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Hair salons in Perry County, OH

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #365 of 2,339 scored counties
#17 of 86 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
24
4 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12.4M
On personal care products and services · $924 a household
Spending per listing
$518K
20% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.8
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
35,918
+1.3% 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

Households in Perry County spend about $12.4M a year on personal care products and services, or $924 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $518K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 20% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

Perry County has 24 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 17%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.8, 24% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Perry County in 2023. That is one for every 4,484 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 83 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $299K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Perry County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Perry County grew 1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Perry County scores 68 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #365 of 2,339 scored counties and #17 of 86 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Perry 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 Perry County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasurePerry CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.821.023.4
Spending per listing$518K$465K$430K
Households per official establishment4,4841,7891,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.9%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.3%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$924$976$1,005
Median household income$67,460$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score6848

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
13
Annual payroll, 2023
$183K
One-person businesses, 2023
83Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
244 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
29The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$299K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
35,918+1.3% since 2020
Households
13,452
Median age
40.4
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
408 sq. mi.
People per square mile
87
Median household income
$67,460+34.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,295
Median home value
$191,100
Jobs located here
5,842
Daytime population
27,577Residents 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 Perry 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
17Perry County, OH682417.8$518K+1.3%#365 of 2,339

Other business types in Perry County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Perry County, OH?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 hair salons in Perry County. 4 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 83 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $12.4M a year, or $924 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $518K 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 13,452 households in Perry County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Perry County has 17.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $518K, 20% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Perry County would have about 29, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,484 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.

How fast is Perry County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Perry County at 35,918 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,452 households. Median household income in Perry County is $67,460, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.5%, 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. Perry County scores 68 for hair salons (upper middle), #365 of 2,339 scored counties.

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