Beauty and personal care · County · New York
Hair salons in Franklin County, NY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Franklin County, NY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #799 of 2,339 scored counties
#30 of 61 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 28
- 7 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $17.3M
- On personal care products and services · $886 a household
- Spending per listing
- $618K
- 44% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.3
- 39% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 46,500
- −1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 hair salons in Franklin County. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 25%, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 14.3 for every 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Franklin County comes to about $17.3M a year: $886 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 28 hair salons, that is $618K per salon, 44% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Franklin County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 94 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Franklin County declined 1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Franklin County scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #799 of 2,339 scored counties and #30 of 61 scored counties in New York.
How Franklin 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 | Franklin County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.3 | 21.6 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $618K | $495K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,081 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $886 | $1,070 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $65,151 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 94Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 287 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 40The 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 46,500−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 19,514
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,629 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $65,151+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,125
- Median home value
- $145,400
- Jobs located here
- 17,015
- Daytime population
- 46,034Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 30Franklin County, NY | 57 | 28 | 14.3 | $618K | −1.6% | #799 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Franklin 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 spas69
- Hair salons57
- Barbershops
- Nail salons55
- Spas and skin care61
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Franklin County, NY?
There are 28 hair salons on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. 7 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Franklin County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 94 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Franklin County, NY spend on personal care products and services?
About $17.3M a year, or $886 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $618K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,514 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, NY compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Franklin County has 14.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $618K, 44% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Franklin County would have about 40, against 28 on map listings.
How fast is Franklin County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 46,500 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,514 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $65,151 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.3% 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. Franklin County scores 57 for hair salons (upper middle), #799 of 2,339 scored counties.
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