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Hair salons in Butler County, OH

The hair salons in Butler County, OH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #546 of 2,339 scored counties
#26 of 86 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
306
61 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
77
−10.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$152.4M
On personal care products and services · $1,038 a household
Spending per listing
$498K
16% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.8
11% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
400,128
+2.4% 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

Household spending on personal care products and services in Butler County comes to about $152.4M a year: $1,038 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. Spread across 306 hair salons, that is $498K per salon, 16% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

Butler County has 306 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.8, 11% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Butler County was 77 in 2023, down 10.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,907 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 742 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Butler County.

Population estimates put the population change in Butler County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Butler County has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #546 of 2,339 scored counties and #26 of 86 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Butler County compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Butler County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureButler CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.821.023.4
Spending per listing$498K$465K$430K
Households per official establishment1,9071,7891,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−10.5%−1.9%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.4%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,038$976$1,005
Median household income$81,590$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score6348

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
86 → 77−10.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
531
Annual payroll, 2023
$16M
One-person businesses, 2023
742Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
30661 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
354The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
8
Amount
$1.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Butler 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 Butler County

Population, 2025 estimate
400,128+2.4% since 2020
Households
146,822
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
467 sq. mi.
People per square mile
842
Median household income
$81,590+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$104,751
Median home value
$258,500
Jobs located here
160,654
Daytime population
370,110Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Ohio

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The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for hair salons, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Butler County marked.

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Union County, OH882711.1$1.1M+16.5%#19 of 2,339
2Morrow County, OH86118.2$1.2M+3.7%#27 of 2,339
3Pickaway County, OH833817.4$567K+7.4%#56 of 2,339
4Fairfield County, OH8111118.4$587K+6.5%#71 of 2,339
5Madison County, OH783220.4$514K+7.1%#109 of 2,339
6Holmes County, OH751611.9$853K+1.7%#151 of 2,339
7Warren County, OH7514716.0$763K+5.7%#153 of 2,339
8Clermont County, OH7413315.7$674K+3.9%#175 of 2,339
9Delaware County, OH7418822.8$587K+12.5%#182 of 2,339
10Preble County, OH732112.6$731K−0.8%#200 of 2,339
26Butler County, OH6330620.8$498K+2.4%#546 of 2,339

Other business types in Butler County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Butler County, OH?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 306 hair salons in Butler County. 61 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 77 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, down 10.5% from 2019. Another 742 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Butler County, OH spend on personal care products and services?

About $152.4M a year, or $1,038 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 306 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $498K 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 146,822 households in Butler County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Butler County, OH compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Butler County has 20.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $498K, 16% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Butler County would have about 354, against 306 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,907 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count fell 10.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Butler County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Butler County at 400,128 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 146,822 households. Median household income in Butler County is $81,590, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. 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. Butler County scores 63 for hair salons (upper middle), #546 of 2,339 scored counties.

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