Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Nevada
Hair salons in the Reno, NV metro area
How the Reno, NV metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #39 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nevada
- Listings
- 500
- 84 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 123
- +12.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $238M
- On personal care products and services · $1,058 a household
- Spending per listing
- $476K
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.2
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 578,734
- +5.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,058 per household (5% above the U.S. average), households in the Reno metro area spend about $238M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 500 hair salons, that is $476K per salon, 11% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
The Reno metro area has 500 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 84 are chain locations, or 17%, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 22.2 for every 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 123 businesses with payroll in the Reno metro area classed as beauty salons, up 12.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,829 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 1,469 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $3.6M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Reno metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Reno metro area grew 5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, the Reno metro area has a Groundwork market score of 69 (upper middle): #39 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nevada. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Reno metro area compares
The same measures for Nevada 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 | Reno metro area | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.2 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $476K | $456K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,829 | 1,833 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +12.8% | +18.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,058 | $1,005 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $87,485 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 123+12.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 541
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $16.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,469Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50084 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 553The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 10
- Amount
- $3.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Reno metro 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 Reno metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 578,734+5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 224,933
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 8,583 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 66
- Median household income
- $87,485
- Average household income
- $118,079
- Median home value
- $502,300
- Jobs located here
- 274,907
- Daytime population
- 561,282Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Nevada
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Reno, NV | 69 | 500 | 22.2 | $476K | +5.0% | #39 of 387 |
| 2Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 63 | 1,868 | 21.7 | $459K | +5.8% | #75 of 387 |
| 3Carson City, NV | 19 | 80 | 33.8 | $285K | −0.2% | #385 of 387 |
Other business types in the Reno metro 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 spas70
- Hair salons69
- Barbershops91
- Nail salons71
- Spas and skin care59
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Reno, NV metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 500 hair salons in the Reno metro area. 84 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 123 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 12.8% from 2019. Another 1,469 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Reno, NV metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $238M a year, or $1,058 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 500 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $476K 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 224,933 households in the Reno metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Reno, NV metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Reno metro area has 22.2 hair salons per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $476K, 11% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Reno metro area would have about 553, against 500 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,829 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Reno, NV metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Reno metro area at 578,734 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 224,933 households. Median household income in the Reno metro area is $87,485, 8% above 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. 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 Reno metro area scores 69 for hair salons (upper middle), #39 of 387 scored metro areas.
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