Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Oklahoma
Hair salons in the Stillwater, OK area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in the Stillwater, OK area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #370 of 538 scored small-town markets
#8 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 66
- 14 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $24.7M
- On personal care products and services · $759 a household
- Spending per listing
- $375K
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.2
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 83,889
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 66 hair salons in the Stillwater area. Of those, 14 are chain locations, or 21%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 20.2 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Stillwater area comes to about $24.7M a year: $759 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That is about $375K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 13% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in the Stillwater area classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 2,329 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 141 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the Stillwater area grew 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, the Stillwater area has a Groundwork market score of 41 (lower middle): #370 of 538 scored small-town markets and #8 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma.
How the Stillwater 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 | Stillwater area | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.2 | 22.7 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $375K | $370K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,329 | 2,315 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $759 | $841 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $49,809 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14
- Employees, 2023
- 89
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 141Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6614 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 58The 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 Stillwater 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 Stillwater area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 83,889+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 32,609
- Median age
- 32.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 685 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 121
- Median household income
- $49,809+19.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,380
- Median home value
- $223,300
- Jobs located here
- 35,589
- Daytime population
- 83,345Residents 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 Stillwater 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 Stillwater 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 spas36
- Hair salons41
- Barbershops49
- Nail salons38
- Spas and skin care43
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Stillwater, OK area?
The Stillwater area has 66 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 14 of them (21%) 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 also show 141 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Stillwater, OK area spend on personal care products and services?
About $24.7M a year, or $759 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 66 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $375K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 32,609 households in the Stillwater area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Stillwater, OK area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Stillwater area has 20.2 hair salons per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $375K, 13% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Stillwater area would have about 58, against 66 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,329 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Stillwater, OK area growing?
Population estimates put the Stillwater area at 83,889 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,609 households. The median household income in the Stillwater area is $49,809 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.7% 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 Stillwater area scores 41 for hair salons (lower middle), #370 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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