Beauty and personal care · County · New Hampshire
Hair salons in Grafton County, NH
How Grafton County, NH 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #827 of 2,339 scored counties
#4 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire
- Listings
- 83
- 9 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $39.5M
- On personal care products and services · $1,065 a household
- Spending per listing
- $476K
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.4
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 93,225
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 83 hair salons in Grafton County. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 22.4 for every 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Grafton County comes to about $39.5M a year: $1,065 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. Spread across 83 hair salons, that is $476K per salon, 11% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Grafton County was 24 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,546 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 84 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Grafton County grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Grafton County is 57 (upper middle), #827 of 2,339 scored counties and #4 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire.
How Grafton 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 | Grafton County | New Hampshire | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.4 | 27.7 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $476K | $406K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,546 | 1,379 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | −8.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,065 | $1,123 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $88,261 | $99,031 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24 → 240.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 132
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 84Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 839 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 92The 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 Grafton 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 Grafton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 93,225+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 37,107
- Median age
- 45.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,709 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $88,261+39.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $125,563
- Median home value
- $344,500
- Jobs located here
- 53,397
- Daytime population
- 103,226Residents 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 Grafton 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 salons57
- Barbershops71
- Nail salons68
- Spas and skin care63
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Grafton County, NH?
There are 83 hair salons on map listings in Grafton County as of September 2026. 9 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Another 84 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Grafton County, NH spend on personal care products and services?
About $39.5M a year, or $1,065 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 83 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $476K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 37,107 households in Grafton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Grafton County, NH compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Grafton County has 22.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $476K, 11% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Grafton County would have about 92, against 83 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,546 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Grafton County, NH growing?
Population estimates put Grafton County at 93,225 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 37,107 households. The median household income in Grafton County is $88,261 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.2% 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. Grafton County scores 57 for hair salons (upper middle), #827 of 2,339 scored counties.
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