Beauty and personal care · County · Ohio
Hair salons in Seneca County, OH
How Seneca County, OH compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,903 of 2,339 scored counties
#79 of 86 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 51
- 11 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20.1M
- On personal care products and services · $903 a household
- Spending per listing
- $394K
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.9
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,522
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Seneca County is 34 (lower middle), #1,903 of 2,339 scored counties and #79 of 86 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Seneca County comes to about $20.1M a year: $903 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 51 hair salons, that is $394K per salon, 8% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 51 hair salons on map listings in Seneca County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.9, 2% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Seneca County in 2023. That is one for every 1,485 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $76K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Seneca County. Population estimates show Seneca County declined 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Seneca 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.
| Measure | Seneca County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.9 | 21.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $394K | $465K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,485 | 1,789 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $903 | $976 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $66,025 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 81
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 88Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5111 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 47The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $76K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Seneca 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 Seneca County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,522−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 22,279
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 551 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 99
- Median household income
- $66,025+25.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,475
- Median home value
- $154,700
- Jobs located here
- 18,247
- Daytime population
- 47,872Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, OH | 88 | 27 | 11.1 | $1.1M | +16.5% | #19 of 2,339 |
| 2Morrow County, OH | 86 | 11 | 8.2 | $1.2M | +3.7% | #27 of 2,339 |
| 3Pickaway County, OH | 83 | 38 | 17.4 | $567K | +7.4% | #56 of 2,339 |
| 4Fairfield County, OH | 81 | 111 | 18.4 | $587K | +6.5% | #71 of 2,339 |
| 5Madison County, OH | 78 | 32 | 20.4 | $514K | +7.1% | #109 of 2,339 |
| 6Holmes County, OH | 75 | 16 | 11.9 | $853K | +1.7% | #151 of 2,339 |
| 7Warren County, OH | 75 | 147 | 16.0 | $763K | +5.7% | #153 of 2,339 |
| 8Clermont County, OH | 74 | 133 | 15.7 | $674K | +3.9% | #175 of 2,339 |
| 9Delaware County, OH | 74 | 188 | 22.8 | $587K | +12.5% | #182 of 2,339 |
| 10Preble County, OH | 73 | 21 | 12.6 | $731K | −0.8% | #200 of 2,339 |
| 79Seneca County, OH | 34 | 51 | 22.9 | $394K | −1.0% | #1,903 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Seneca County
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 spas46
- Hair salons34
- Barbershops46
- Nail salons
- 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 Seneca County, OH?
As of September 2026, map listings count 51 hair salons in Seneca County. 11 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 88 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Seneca County, OH spend on personal care products and services?
About $20.1M a year, or $903 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 51 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $394K 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 22,279 households in Seneca County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Seneca County, OH compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Seneca County has 22.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $394K, 8% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Seneca County would have about 47, against 51 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,485 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Seneca County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Seneca County at 54,522 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 22,279 households. Median household income in Seneca County is $66,025, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.8%, 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. Seneca County scores 34 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,903 of 2,339 scored counties.
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