Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Oklahoma
Hair salons in the McAlester, OK area
How the McAlester, OK area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #406 of 538 scored small-town markets
#9 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 37
- 6 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.6M
- On personal care products and services · $761 a household
- Spending per listing
- $367K
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.7
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 43,320
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, the McAlester area has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #406 of 538 scored small-town markets and #9 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
As of September 2026, map listings count 37 hair salons in the McAlester area. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 16%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.7, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in the McAlester area spend about $13.6M a year on personal care products and services, or $761 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $367K per salon, 15% below the U.S. figure of $430K. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the McAlester area in 2023. That is one for every 3,570 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the McAlester area declined 1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the McAlester area 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 | McAlester area | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.7 | 22.7 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $367K | $370K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,570 | 2,315 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $761 | $841 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $55,310 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 15
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $365K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 83Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 376 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The 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 the McAlester area, 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 the McAlester area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 43,320−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 17,851
- Median age
- 41.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,306 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $55,310+18.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,775
- Median home value
- $156,900
- Jobs located here
- 12,742
- Daytime population
- 42,726Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oklahoma market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Oklahoma for hair salons, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with the McAlester area marked.
Top small-town markets in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Duncan, OK | 54 | 41 | 23.3 | $347K | +3.4% | #236 of 538 |
| 2Durant, OK | 52 | 40 | 21.7 | $359K | +10.9% | #260 of 538 |
| 3Altus, OK | 49 | 18 | 18.4 | $444K | +0.1% | #282 of 538 |
| 4Tahlequah, OK | 48 | 35 | 18.7 | $407K | +4.5% | #296 of 538 |
| 5Miami, OK | 47 | 18 | 15.1 | $472K | +0.7% | #307 of 538 |
| 6Shawnee, OK | 44 | 57 | 21.2 | $374K | +3.5% | #339 of 538 |
| 7Bartlesville, OK | 44 | 49 | 23.4 | $354K | +2.7% | #341 of 538 |
| 8Stillwater, OK | 41 | 66 | 20.2 | $375K | +2.8% | #370 of 538 |
| 9McAlester, OK | 38 | 37 | 20.7 | $367K | −1.1% | #406 of 538 |
| 10Muskogee, OK | 37 | 64 | 24.9 | $298K | +0.7% | #421 of 538 |
Other business types in the McAlester area
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 spas35
- Hair salons38
- Barbershops24
- Nail salons36
- Spas and skin care17
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the McAlester, OK area?
The McAlester area has 37 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 83 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the McAlester, OK area spend on personal care products and services?
About $13.6M a year, or $761 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $367K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,851 households in the McAlester area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the McAlester, OK area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The McAlester area has 20.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $367K, 15% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the McAlester area would have about 32, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,570 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the McAlester, OK area growing?
Population estimates put the McAlester area at 43,320 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 17,851 households. The median household income in the McAlester area is $55,310 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.2% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The McAlester area scores 38 for hair salons (lower middle), #406 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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