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Hair salons in Clinton County, NY

How Clinton County, NY 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 44 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,484 of 2,339 scored counties
#53 of 61 scored counties in New York

Listings
82
13 chain locations (16%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$31.3M
On personal care products and services · $932 a household
Spending per listing
$382K
11% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
24.4
4% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
78,138
−2.0% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 82 hair salons in Clinton County. Of those, 13 are chain locations, or 16%, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 24.4 for every 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Clinton County comes to about $31.3M a year: $932 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $382K per salon, 11% 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.

Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Clinton County in 2023. That is one for every 3,051 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 137 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Clinton County declined 2.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Clinton County is 44 (lower middle), #1,484 of 2,339 scored counties and #53 of 61 scored counties in New York.

How Clinton 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.

Hair salons in Clinton County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureClinton CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households24.421.623.4
Spending per listing$382K$495K$430K
Households per official establishment3,0511,0811,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.2%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.0%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$932$1,070$1,005
Median household income$71,224$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score4443

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14 → 11
Employees, 2023
56
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
137Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
8213 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
73The 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 Clinton 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 Clinton County

Population, 2025 estimate
78,138−2.0% since 2020
Households
33,556
Median age
42.3
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,038 sq. mi.
People per square mile
76
Median household income
$71,224+26.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,254
Median home value
$180,600
Jobs located here
30,059
Daytime population
74,633Residents 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 counties in New York for hair salons, numbered among those based in New York, with Clinton County marked.

Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sullivan County, NY823511.1$879K+2.7%#60 of 2,339
2Otsego County, NY773916.8$550K+3.8%#126 of 2,339
3Rensselaer County, NY769914.8$696K−0.2%#134 of 2,339
4Schenectady County, NY7611717.5$574K+3.0%#145 of 2,339
5Wayne County, NY725213.5$696K+0.1%#232 of 2,339
6Tompkins County, NY716314.6$679K−1.4%#256 of 2,339
7Ulster County, NY6911415.3$685K+1.1%#308 of 2,339
8Schoharie County, NY682317.9$522K+1.4%#364 of 2,339
9Yates County, NY671313.7$695K−0.8%#383 of 2,339
10Columbia County, NY643814.3$735K−2.1%#474 of 2,339
53Clinton County, NY448224.4$382K−2.0%#1,484 of 2,339

Other business types in Clinton County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Clinton County, NY?

There are 82 hair salons on map listings in Clinton County as of September 2026. 13 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 137 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Clinton County, NY spend on personal care products and services?

About $31.3M a year, or $932 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 82 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $382K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 33,556 households in Clinton County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Clinton County, NY compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Clinton County has 24.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $382K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Clinton County would have about 73, against 82 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,051 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.

How fast is Clinton County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Clinton County at 78,138 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 33,556 households. The median household income in Clinton County is $71,224 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.4% 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. Clinton County scores 44 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,484 of 2,339 scored counties.

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