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Hair salons in Huron County, MI

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Huron County, MI, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,524 of 2,339 scored counties
#59 of 73 scored counties in Michigan

Listings
33
7 chain locations (21%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12.3M
On personal care products and services · $867 a household
Spending per listing
$372K
14% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
23.3
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
30,530
−2.7% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 33 hair salons in Huron County. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 23.3 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Huron County comes to about $12.3M a year: $867 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 33 hair salons, that is $372K per salon, 14% below the U.S. figure of $430K. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Huron County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 4,717 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 103 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $19K have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Huron County.

Population estimates show Huron County declined 2.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Huron County scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #1,524 of 2,339 scored counties and #59 of 73 scored counties in Michigan.

How Huron 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.

Hair salons in Huron County, MI compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureHuron CountyMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households23.321.223.4
Spending per listing$372K$464K$430K
Households per official establishment4,7171,8791,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.0%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.7%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$867$986$1,005
Median household income$58,870$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market score4349

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
1
Annual payroll, 2023
$117K
One-person businesses, 2023
103Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
337 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
29The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$19K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Huron 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 Huron County

Population, 2025 estimate
30,530−2.7% since 2020
Households
14,150
Median age
48.4
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
836 sq. mi.
People per square mile
37
Median household income
$58,870+21.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,624
Median home value
$154,300
Jobs located here
11,589
Daytime population
29,753Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Michigan

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The highest-scoring counties in Michigan for hair salons, numbered among those based in Michigan, with Huron County marked.

Top counties in Michigan

Counties in Michigan ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Leelanau County, MI861010.4$1.1M+3.0%#29 of 2,339
2Monroe County, MI817511.9$845K+0.7%#66 of 2,339
3Barry County, MI813413.9$718K+2.2%#69 of 2,339
4Cass County, MI79209.4$1M+0.2%#86 of 2,339
5Allegan County, MI795812.7$807K+2.1%#89 of 2,339
6Antrim County, MI751917.1$561K+5.3%#159 of 2,339
7Kalkaska County, MI741114.1$635K+4.3%#179 of 2,339
8Ottawa County, MI7420318.2$596K+3.9%#181 of 2,339
9Houghton County, MI732114.7$610K+1.6%#208 of 2,339
10Clinton County, MI735818.3$586K+1.6%#209 of 2,339
59Huron County, MI433323.3$372K−2.7%#1,524 of 2,339

Other business types in Huron County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many hair salons are in Huron County, MI?

Huron County has 33 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 103 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Huron County, MI spend on personal care products and services?

About $12.3M a year, or $867 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $372K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,150 households in Huron County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Huron County, MI compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Huron County has 23.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $372K, 14% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Huron County would have about 29, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,717 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.

How fast is Huron County, MI growing?

Population estimates put Huron County at 30,530 people in 2025, down 2.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,150 households. The median household income in Huron County is $58,870 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Huron County scores 43 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,524 of 2,339 scored counties.

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