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Hair salons in Wayne County, OH

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #423 of 2,339 scored counties
#20 of 86 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
78
11 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$42.7M
On personal care products and services · $963 a household
Spending per listing
$548K
27% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.6
25% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
116,758
−0.1% 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 Wayne County spend about $42.7M a year on personal care products and services, or $963 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $548K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 27% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

There are 78 hair salons on map listings in Wayne County as of September 2026. Of those, 11 are chain locations, or 14%, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 17.6 for every 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Wayne County in 2023. That is one for every 3,169 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 252 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $18K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Wayne County.

Population estimates show Wayne County declined 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Wayne County scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #423 of 2,339 scored counties and #20 of 86 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Wayne 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 Wayne County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureWayne CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.621.023.4
Spending per listing$548K$465K$430K
Households per official establishment3,1691,7891,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.9%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$963$976$1,005
Median household income$73,574$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score6648

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18 → 14
Employees, 2023
73
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
252Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
7811 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
99The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$18K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
116,758−0.1% since 2020
Households
44,365
Median age
39.4
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
555 sq. mi.
People per square mile
210
Median household income
$73,574+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,644
Median home value
$222,100
Jobs located here
48,576
Daytime population
113,893Residents 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 Wayne 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
20Wayne County, OH667817.6$548K−0.1%#423 of 2,339

Other business types in Wayne County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Wayne County, OH?

As of September 2026, map listings count 78 hair salons in Wayne County. 11 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 252 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $42.7M a year, or $963 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 78 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $548K 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 44,365 households in Wayne County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wayne County has 17.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $548K, 27% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Wayne County would have about 99, against 78 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,169 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.

How fast is Wayne County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Wayne County at 116,758 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 44,365 households. Median household income in Wayne County is $73,574, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.2%, 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. Wayne County scores 66 for hair salons (upper middle), #423 of 2,339 scored counties.

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