Beauty and personal care · County · Michigan
Hair salons in Arenac County, MI
The hair salons in Arenac County, MI, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #521 of 2,339 scored counties
#21 of 73 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.6M
- On personal care products and services · $856 a household
- Spending per listing
- $701K
- 63% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.2
- 48% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,068
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Arenac County spend about $5.6M a year on personal care products and services, or $856 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 hair salons, that is $701K per salon, 63% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 8 hair salons on map listings in Arenac County as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 12.2 for every 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Arenac County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 36 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Arenac County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Arenac County has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #521 of 2,339 scored counties and #21 of 73 scored counties in Michigan. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Arenac County compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Arenac County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.2 | 21.2 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $701K | $464K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,879 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $856 | $986 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $58,811 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 49 |
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
- 36Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Arenac 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 Arenac County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,068+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 6,552
- Median age
- 49.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 86%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 363 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $58,811+39.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,218
- Median home value
- $150,600
- Jobs located here
- 3,742
- Daytime population
- 13,326Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Leelanau County, MI | 86 | 10 | 10.4 | $1.1M | +3.0% | #29 of 2,339 |
| 2Monroe County, MI | 81 | 75 | 11.9 | $845K | +0.7% | #66 of 2,339 |
| 3Barry County, MI | 81 | 34 | 13.9 | $718K | +2.2% | #69 of 2,339 |
| 4Cass County, MI | 79 | 20 | 9.4 | $1M | +0.2% | #86 of 2,339 |
| 5Allegan County, MI | 79 | 58 | 12.7 | $807K | +2.1% | #89 of 2,339 |
| 6Antrim County, MI | 75 | 19 | 17.1 | $561K | +5.3% | #159 of 2,339 |
| 7Kalkaska County, MI | 74 | 11 | 14.1 | $635K | +4.3% | #179 of 2,339 |
| 8Ottawa County, MI | 74 | 203 | 18.2 | $596K | +3.9% | #181 of 2,339 |
| 9Houghton County, MI | 73 | 21 | 14.7 | $610K | +1.6% | #208 of 2,339 |
| 10Clinton County, MI | 73 | 58 | 18.3 | $586K | +1.6% | #209 of 2,339 |
| 21Arenac County, MI | 63 | 8 | 12.2 | $701K | +0.5% | #521 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Arenac 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Arenac County, MI?
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 hair salons in Arenac County. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Arenac County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 36 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Arenac County, MI spend on personal care products and services?
About $5.6M a year, or $856 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $701K 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 6,552 households in Arenac County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Arenac County, MI compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Arenac County has 12.2 hair salons per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $701K, 63% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Arenac County would have about 13, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Arenac County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Arenac County at 15,068 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,552 households. Median household income in Arenac County is $58,811, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.1%, 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. Arenac County scores 63 for hair salons (upper middle), #521 of 2,339 scored counties.
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