Beauty and personal care · County · Michigan
Hair salons in Cheboygan County, MI
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Cheboygan County, MI, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,417 of 2,339 scored counties
#56 of 73 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 20
- 8 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10M
- On personal care products and services · $899 a household
- Spending per listing
- $502K
- 17% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.9
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,793
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Cheboygan County comes to about $10M a year: $899 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $502K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 17% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Cheboygan County has 20 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.9, 24% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Cheboygan County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 1,240 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 49 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Cheboygan County grew 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Cheboygan County scores 45 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #1,417 of 2,339 scored counties and #56 of 73 scored counties in Michigan.
How Cheboygan 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 | Cheboygan County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.9 | 21.2 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $502K | $464K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,240 | 1,879 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $899 | $986 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $62,875 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 20
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $604K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 49Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 208 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The 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 Cheboygan 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 Cheboygan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,793+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 11,159
- Median age
- 50.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 86%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 715 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $62,875+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,404
- Median home value
- $192,500
- Jobs located here
- 5,273
- Daytime population
- 21,951Residents 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 |
| 56Cheboygan County, MI | 45 | 20 | 17.9 | $502K | +0.9% | #1,417 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Cheboygan 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 spas47
- Hair salons45
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care43
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Cheboygan County, MI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 hair salons in Cheboygan County. 8 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 49 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Cheboygan County, MI spend on personal care products and services?
About $10M a year, or $899 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $502K 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 11,159 households in Cheboygan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cheboygan County, MI compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Cheboygan County has 17.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $502K, 17% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Cheboygan County would have about 23, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,240 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Cheboygan County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Cheboygan County at 25,793 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,159 households. Median household income in Cheboygan County is $62,875, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.9%, 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. Cheboygan County scores 45 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,417 of 2,339 scored counties.
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