Beauty and personal care · County · New York
Hair salons in Monroe County, NY
How Monroe 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 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,635 of 2,339 scored counties
#57 of 61 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 755
- 97 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 232
- +0.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $314.3M
- On personal care products and services · $987 a household
- Spending per listing
- $416K
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.7
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 750,506
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 755 hair salons in Monroe County. 97 of them (13%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 23.7 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Monroe County comes to about $314.3M a year: $987 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 755 hair salons, that is $416K per salon, 3% 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 232 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Monroe County in 2023, up 0.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,373 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 1,923 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 21 SBA-backed loans worth $2.1M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Monroe County.
Population estimates put the population change in Monroe County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Monroe County is 40 (lower middle), #1,635 of 2,339 scored counties and #57 of 61 scored counties in New York.
How Monroe 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 | Monroe County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.7 | 21.6 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $416K | $495K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,373 | 1,081 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +0.4% | +0.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $987 | $1,070 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $76,382 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 231 → 232+0.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,136
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $33.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,923Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 75597 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 730The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 21
- Amount
- $2.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Monroe 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 Monroe County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 750,506−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 318,428
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 657 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,147
- Median household income
- $76,382+27.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,665
- Median home value
- $213,700
- Jobs located here
- 390,979
- Daytime population
- 792,113Residents 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 |
| 57Monroe County, NY | 40 | 755 | 23.7 | $416K | −1.0% | #1,635 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Monroe 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 spas31
- Hair salons40
- Barbershops48
- Nail salons32
- Spas and skin care41
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Monroe County, NY?
There are 755 hair salons on map listings in Monroe County as of September 2026. 97 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 232 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 0.4% from 2019. Another 1,923 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Monroe County, NY spend on personal care products and services?
About $314.3M a year, or $987 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 755 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $416K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 318,428 households in Monroe County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Monroe County, NY compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Monroe County has 23.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $416K, 3% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Monroe County would have about 730, against 755 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,373 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 0.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Monroe County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Monroe County at 750,506 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 318,428 households. The median household income in Monroe County is $76,382 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.1% 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. Monroe County scores 40 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,635 of 2,339 scored counties.
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