Beauty and personal care · County · New York
Hair salons in Cattaraugus County, NY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Cattaraugus County, NY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,064 of 2,339 scored counties
#40 of 61 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 55
- 12 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $27M
- On personal care products and services · $845 a household
- Spending per listing
- $490K
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.2
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 75,390
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $845 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Cattaraugus County spend about $27M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 55 hair salons, that is $490K per salon, 14% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Cattaraugus County has 55 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 12 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.2, 26% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Cattaraugus County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 3,544 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 118 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cattaraugus County declined 2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Cattaraugus County is 52 (upper middle), #1,064 of 2,339 scored counties and #40 of 61 scored counties in New York.
How Cattaraugus County 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.
| Measure | Cattaraugus County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.2 | 21.6 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $490K | $495K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,544 | 1,081 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $845 | $1,070 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $59,540 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 43
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 118Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5512 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 63The 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 Cattaraugus 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 Cattaraugus County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 75,390−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 31,895
- Median age
- 43.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 1,308 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 58
- Median household income
- $59,540+22.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,425
- Median home value
- $113,100
- Jobs located here
- 27,111
- Daytime population
- 72,231Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New York market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New York for hair salons, numbered among those based in New York, with Cattaraugus County marked.
Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sullivan County, NY | 82 | 35 | 11.1 | $879K | +2.7% | #60 of 2,339 |
| 2Otsego County, NY | 77 | 39 | 16.8 | $550K | +3.8% | #126 of 2,339 |
| 3Rensselaer County, NY | 76 | 99 | 14.8 | $696K | −0.2% | #134 of 2,339 |
| 4Schenectady County, NY | 76 | 117 | 17.5 | $574K | +3.0% | #145 of 2,339 |
| 5Wayne County, NY | 72 | 52 | 13.5 | $696K | +0.1% | #232 of 2,339 |
| 6Tompkins County, NY | 71 | 63 | 14.6 | $679K | −1.4% | #256 of 2,339 |
| 7Ulster County, NY | 69 | 114 | 15.3 | $685K | +1.1% | #308 of 2,339 |
| 8Schoharie County, NY | 68 | 23 | 17.9 | $522K | +1.4% | #364 of 2,339 |
| 9Yates County, NY | 67 | 13 | 13.7 | $695K | −0.8% | #383 of 2,339 |
| 10Columbia County, NY | 64 | 38 | 14.3 | $735K | −2.1% | #474 of 2,339 |
| 40Cattaraugus County, NY | 52 | 55 | 17.2 | $490K | −2.1% | #1,064 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Cattaraugus 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 spas45
- Hair salons52
- Barbershops43
- Nail salons65
- Spas and skin care38
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Cattaraugus County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 55 hair salons in Cattaraugus County. 12 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 118 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Cattaraugus County, NY spend on personal care products and services?
About $27M a year, or $845 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 55 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $490K 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 31,895 households in Cattaraugus County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cattaraugus County, NY compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Cattaraugus County has 17.2 hair salons per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $490K, 14% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Cattaraugus County would have about 63, against 55 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,544 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Cattaraugus County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Cattaraugus County at 75,390 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 31,895 households. Median household income in Cattaraugus County is $59,540, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.3%, 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. Cattaraugus County scores 52 for hair salons (upper middle), #1,064 of 2,339 scored counties.
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