Beauty and personal care · County · New York
Hair salons in Otsego County, NY
How Otsego 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 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #126 of 2,339 scored counties
#2 of 61 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 39
- 10 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $21.5M
- On personal care products and services · $926 a household
- Spending per listing
- $550K
- 28% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.8
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 60,589
- +3.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Otsego County is 77 (high), #126 of 2,339 scored counties and #2 of 61 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 39 hair salons in Otsego County. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 26%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 16.8 per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Otsego County comes to about $21.5M a year: $926 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $550K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 28% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Otsego County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 5,797 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Otsego County grew 3.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Otsego 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 | Otsego County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.8 | 21.6 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $550K | $495K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 5,797 | 1,081 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.8% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $926 | $1,070 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $68,885 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 22
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $705K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 83Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3910 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 50The 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 Otsego 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 Otsego County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 60,589+3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 23,189
- Median age
- 41.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,002 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $68,885+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,075
- Median home value
- $179,100
- Jobs located here
- 21,315
- Daytime population
- 56,903Residents 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 |
Other business types in Otsego 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 spas68
- Hair salons77
- Barbershops49
- Nail salons72
- Spas and skin care63
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Otsego County, NY?
There are 39 hair salons on map listings in Otsego County as of September 2026. 10 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 83 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Otsego County, NY spend on personal care products and services?
About $21.5M a year, or $926 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $550K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,189 households in Otsego County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Otsego County, NY compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Otsego County has 16.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $550K, 28% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Otsego County would have about 50, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,797 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Otsego County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Otsego County at 60,589 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,189 households. The median household income in Otsego County is $68,885 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.5% 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. Otsego County scores 77 for hair salons (high), #126 of 2,339 scored counties.
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