Beauty and personal care · County · Michigan
Hair salons in Clinton County, MI
How Clinton 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 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #209 of 2,339 scored counties
#10 of 73 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 58
- 12 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $34M
- On personal care products and services · $1,075 a household
- Spending per listing
- $586K
- 36% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.3
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 80,432
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Clinton County scores 73 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #209 of 2,339 scored counties and #10 of 73 scored counties in Michigan. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Clinton County comes to about $34M a year: $1,075 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That is about $586K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 36% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 58 hair salons on map listings in Clinton County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 18.3 for every 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Clinton County in 2023. That is one for every 2,637 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $90K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Clinton County. Population estimates show Clinton County grew 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Clinton 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 | Clinton County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.3 | 21.2 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $586K | $464K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,637 | 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 | $1,075 | $986 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $88,210 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 24
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $802K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 216Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5812 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 79The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $90K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Clinton 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 Clinton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 80,432+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 31,639
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 567 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 140
- Median household income
- $88,210+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,690
- Median home value
- $259,500
- Jobs located here
- 19,511
- Daytime population
- 64,429Residents 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 |
Other business types in Clinton 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 spas73
- Hair salons73
- Barbershops74
- Nail salons80
- Spas and skin care75
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Clinton County, MI?
As of September 2026, map listings count 58 hair salons in Clinton County. 12 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 216 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Clinton County, MI spend on personal care products and services?
About $34M a year, or $1,075 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 58 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $586K 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 31,639 households in Clinton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clinton County, MI compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Clinton County has 18.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $586K, 36% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Clinton County would have about 79, against 58 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,637 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Clinton County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Clinton County at 80,432 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,639 households. Median household income in Clinton County is $88,210, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Clinton County scores 73 for hair salons (upper middle), #209 of 2,339 scored counties.
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