Beauty and personal care · Metro area · New York
Hair salons in the Syracuse, NY metro area
How the Syracuse, NY metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #168 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 578
- 86 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 132
- −6.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $264.6M
- On personal care products and services · $976 a household
- Spending per listing
- $458K
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.3
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 652,273
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Syracuse metro area comes to about $264.6M a year: $976 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That is about $458K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 6% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
The Syracuse metro area has 578 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 86 are chain locations, or 15%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 21.3, 9% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 132 businesses with payroll in the Syracuse metro area classed as beauty salons, down 6.4% from 2019. That is one for every 2,055 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 1,590 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $208K have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Syracuse metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Syracuse metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Syracuse metro area scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #168 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York.
How the Syracuse metro 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 | Syracuse metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.3 | 21.6 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $458K | $495K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,055 | 1,081 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −6.4% | +0.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $976 | $1,070 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $75,492 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 132−6.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 452
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,590Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 57886 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 615The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $208K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Syracuse metro 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 Syracuse metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 652,273−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 271,251
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 2,385 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 275
- Median household income
- $75,492+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,360
- Median home value
- $187,700
- Jobs located here
- 309,260
- Daytime population
- 669,341Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New York market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in New York for hair salons, numbered among those based in New York, with the Syracuse metro area marked.
Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kingston, NY | 71 | 114 | 15.3 | $685K | +1.1% | #23 of 387 |
| 2Ithaca, NY | 71 | 63 | 14.6 | $679K | −1.4% | #24 of 387 |
| 3Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 65 | 838 | 21.9 | $482K | +1.9% | #57 of 387 |
| 4Glens Falls, NY | 64 | 99 | 18.1 | $534K | −1.9% | #64 of 387 |
| 5Watertown-Fort Drum, NY | 59 | 82 | 17.2 | $525K | −3.9% | #108 of 387 |
| 6Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 57 | 593 | 23.3 | $482K | +3.0% | #122 of 387 |
| 7New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 55 | 16,413 | 22.2 | $517K | +0.6% | #135 of 387 |
| 8Syracuse, NY | 51 | 578 | 21.3 | $458K | −1.3% | #168 of 387 |
| 9Utica-Rome, NY | 51 | 247 | 20.4 | $452K | −2.0% | #169 of 387 |
| 10Elmira, NY | 49 | 69 | 19.6 | $456K | −3.9% | #191 of 387 |
Other business types in the Syracuse metro 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 spas48
- Hair salons51
- Barbershops55
- Nail salons41
- Spas and skin care53
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Syracuse, NY metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 578 hair salons in the Syracuse metro area. 86 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 132 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, down 6.4% from 2019. Official counts list 1,590 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Syracuse, NY metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $264.6M a year, or $976 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 578 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $458K 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 271,251 households in the Syracuse metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Syracuse, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Syracuse metro area has 21.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $458K, 6% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Syracuse metro area would have about 615, against 578 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,055 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count fell 6.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Syracuse, NY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Syracuse metro area at 652,273 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 271,251 households. Median household income in the Syracuse metro area is $75,492, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.1%, 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. The Syracuse metro area scores 51 for hair salons (upper middle), #168 of 387 scored metro areas.
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