Beauty and personal care · County · Oregon
Hair salons in Josephine County, OR
How Josephine County, OR compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #980 of 2,339 scored counties
#22 of 29 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 79
- 9 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $33M
- On personal care products and services · $898 a household
- Spending per listing
- $417K
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.5
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 87,867
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 79 hair salons in Josephine County. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 21.5 for every 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $898 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Josephine County spend about $33M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $417K per salon, 3% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Josephine County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 4,589 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 206 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $20K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Josephine County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Josephine County declined 0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Josephine County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #980 of 2,339 scored counties and #22 of 29 scored counties in Oregon.
How Josephine County compares
The same measures for Oregon 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 | Josephine County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.5 | 20.7 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $417K | $501K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,589 | 2,148 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $898 | $1,036 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $60,098 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 24
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $654K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 206Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 799 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 77The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $20K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Josephine 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 Josephine County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 87,867−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 36,715
- Median age
- 47.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,639 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $60,098+31.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,314
- Median home value
- $404,300
- Jobs located here
- 30,421
- Daytime population
- 87,114Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oregon market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Oregon for hair salons, numbered among those based in Oregon, with Josephine County marked.
Top counties in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Columbia County, OR | 87 | 22 | 10.5 | $965K | +2.6% | #24 of 2,339 |
| 2Jefferson County, OR | 80 | 13 | 14.7 | $651K | +4.7% | #78 of 2,339 |
| 3Crook County, OR | 80 | 21 | 19.5 | $522K | +10.6% | #82 of 2,339 |
| 4Benton County, OR | 79 | 53 | 13.8 | $734K | +4.4% | #91 of 2,339 |
| 5Polk County, OR | 77 | 47 | 14.2 | $727K | +2.3% | #117 of 2,339 |
| 6Yamhill County, OR | 74 | 73 | 18.6 | $562K | +2.2% | #188 of 2,339 |
| 7Morrow County, OR | 70 | 7 | 16.2 | $573K | +3.1% | #287 of 2,339 |
| 8Washington County, OR | 69 | 445 | 18.9 | $627K | +1.8% | #315 of 2,339 |
| 9Coos County, OR | 66 | 44 | 15.3 | $579K | −1.5% | #418 of 2,339 |
| 10Clackamas County, OR | 66 | 329 | 20.1 | $578K | +0.9% | #419 of 2,339 |
| 22Josephine County, OR | 54 | 79 | 21.5 | $417K | −0.4% | #980 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Josephine 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 spas45
- Hair salons54
- Barbershops39
- Nail salons40
- Spas and skin care41
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Josephine County, OR?
Josephine County has 79 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 206 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Josephine County, OR spend on personal care products and services?
About $33M a year, or $898 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 79 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $417K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 36,715 households in Josephine County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Josephine County, OR compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Josephine County has 21.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $417K, 3% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Josephine County would have about 77, against 79 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,589 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Josephine County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Josephine County at 87,867 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 36,715 households. The median household income in Josephine County is $60,098 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.8% 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. 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. Josephine County scores 54 for hair salons (upper middle), #980 of 2,339 scored counties.
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