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Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · New York

Hair salons in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #151 of 538 scored small-town markets
#9 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York

Listings
92
22 chain locations (24%)
Official establishments
10
−50.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$45.3M
On personal care products and services · $849 a household
Spending per listing
$493K
14% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.2
26% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
124,126
−2.6% 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

At $849 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in the Jamestown-Dunkirk area spend about $45.3M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 92 hair salons, that is $493K per salon, 14% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

The Jamestown-Dunkirk area has 92 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 17.2 for every 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Jamestown-Dunkirk area in 2023, down 50.0% from 2019. That is one for every 5,339 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 229 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Jamestown-Dunkirk area declined 2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For hair salons, the Jamestown-Dunkirk area has a Groundwork market score of 60 (upper middle): #151 of 538 scored small-town markets and #9 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York.

How the Jamestown-Dunkirk 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 Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureJamestown-Dunkirk areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.221.623.4
Spending per listing$493K$495K$430K
Households per official establishment5,3391,0811,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−50.0%+0.2%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.6%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$849$1,070$1,005
Median household income$58,351$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score6043

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10−50.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
61
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
229Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
9222 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
105The 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 the Jamestown-Dunkirk 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 Jamestown-Dunkirk area

Population, 2025 estimate
124,126−2.6% since 2020
Households
53,393
Median age
43.3
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
1,060 sq. mi.
People per square mile
118
Median household income
$58,351+24.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,000
Median home value
$127,900
Jobs located here
44,855
Daytime population
120,603Residents 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 small-town markets in New York for hair salons, numbered among those based in New York, with the Jamestown-Dunkirk area marked.

Top small-town markets in New York

Small-town markets in New York ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Monticello, NY853511.1$879K+2.7%#2 of 538
2Oneonta, NY853916.8$550K+3.8%#3 of 538
3Amsterdam, NY663618.4$489K+1.1%#83 of 538
4Massena-Ogdensburg, NY657217.3$508K−2.5%#92 of 538
5Hudson, NY643814.3$735K−2.1%#102 of 538
6Seneca Falls, NY632417.6$513K−1.7%#119 of 538
7Auburn, NY616119.4$473K−2.3%#141 of 538
8Gloversville, NY603113.6$662K−1.6%#149 of 538
9Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY609217.2$493K−2.6%#151 of 538
10Batavia, NY565522.1$423K+0.2%#202 of 538

Other business types in the Jamestown-Dunkirk area

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 92 hair salons in the Jamestown-Dunkirk area. 22 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, down 50.0% from 2019. Official counts list 229 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY area spend on personal care products and services?

About $45.3M a year, or $849 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 92 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $493K 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 53,393 households in the Jamestown-Dunkirk area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

The Jamestown-Dunkirk area has 17.2 hair salons per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $493K, 14% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Jamestown-Dunkirk area would have about 105, against 92 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,339 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count fell 50.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY area growing?

Population estimates put the Jamestown-Dunkirk area at 124,126 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 53,393 households. Median household income in the Jamestown-Dunkirk area is $58,351, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.6%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Jamestown-Dunkirk area scores 60 for hair salons (upper middle), #151 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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