Beauty and personal care · County · New York
Hair salons in Suffolk County, NY
How Suffolk 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,004 of 2,339 scored counties
#38 of 61 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 1,268
- 140 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 719
- +11.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $638.1M
- On personal care products and services · $1,291 a household
- Spending per listing
- $503K
- 17% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.6
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,546,090
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,268 hair salons in Suffolk County. Of those, 140 are chain locations, or 11%, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 25.6 for every 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $1,291 per household (28% above the U.S. average), households in Suffolk County spend about $638.1M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 1,268 hair salons, that is $503K per salon, 17% 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 719 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Suffolk County in 2023, up 11.8% from 2019. That is one for every 688 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 1,941 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 20 SBA-backed loans worth $2.6M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Suffolk County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Suffolk County grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Suffolk County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #1,004 of 2,339 scored counties and #38 of 61 scored counties in New York.
How Suffolk 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 | Suffolk County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.6 | 21.6 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $503K | $495K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 688 | 1,081 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.8% | +0.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,291 | $1,070 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $130,686 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 643 → 719+11.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,988
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $76.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,941Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,268140 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,483The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 20
- Amount
- $2.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Suffolk 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 Suffolk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,546,090+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 494,405
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 898 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,620
- Median household income
- $130,686+29.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $167,491
- Median home value
- $578,400
- Jobs located here
- 624,016
- Daytime population
- 1,340,805Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New York market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New York for hair salons, numbered among those based in New York, with Suffolk County marked.
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 |
| 38Suffolk County, NY | 53 | 1,268 | 25.6 | $503K | +1.6% | #1,004 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Suffolk 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 spas39
- Hair salons53
- Barbershops41
- Nail salons34
- Spas and skin care37
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Suffolk County, NY?
There are 1,268 hair salons on map listings in Suffolk County as of September 2026. 140 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 719 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 11.8% from 2019. Another 1,941 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Suffolk County, NY spend on personal care products and services?
About $638.1M a year, or $1,291 per household. That is 28% above the U.S. average (an index of 128, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,268 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $503K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 494,405 households in Suffolk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Suffolk County, NY compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Suffolk County has 25.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $503K, 17% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Suffolk County would have about 1,483, against 1,268 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 688 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Suffolk County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Suffolk County at 1,546,090 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 494,405 households. The median household income in Suffolk County is $130,686 a year, 62% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.4% 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. Suffolk County scores 53 for hair salons (upper middle), #1,004 of 2,339 scored counties.
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