Beauty and personal care · County · Oklahoma
Hair salons in Carter County, OK
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Carter County, OK, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,927 of 2,339 scored counties
#40 of 55 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 61
- 11 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15.4M
- On personal care products and services · $807 a household
- Spending per listing
- $252K
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 32.0
- 37% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,910
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, Carter County has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #1,927 of 2,339 scored counties and #40 of 55 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Carter County spend about $15.4M a year on personal care products and services, or $807 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $252K per salon, 41% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 61 hair salons on map listings in Carter County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 32.0 for every 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Carter County in 2023. That is one for every 2,721 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Carter County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Carter County compares
The same measures for Oklahoma 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 | Carter County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 32.0 | 22.7 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $252K | $370K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,721 | 2,315 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $807 | $841 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $60,723 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 52
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 141Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6111 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 36The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Carter 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 Carter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,910+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 19,046
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 822 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 59
- Median household income
- $60,723+18.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,415
- Median home value
- $168,500
- Jobs located here
- 23,303
- Daytime population
- 50,671Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Logan County, OK | 88 | 22 | 12.3 | $773K | +11.5% | #21 of 2,339 |
| 2Wagoner County, OK | 85 | 34 | 10.8 | $845K | +14.6% | #38 of 2,339 |
| 3Grady County, OK | 78 | 32 | 15.5 | $572K | +7.7% | #107 of 2,339 |
| 4Rogers County, OK | 74 | 50 | 13.6 | $677K | +7.1% | #173 of 2,339 |
| 5Lincoln County, OK | 73 | 17 | 12.9 | $623K | +5.3% | #206 of 2,339 |
| 6Osage County, OK | 69 | 15 | 8.6 | $966K | +2.2% | #303 of 2,339 |
| 7McClain County, OK | 69 | 32 | 19.5 | $482K | +18.4% | #335 of 2,339 |
| 8Pawnee County, OK | 68 | 6 | 9.8 | $802K | +3.1% | #341 of 2,339 |
| 9Marshall County, OK | 68 | 7 | 11.7 | $665K | +6.0% | #347 of 2,339 |
| 10Creek County, OK | 68 | 46 | 16.3 | $502K | +4.4% | #369 of 2,339 |
| 40Carter County, OK | 34 | 61 | 32.0 | $252K | +1.8% | #1,927 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Carter 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 spas33
- Hair salons34
- Barbershops46
- Nail salons25
- Spas and skin care33
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Carter County, OK?
As of September 2026, map listings count 61 hair salons in Carter County. 11 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 141 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Carter County, OK spend on personal care products and services?
About $15.4M a year, or $807 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 61 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $252K 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 19,046 households in Carter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carter County, OK compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Carter County has 32.0 hair salons per 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $252K, 41% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Carter County would have about 36, against 61 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,721 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Carter County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Carter County at 48,910 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,046 households. Median household income in Carter County is $60,723, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.1%, 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. Carter County scores 34 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,927 of 2,339 scored counties.
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