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Hair salons in the Binghamton, NY metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in the Binghamton, NY metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #292 of 387 scored metro areas
#13 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York

Listings
218
28 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
56
+17.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$93.1M
On personal care products and services · $910 a household
Spending per listing
$427K
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
21.3
9% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
243,189
−1.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Groundwork market score for hair salons in the Binghamton metro area is 40 (lower middle), #292 of 387 scored metro areas and #13 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Household spending on personal care products and services in the Binghamton metro area comes to about $93.1M a year: $910 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $427K of household spending for each salon on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

There are 218 hair salons on map listings in the Binghamton metro area as of September 2026. 28 of them (13%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 21.3 for every 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Binghamton metro area was 56 in 2023, up 17.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,828 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $18K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Binghamton metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Binghamton metro area declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Binghamton metro area compares

The same measures for New York 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.

Hair salons in Binghamton, NY metro area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureBinghamton metro areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households21.321.623.4
Spending per listing$427K$495K$430K
Households per official establishment1,8281,0811,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+17.4%+0.2%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$910$1,070$1,005
Median household income$64,590$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score4043

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
56+17.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
230
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
477Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
21828 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
216The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$18K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Binghamton 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 Binghamton metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
243,189−1.3% since 2020
Households
102,352
Median age
41.6
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
1,224 sq. mi.
People per square mile
200
Median household income
$64,590+19.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,420
Median home value
$156,000
Jobs located here
94,944
Daytime population
240,172Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across New York

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The highest-scoring metro areas in New York for hair salons, numbered among those based in New York, with the Binghamton metro area marked.

Top metro areas in New York

Metro areas in New York ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Kingston, NY7111415.3$685K+1.1%#23 of 387
2Ithaca, NY716314.6$679K−1.4%#24 of 387
3Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY6583821.9$482K+1.9%#57 of 387
4Glens Falls, NY649918.1$534K−1.9%#64 of 387
5Watertown-Fort Drum, NY598217.2$525K−3.9%#108 of 387
6Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY5759323.3$482K+3.0%#122 of 387
7New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ5516,41322.2$517K+0.6%#135 of 387
8Syracuse, NY5157821.3$458K−1.3%#168 of 387
9Utica-Rome, NY5124720.4$452K−2.0%#169 of 387
10Elmira, NY496919.6$456K−3.9%#191 of 387
13Binghamton, NY4021821.3$427K−1.3%#292 of 387

Other business types in the Binghamton metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many hair salons are in the Binghamton, NY metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 218 hair salons in the Binghamton metro area. 28 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 56 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 17.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 477 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Binghamton, NY metro area spend on personal care products and services?

About $93.1M a year, or $910 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 218 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $427K 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 102,352 households in the Binghamton metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Binghamton, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

The Binghamton metro area has 21.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $427K, in line with the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Binghamton metro area would have about 216, against 218 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,828 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 17.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is the Binghamton, NY metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Binghamton metro area at 243,189 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 102,352 households. Median household income in the Binghamton metro area is $64,590, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.0%, 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. The Binghamton metro area scores 40 for hair salons (lower middle), #292 of 387 scored metro areas.

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