Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · New York
Hair salons in the Plattsburgh, NY area
How the Plattsburgh, NY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #314 of 538 scored small-town markets
#12 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York
- Listings
- 82
- 13 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $31.3M
- On personal care products and services · $932 a household
- Spending per listing
- $382K
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.4
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 78,138
- −2.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Plattsburgh area spend about $31.3M a year on personal care products and services, or $932 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $382K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 11% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
The Plattsburgh area has 82 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 13 of them (16%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 24.4 for every 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Plattsburgh area in 2023. That is one for every 3,051 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 137 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Plattsburgh area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For hair salons, the Plattsburgh area has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #314 of 538 scored small-town markets and #12 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York.
How the Plattsburgh 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.
| Measure | Plattsburgh area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.4 | 21.6 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $382K | $495K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,051 | 1,081 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.0% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $932 | $1,070 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $71,224 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 56
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 137Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8213 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 73The 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 Plattsburgh 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 Plattsburgh area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 78,138−2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 33,556
- Median age
- 42.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,038 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 76
- Median household income
- $71,224+26.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,254
- Median home value
- $180,600
- Jobs located here
- 30,059
- Daytime population
- 74,633Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Monticello, NY | 85 | 35 | 11.1 | $879K | +2.7% | #2 of 538 |
| 2Oneonta, NY | 85 | 39 | 16.8 | $550K | +3.8% | #3 of 538 |
| 3Amsterdam, NY | 66 | 36 | 18.4 | $489K | +1.1% | #83 of 538 |
| 4Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 65 | 72 | 17.3 | $508K | −2.5% | #92 of 538 |
| 5Hudson, NY | 64 | 38 | 14.3 | $735K | −2.1% | #102 of 538 |
| 6Seneca Falls, NY | 63 | 24 | 17.6 | $513K | −1.7% | #119 of 538 |
| 7Auburn, NY | 61 | 61 | 19.4 | $473K | −2.3% | #141 of 538 |
| 8Gloversville, NY | 60 | 31 | 13.6 | $662K | −1.6% | #149 of 538 |
| 9Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY | 60 | 92 | 17.2 | $493K | −2.6% | #151 of 538 |
| 10Batavia, NY | 56 | 55 | 22.1 | $423K | +0.2% | #202 of 538 |
| 12Plattsburgh, NY | 46 | 82 | 24.4 | $382K | −2.0% | #314 of 538 |
Other business types in the Plattsburgh area
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 spas57
- Hair salons46
- Barbershops69
- Nail salons66
- Spas and skin care72
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Plattsburgh, NY area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 82 hair salons in the Plattsburgh area. 13 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 137 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Plattsburgh, NY area spend on personal care products and services?
About $31.3M a year, or $932 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 82 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $382K 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 33,556 households in the Plattsburgh area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Plattsburgh, NY area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Plattsburgh area has 24.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $382K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Plattsburgh area would have about 73, against 82 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,051 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Plattsburgh, NY area growing?
Population estimates put the Plattsburgh area at 78,138 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 33,556 households. Median household income in the Plattsburgh area is $71,224, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.4%, 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 Plattsburgh area scores 46 for hair salons (lower middle), #314 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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