Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Michigan
Hair salons in the Petoskey, MI area
How the Petoskey, MI area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #452 of 538 scored small-town markets
#18 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Michigan
- Listings
- 47
- 10 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15.7M
- On personal care products and services · $1,031 a household
- Spending per listing
- $333K
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 30.9
- 32% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,775
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in the Petoskey area is 34 (lower middle), #452 of 538 scored small-town markets and #18 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Michigan. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
As of September 2026, map listings count 47 hair salons in the Petoskey area. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 30.9 for every 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $1,031 per household (3% above the U.S. average), households in the Petoskey area spend about $15.7M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 47 hair salons, that is $333K per salon, 23% 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 the Petoskey area was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 1,381 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $55K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Petoskey area. Population estimates put the population change in the Petoskey area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Petoskey area 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 | Petoskey area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 30.9 | 21.2 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $333K | $464K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,381 | 1,879 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,031 | $986 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $78,112 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 60
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 55Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4710 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 36The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $55K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Petoskey area, 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 the Petoskey area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,775−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 15,190
- Median age
- 46.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 468 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 73
- Median household income
- $78,112
- Average household income
- $109,768
- Median home value
- $315,700
- Jobs located here
- 15,430
- Daytime population
- 36,226Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Michigan for hair salons, numbered among those based in Michigan (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Petoskey area marked.
Top small-town markets in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Holland, MI | 80 | 58 | 12.7 | $807K | +2.1% | #11 of 538 |
| 2Houghton, MI | 80 | 22 | 14.2 | $628K | +1.8% | #12 of 538 |
| 3Coldwater, MI | 65 | 31 | 18.3 | $486K | +2.5% | #94 of 538 |
| 4Big Rapids, MI | 63 | 27 | 16.2 | $535K | +4.7% | #118 of 538 |
| 5Marquette, MI | 62 | 49 | 17.3 | $522K | +2.3% | #127 of 538 |
| 6Adrian, MI | 62 | 71 | 18.3 | $516K | −1.6% | #128 of 538 |
| 7Hillsdale, MI | 62 | 32 | 17.9 | $505K | 0.0% | #130 of 538 |
| 8Alma, MI | 58 | 26 | 17.6 | $508K | −1.1% | #170 of 538 |
| Marinette, WI-MI | 57 | 54 | 18.4 | $480K | +0.3% | #186 of 538 |
| 9Owosso, MI | 57 | 57 | 20.3 | $455K | −0.4% | #188 of 538 |
| 18Petoskey, MI | 34 | 47 | 30.9 | $333K | −1.0% | #452 of 538 |
Other business types in the Petoskey area
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 spas33
- Hair salons34
- Barbershops61
- Nail salons72
- Spas and skin care31
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Petoskey, MI area?
The Petoskey area has 47 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 55 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Petoskey, MI area spend on personal care products and services?
About $15.7M a year, or $1,031 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 47 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $333K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,190 households in the Petoskey area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Petoskey, MI area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Petoskey area has 30.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $333K, 23% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Petoskey area would have about 36, against 47 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,381 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Petoskey, MI area growing?
Population estimates put the Petoskey area at 33,775 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,190 households. The median household income in the Petoskey area is $78,112 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Petoskey area scores 34 for hair salons (lower middle), #452 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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