Beauty and personal care · County · Massachusetts
Hair salons in Suffolk County, MA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Suffolk County, MA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,224 of 2,339 scored counties
#12 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 746
- 65 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 320
- +7.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $365.4M
- On personal care products and services · $1,117 a household
- Spending per listing
- $490K
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.8
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 791,891
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Suffolk County comes to about $365.4M a year: $1,117 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That is about $490K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 14% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 746 hair salons on map listings in Suffolk County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 22.8 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Suffolk County was 320 in 2023, up 7.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,022 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 1,013 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 16 SBA-backed loans worth $1.7M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Suffolk County.
Population estimates show Suffolk County grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Suffolk County scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #1,224 of 2,339 scored counties and #12 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts.
How Suffolk County 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 | Suffolk County | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.8 | 24.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $490K | $486K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,022 | 1,084 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +7.4% | +3.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,117 | $1,165 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $95,631 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 298 → 320+7.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,719
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $66.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,013Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 74665 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 849The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 16
- Amount
- $1.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Suffolk 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 Suffolk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 791,891+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 327,167
- Median age
- 36.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 36%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.0
- Land area
- 58 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13,478
- Median household income
- $95,631+37.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $139,221
- Median home value
- $705,800
- Jobs located here
- 748,596
- Daytime population
- 1,129,553Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hampshire County, MA | 69 | 118 | 19.0 | $556K | +10.4% | #328 of 2,339 |
| 2Franklin County, MA | 65 | 50 | 15.8 | $606K | −0.3% | #443 of 2,339 |
| 3Worcester County, MA | 63 | 750 | 22.3 | $497K | +3.7% | #547 of 2,339 |
| 4Berkshire County, MA | 61 | 100 | 17.4 | $572K | −1.2% | #629 of 2,339 |
| 5Plymouth County, MA | 60 | 469 | 23.1 | $524K | +3.5% | #676 of 2,339 |
| 6Norfolk County, MA | 57 | 694 | 24.5 | $532K | +2.2% | #808 of 2,339 |
| 7Barnstable County, MA | 57 | 225 | 21.3 | $527K | +2.4% | #809 of 2,339 |
| 8Middlesex County, MA | 57 | 1,614 | 25.4 | $510K | +2.8% | #815 of 2,339 |
| 9Dukes County, MA | 55 | 19 | 25.1 | $498K | +3.1% | #911 of 2,339 |
| 10Bristol County, MA | 51 | 573 | 24.5 | $426K | +2.9% | #1,126 of 2,339 |
| 12Suffolk County, MA | 49 | 746 | 22.8 | $490K | +0.1% | #1,224 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Suffolk 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 spas41
- Hair salons49
- Barbershops41
- Nail salons49
- Spas and skin care53
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Suffolk County, MA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 746 hair salons in Suffolk County. 65 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 320 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 7.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 1,013 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Suffolk County, MA spend on personal care products and services?
About $365.4M a year, or $1,117 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 746 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $490K 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 327,167 households in Suffolk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Suffolk County, MA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Suffolk County has 22.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $490K, 14% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Suffolk County would have about 849, against 746 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,022 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Suffolk County, MA growing?
Population estimates put Suffolk County at 791,891 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 327,167 households. Median household income in Suffolk County is $95,631, 18% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.3%, 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. Suffolk County scores 49 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,224 of 2,339 scored counties.
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