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Hair salons in Franklin County, PA

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,171 of 2,339 scored counties
#20 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
132
27 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
61
+8.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$62M
On personal care products and services · $976 a household
Spending per listing
$470K
9% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.8
11% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
160,652
+3.0% 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

Household spending on personal care products and services in Franklin County comes to about $62M a year: $976 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $470K per salon, 9% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

Franklin County has 132 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 20.8 per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Franklin County was 61 in 2023, up 8.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,041 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 191 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $295K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Franklin County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Franklin County grew 3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Franklin County is 50 (upper middle), #1,171 of 2,339 scored counties and #20 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania.

How Franklin County compares

The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 Franklin County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureFranklin CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.821.723.4
Spending per listing$470K$462K$430K
Households per official establishment1,0411,0881,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+8.9%+0.8%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.0%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$976$1,004$1,005
Median household income$77,003$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score5037

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
56 → 61+8.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
254
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
191Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
13227 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
144The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$295K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
160,652+3.0% since 2020
Households
63,510
Median age
42.8
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
772 sq. mi.
People per square mile
204
Median household income
$77,003+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,696
Median home value
$249,800
Jobs located here
56,990
Daytime population
143,710Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Pennsylvania

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

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Perry County, PA743016.4$599K+2.1%#180 of 2,339
2Pike County, PA723112.8$791K+7.2%#226 of 2,339
3Adams County, PA697017.1$592K+3.6%#322 of 2,339
4Chester County, PA6740419.7$652K+4.2%#385 of 2,339
5Susquehanna County, PA632516.1$578K−0.3%#529 of 2,339
6York County, PA6035819.7$518K+3.6%#677 of 2,339
7Carbon County, PA584014.7$620K+1.7%#763 of 2,339
8Fulton County, PA571015.8$570K−0.6%#804 of 2,339
9Butler County, PA5517621.8$488K+3.2%#913 of 2,339
10Delaware County, PA5445020.7$528K+0.8%#948 of 2,339
20Franklin County, PA5013220.8$470K+3.0%#1,171 of 2,339

Other business types in Franklin County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Franklin County, PA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 132 hair salons in Franklin County. 27 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 61 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 8.9% from 2019. Official counts also show 191 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Franklin County, PA spend on personal care products and services?

About $62M a year, or $976 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 132 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $470K 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 63,510 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Franklin County, PA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Franklin County has 20.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $470K, 9% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Franklin County would have about 144, against 132 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,041 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Franklin County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Franklin County at 160,652 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 63,510 households. Median household income in Franklin County is $77,003, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.5%, 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. Franklin County scores 50 for hair salons (upper middle), #1,171 of 2,339 scored counties.

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