Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Ohio
Hair salons in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area
How the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #123 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio
- Listings
- 714
- 125 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 172
- −1.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $334.3M
- On personal care products and services · $971 a household
- Spending per listing
- $468K
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.7
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 826,554
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area comes to about $334.3M a year: $971 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That is about $468K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 9% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 714 hair salons on map listings in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 125 are chain locations, or 18%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 20.7 per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 172 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area in 2023, down 1.1% from 2019. That is one for every 2,002 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 2,074 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $332K have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area grew 1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #123 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio.
How the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area 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.
| Measure | Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.7 | 21.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $468K | $465K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,002 | 1,789 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −1.1% | −1.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $971 | $976 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $71,739 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 172−1.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,093
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $29.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 2,074Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 714125 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 777The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $332K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek 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 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 826,554+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 344,391
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,282 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 637
- Median household income
- $71,739+29.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,671
- Median home value
- $201,100
- Jobs located here
- 367,228
- Daytime population
- 828,495Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Ohio for hair salons, numbered among those based in Ohio (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Columbus, OH | 74 | 1,820 | 21.0 | $501K | +4.7% | #17 of 387 |
| 2Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 62 | 1,919 | 21.2 | $483K | +2.7% | #80 of 387 |
| 3Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | 57 | 714 | 20.7 | $468K | +1.5% | #123 of 387 |
| 4Springfield, OH | 55 | 95 | 17.0 | $530K | −0.4% | #134 of 387 |
| 5Akron, OH | 51 | 595 | 20.1 | $489K | 0.0% | #165 of 387 |
| Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH | 49 | 76 | 15.3 | $539K | −3.6% | #186 of 387 |
| 6Sandusky, OH | 49 | 105 | 20.6 | $469K | −2.6% | #188 of 387 |
| 7Mansfield, OH | 47 | 89 | 17.8 | $490K | −0.1% | #211 of 387 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 47 | 268 | 17.6 | $462K | −2.6% | #212 of 387 |
| 8Toledo, OH | 47 | 528 | 20.7 | $451K | −1.0% | #215 of 387 |
Other business types in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek 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 spas60
- Hair salons57
- Barbershops64
- Nail salons61
- Spas and skin care64
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 714 hair salons in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area. 125 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 172 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, down 1.1% from 2019. Another 2,074 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $334.3M a year, or $971 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 714 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $468K 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 344,391 households in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area has 20.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $468K, 9% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area would have about 777, against 714 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,002 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area at 826,554 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 344,391 households. Median household income in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area is $71,739, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.0%, 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 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area scores 57 for hair salons (upper middle), #123 of 387 scored metro areas.
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