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Beauty and personal care · County · Oklahoma

Hair salons in Tulsa County, OK

The hair salons in Tulsa County, OK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,979 of 2,339 scored counties
#43 of 55 scored counties in Oklahoma

Listings
801
115 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
199
+26.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$239.2M
On personal care products and services · $878 a household
Spending per listing
$299K
31% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
29.4
26% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
698,782
+4.2% 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

For hair salons, Tulsa County has a Groundwork market score of 32 (lower middle): #1,979 of 2,339 scored counties and #43 of 55 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Tulsa County spend about $239.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $878 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 801 hair salons, that is $299K per salon, 31% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

There are 801 hair salons on map listings in Tulsa County as of September 2026. 115 of them (14%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 29.4 for every 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Official counts show 199 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Tulsa County in 2023, up 26.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,369 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $1.6M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Tulsa County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Tulsa County grew 4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Tulsa 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.

Hair salons in Tulsa County, OK compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureTulsa CountyOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households29.422.723.4
Spending per listing$299K$370K$430K
Households per official establishment1,3692,3151,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+26.8%+16.8%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.2%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$878$841$1,005
Median household income$69,009$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score3245

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
157 → 199+26.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,047
Annual payroll, 2023
$32.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
1,884Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
801115 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
556The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
7
Amount
$1.6M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
698,782+4.2% since 2020
Households
272,422
Median age
36.9
Homes lived in by their owners
60%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
570 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,194
Median household income
$69,009+24.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$98,310
Median home value
$230,400
Jobs located here
375,335
Daytime population
760,837Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Oklahoma

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The highest-scoring counties in Oklahoma for hair salons, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with Tulsa County marked.

Top counties in Oklahoma

Counties in Oklahoma ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Logan County, OK882212.3$773K+11.5%#21 of 2,339
2Wagoner County, OK853410.8$845K+14.6%#38 of 2,339
3Grady County, OK783215.5$572K+7.7%#107 of 2,339
4Rogers County, OK745013.6$677K+7.1%#173 of 2,339
5Lincoln County, OK731712.9$623K+5.3%#206 of 2,339
6Osage County, OK69158.6$966K+2.2%#303 of 2,339
7McClain County, OK693219.5$482K+18.4%#335 of 2,339
8Pawnee County, OK6869.8$802K+3.1%#341 of 2,339
9Marshall County, OK68711.7$665K+6.0%#347 of 2,339
10Creek County, OK684616.3$502K+4.4%#369 of 2,339
43Tulsa County, OK3280129.4$299K+4.2%#1,979 of 2,339

Other business types in Tulsa County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Tulsa County, OK?

As of September 2026, map listings count 801 hair salons in Tulsa County. 115 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 199 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 26.8% from 2019. Another 1,884 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Tulsa County, OK spend on personal care products and services?

About $239.2M a year, or $878 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 801 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $299K 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 272,422 households in Tulsa County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Tulsa County, OK compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Tulsa County has 29.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $299K, 31% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Tulsa County would have about 556, against 801 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,369 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 26.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Tulsa County, OK growing?

Population estimates put Tulsa County at 698,782 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 272,422 households. Median household income in Tulsa County is $69,009, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.3%, 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. Tulsa County scores 32 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,979 of 2,339 scored counties.

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