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Hair salons in Bay County, MI
How Bay County, MI compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,787 of 2,339 scored counties
#65 of 73 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 106
- 18 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $40.3M
- On personal care products and services · $893 a household
- Spending per listing
- $380K
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.5
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 102,123
- −1.6% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, Bay County has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #1,787 of 2,339 scored counties and #65 of 73 scored counties in Michigan. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $893 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Bay County spend about $40.3M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $380K per salon, 12% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Bay County has 106 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 18 are chain locations, or 17%, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 23.5 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 21 businesses with payroll in Bay County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 2,148 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $208K have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Bay County. Population estimates show Bay County declined 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Bay 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 | Bay County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.5 | 21.2 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $380K | $464K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,148 | 1,879 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $893 | $986 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $61,763 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 21
- Employees, 2023
- 116
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 280Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10618 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 94The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $208K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Bay 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 Bay County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 102,123−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 45,103
- Median age
- 45.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 442 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 233
- Median household income
- $61,763+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,153
- Median home value
- $152,200
- Jobs located here
- 31,089
- Daytime population
- 93,442Residents 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 |
| 65Bay County, MI | 37 | 106 | 23.5 | $380K | −1.6% | #1,787 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Bay 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 spas44
- Hair salons37
- Barbershops51
- Nail salons54
- Spas and skin care60
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Bay County, MI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 106 hair salons in Bay County. 18 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 280 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Bay County, MI spend on personal care products and services?
About $40.3M a year, or $893 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 106 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $380K 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 45,103 households in Bay County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bay County, MI compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Bay County has 23.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $380K, 12% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Bay County would have about 94, against 106 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,148 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Bay County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Bay County at 102,123 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 45,103 households. Median household income in Bay County is $61,763, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.5%, 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. Bay County scores 37 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,787 of 2,339 scored counties.
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