Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Pennsylvania
Hair salons in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #216 of 387 scored metro areas
#10 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 582
- 91 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 255
- +8.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $249.1M
- On personal care products and services · $1,012 a household
- Spending per listing
- $428K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.7
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 617,427
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,012 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area spend about $249.1M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 582 hair salons, that is $428K per salon, in line with the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 582 hair salons on map listings in the Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area as of September 2026. 91 of them (16%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 23.7 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 255 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area in 2023, up 8.5% from 2019. That is one for every 965 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 675 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $669K have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area grew 4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, the Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #216 of 387 scored metro areas and #10 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania.
How the Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area 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.
| Measure | Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.7 | 21.7 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $428K | $462K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 965 | 1,088 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.5% | +0.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,012 | $1,004 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $80,919 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 255+8.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,184
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $40.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 675Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 58291 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 579The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $669K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Harrisburg-Carlisle metro 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 Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 617,427+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 246,084
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,622 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 373
- Median household income
- $80,919+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $106,040
- Median home value
- $253,100
- Jobs located here
- 349,053
- Daytime population
- 676,005Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Pennsylvania market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Pennsylvania for hair salons, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gettysburg, PA | 72 | 70 | 17.1 | $592K | +3.6% | #20 of 387 |
| 2York-Hanover, PA | 63 | 358 | 19.7 | $518K | +3.6% | #72 of 387 |
| 3Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 57 | 5,157 | 20.9 | $518K | +1.4% | #121 of 387 |
| 4Lancaster, PA | 56 | 453 | 21.3 | $491K | +1.9% | #129 of 387 |
| 5State College, PA | 53 | 100 | 16.9 | $578K | −0.4% | #146 of 387 |
| 6Lebanon, PA | 51 | 110 | 19.4 | $506K | +2.2% | #164 of 387 |
| 7Chambersburg, PA | 49 | 132 | 20.8 | $470K | +3.0% | #187 of 387 |
| 8Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 48 | 776 | 22.8 | $454K | +3.0% | #199 of 387 |
| 9Reading, PA | 47 | 355 | 21.7 | $459K | +2.7% | #213 of 387 |
| 10Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 47 | 582 | 23.7 | $428K | +4.2% | #216 of 387 |
Other business types in the Harrisburg-Carlisle metro 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 spas51
- Hair salons47
- Barbershops67
- Nail salons46
- Spas and skin care71
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 582 hair salons in the Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area. 91 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 255 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 8.5% from 2019. Another 675 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $249.1M a year, or $1,012 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 582 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $428K 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 246,084 households in the Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area has 23.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $428K, in line with the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area would have about 579, against 582 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 965 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area at 617,427 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 246,084 households. Median household income in the Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area is $80,919, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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. The Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area scores 47 for hair salons (lower middle), #216 of 387 scored metro areas.
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