, MA area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Nantucket area has 32.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $426K, in line with the U.S. figure of $430K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 477 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Nantucket, MA area growing?
Population estimates put the Nantucket area at 14,758 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,252 households. Median household income in the Nantucket area is $139,688, 73% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Nantucket area scores 55 for hair salons (upper middle), #216 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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