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Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Pennsylvania

Hair salons in the Lebanon, PA metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in the Lebanon, PA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #164 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania

Listings
110
17 chain locations (15%)
Official establishments
57
+21.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$55.6M
On personal care products and services · $981 a household
Spending per listing
$506K
17% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.4
17% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
146,380
+2.2% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 110 hair salons in the Lebanon metro area. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 19.4 per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

At $981 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in the Lebanon metro area spend about $55.6M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $506K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 17% above 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 the Lebanon metro area was 57 in 2023, up 21.3% from 2019. That is one for every 995 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 168 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lebanon metro area grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Lebanon metro area scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #164 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania.

How the Lebanon 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.

Hair salons in Lebanon, PA metro area compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureLebanon metro areaPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.421.723.4
Spending per listing$506K$462K$430K
Households per official establishment9951,0881,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+21.3%+0.8%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$981$1,004$1,005
Median household income$78,425$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score5137

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
57+21.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
212
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
168Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
11017 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
129The 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 Lebanon 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 Lebanon metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
146,380+2.2% since 2020
Households
56,712
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
362 sq. mi.
People per square mile
398
Median household income
$78,425+30.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,885
Median home value
$242,000
Jobs located here
52,802
Daytime population
128,058Residents 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 metro areas in Pennsylvania for hair salons, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the Lebanon metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Pennsylvania

Metro areas in Pennsylvania ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Gettysburg, PA727017.1$592K+3.6%#20 of 387
2York-Hanover, PA6335819.7$518K+3.6%#72 of 387
3Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD575,15720.9$518K+1.4%#121 of 387
4Lancaster, PA5645321.3$491K+1.9%#129 of 387
5State College, PA5310016.9$578K−0.4%#146 of 387
6Lebanon, PA5111019.4$506K+2.2%#164 of 387
7Chambersburg, PA4913220.8$470K+3.0%#187 of 387
8Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ4877622.8$454K+3.0%#199 of 387
9Reading, PA4735521.7$459K+2.7%#213 of 387
10Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA4758223.7$428K+4.2%#216 of 387

Other business types in the Lebanon metro area

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in the Lebanon, PA metro area?

There are 110 hair salons on map listings in the Lebanon metro area as of September 2026. 17 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 57 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 21.3% from 2019. Another 168 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Lebanon, PA metro area spend on personal care products and services?

About $55.6M a year, or $981 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 110 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $506K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 56,712 households in the Lebanon metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Lebanon, PA metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

The Lebanon metro area has 19.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $506K, 17% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Lebanon metro area would have about 129, against 110 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 995 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 21.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is the Lebanon, PA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Lebanon metro area at 146,380 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 56,712 households. The median household income in the Lebanon metro area is $78,425 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.1% 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. The Lebanon metro area scores 51 for hair salons (upper middle), #164 of 387 scored metro areas.

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