Beauty and personal care · County · Michigan
Hair salons in Shiawassee County, MI
How Shiawassee 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #970 of 2,339 scored counties
#42 of 73 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 57
- 10 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $25.9M
- On personal care products and services · $922 a household
- Spending per listing
- $455K
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.3
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 67,681
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 57 hair salons in Shiawassee County. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 18%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 20.3 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Shiawassee County comes to about $25.9M a year: $922 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $455K per salon, 6% above 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.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Shiawassee County in 2023. That is one for every 2,813 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 205 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $72K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Shiawassee County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Shiawassee County declined 0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Shiawassee County is 54 (upper middle), #970 of 2,339 scored counties and #42 of 73 scored counties in Michigan.
How Shiawassee 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 | Shiawassee County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.3 | 21.2 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $455K | $464K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,813 | 1,879 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $922 | $986 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $67,404 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 29
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $617K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 205Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5710 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 60The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $72K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Shiawassee 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 Shiawassee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 67,681−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 28,126
- Median age
- 43.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 531 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 128
- Median household income
- $67,404+20.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,758
- Median home value
- $171,600
- Jobs located here
- 14,880
- Daytime population
- 55,429Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Michigan for hair salons, numbered among those based in Michigan, with Shiawassee County marked.
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 |
| 42Shiawassee County, MI | 54 | 57 | 20.3 | $455K | −0.4% | #970 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Shiawassee 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 spas61
- Hair salons54
- Barbershops47
- Nail salons65
- 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 Shiawassee County, MI?
There are 57 hair salons on map listings in Shiawassee County as of September 2026. 10 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 205 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Shiawassee County, MI spend on personal care products and services?
About $25.9M a year, or $922 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 57 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $455K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 28,126 households in Shiawassee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shiawassee County, MI compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Shiawassee County has 20.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $455K, 6% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Shiawassee County would have about 60, against 57 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,813 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Shiawassee County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Shiawassee County at 67,681 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 28,126 households. The median household income in Shiawassee County is $67,404 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.3% 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. Shiawassee County scores 54 for hair salons (upper middle), #970 of 2,339 scored counties.
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