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Hair salons in Fulton County, OH

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Fulton County, OH, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,115 of 2,339 scored counties
#49 of 86 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
36
9 chain locations (25%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$16.7M
On personal care products and services · $981 a household
Spending per listing
$463K
8% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
21.2
9% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
41,853
−1.9% 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

At $981 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in Fulton County spend about $16.7M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 36 hair salons, that is $463K per salon, 8% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

There are 36 hair salons on map listings in Fulton County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 21.2, 9% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Fulton County in 2023. That is one for every 2,123 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 113 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $419K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Fulton County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Fulton County declined 1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For hair salons, Fulton County has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #1,115 of 2,339 scored counties and #49 of 86 scored counties in Ohio.

How Fulton 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 Fulton County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureFulton CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households21.221.023.4
Spending per listing$463K$465K$430K
Households per official establishment2,1231,7891,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.9%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.9%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$981$976$1,005
Median household income$72,864$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score5148

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 8
Employees, 2023
47
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
113Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
369 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
39The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$419K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
41,853−1.9% since 2020
Households
16,986
Median age
41.5
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
406 sq. mi.
People per square mile
104
Median household income
$72,864+15.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,613
Median home value
$191,000
Jobs located here
17,586
Daytime population
39,890Residents 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 Fulton 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
49Fulton County, OH513621.2$463K−1.9%#1,115 of 2,339

Other business types in Fulton County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Fulton County, OH?

As of September 2026, map listings count 36 hair salons in Fulton County. 9 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 113 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $16.7M a year, or $981 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $463K 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 16,986 households in Fulton County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Fulton County has 21.2 hair salons per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $463K, 8% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Fulton County would have about 39, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,123 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.

How fast is Fulton County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Fulton County at 41,853 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,986 households. Median household income in Fulton County is $72,864, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.5%, 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. Fulton County scores 51 for hair salons (upper middle), #1,115 of 2,339 scored counties.

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