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Hair salons in Orleans County, NY

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Orleans County, NY, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #632 of 2,339 scored counties
#19 of 61 scored counties in New York

Listings
26
9 chain locations (35%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$14.4M
On personal care products and services · $889 a household
Spending per listing
$554K
29% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.0
32% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
39,825
−0.5% 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 26 hair salons in Orleans County. Chain locations make up 35% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 16.0 for every 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Households in Orleans County spend about $14.4M a year on personal care products and services, or $889 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 26 hair salons, that is $554K per salon, 29% 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.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Orleans County in 2023. That is one for every 3,244 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 59 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Orleans County declined 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Orleans County scores 61 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #632 of 2,339 scored counties and #19 of 61 scored counties in New York.

How Orleans 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 Orleans County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureOrleans CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.021.623.4
Spending per listing$554K$495K$430K
Households per official establishment3,2441,0811,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.2%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.5%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$889$1,070$1,005
Median household income$65,969$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score6143

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5
Employees, 2023
13
Annual payroll, 2023
$252K
One-person businesses, 2023
59Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
269 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
34The 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 Orleans 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 Orleans County

Population, 2025 estimate
39,825−0.5% since 2020
Households
16,220
Median age
44.6
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
391 sq. mi.
People per square mile
101
Median household income
$65,969+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,064
Median home value
$140,800
Jobs located here
11,754
Daytime population
32,968Residents 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 Orleans 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
19Orleans County, NY612616.0$554K−0.5%#632 of 2,339

Other business types in Orleans County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Orleans County, NY?

There are 26 hair salons on map listings in Orleans County as of September 2026. 9 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 59 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $14.4M a year, or $889 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $554K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,220 households in Orleans County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Orleans County has 16.0 hair salons per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $554K, 29% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Orleans County would have about 34, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,244 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.

How fast is Orleans County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Orleans County at 39,825 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,220 households. The median household income in Orleans County is $65,969 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.4% 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. Orleans County scores 61 for hair salons (upper middle), #632 of 2,339 scored counties.

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