Beauty and personal care · County · New Hampshire
Hair salons in Coos County, NH
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Coos County, NH, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,341 of 2,339 scored counties
#7 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire
- Listings
- 32
- 7 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12M
- On personal care products and services · $854 a household
- Spending per listing
- $374K
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.9
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 31,343
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 32 hair salons in Coos County. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 22.9 for every 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in Coos County spend about $12M a year on personal care products and services, or $854 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 32 hair salons, that is $374K per salon, 13% 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 Coos County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 4,667 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 71 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Coos County grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Coos County has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #1,341 of 2,339 scored counties and #7 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire.
How Coos County compares
The same measures for New Hampshire 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 | Coos County | New Hampshire | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.9 | 27.7 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $374K | $406K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,667 | 1,379 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −8.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $854 | $1,123 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $57,677 | $99,031 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 3
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $78K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 71Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 327 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 28The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Coos 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 Coos County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 31,343+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 14,002
- Median age
- 48.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,795 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 17
- Median household income
- $57,677+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,445
- Median home value
- $188,900
- Jobs located here
- 11,577
- Daytime population
- 27,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Hampshire
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sullivan County, NH | 78 | 28 | 16.8 | $593K | +2.1% | #106 of 2,339 |
| 2Strafford County, NH | 63 | 110 | 21.1 | $509K | +3.0% | #543 of 2,339 |
| 3Carroll County, NH | 62 | 60 | 27.5 | $378K | +5.0% | #616 of 2,339 |
| 4Grafton County, NH | 57 | 83 | 22.4 | $476K | +2.2% | #827 of 2,339 |
| 5Merrimack County, NH | 53 | 164 | 26.9 | $406K | +2.6% | #1,029 of 2,339 |
| 6Hillsborough County, NH | 50 | 472 | 28.0 | $413K | +2.5% | #1,195 of 2,339 |
| 7Coos County, NH | 47 | 32 | 22.9 | $374K | +0.4% | #1,341 of 2,339 |
| 8Cheshire County, NH | 44 | 86 | 28.1 | $362K | +2.3% | #1,489 of 2,339 |
| 9Belknap County, NH | 43 | 79 | 30.0 | $355K | +2.1% | #1,526 of 2,339 |
| 10Rockingham County, NH | 42 | 423 | 33.2 | $371K | +3.0% | #1,563 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Coos 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 spas55
- Hair salons47
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care28
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Coos County, NH?
Coos County has 32 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 71 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Coos County, NH spend on personal care products and services?
About $12M a year, or $854 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $374K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,002 households in Coos County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Coos County, NH compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Coos County has 22.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $374K, 13% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Coos County would have about 28, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,667 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Coos County, NH growing?
Population estimates put Coos County at 31,343 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,002 households. The median household income in Coos County is $57,677 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.4% 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. Coos County scores 47 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,341 of 2,339 scored counties.
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