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Hair salons in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area

How the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 76 out of 100: High

Ranked #11 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Utah

Listings
346
62 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
171
+30.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$234.7M
On personal care products and services · $1,134 a household
Spending per listing
$678K
58% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.7
29% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
773,426
+14.5% 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

The Groundwork market score for hair salons in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area is 76 (high), #11 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Utah. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for hair salons.

Households in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area spend about $234.7M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,134 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That is about $678K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 58% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

There are 346 hair salons on map listings in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.7, 29% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area was 171 in 2023, up 30.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,210 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 19 SBA-backed loans worth $6.4M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area. Population estimates show the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area grew 14.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area compares

The same measures for Utah 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 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area compared with Utah and the U.S.
MeasureProvo-Orem-Lehi metro areaUtahU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.720.023.4
Spending per listing$678K$551K$430K
Households per official establishment1,2101,1731,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+30.5%+27.7%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+14.5%+7.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,134$1,100$1,005
Median household income$100,704$95,166$80,734
Groundwork market score7669

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
171+30.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
896
Annual payroll, 2023
$21M
One-person businesses, 2023
1,785Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
34662 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
545The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
19
Amount
$6.4M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Provo-Orem-Lehi 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 Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
773,426+14.5% since 2020
Households
206,880
Median age
27.6
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
5,396 sq. mi.
People per square mile
133
Median household income
$100,704+35.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$127,279
Median home value
$535,500
Jobs located here
299,641
Daytime population
678,972Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Utah

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Utah for hair salons, numbered among those based in Utah, with the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Utah

Metro areas in Utah ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT7634616.7$678K+14.5%#11 of 387
2Ogden, UT7140418.9$596K+5.3%#25 of 387
3Logan, UT-ID677615.4$656K+8.8%#45 of 387
4Salt Lake City-Murray, UT6299922.2$505K+3.8%#78 of 387
5St. George, UT5815422.1$460K+17.4%#120 of 387

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Questions

How many hair salons are in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 346 hair salons in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area. 62 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 171 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 30.5% from 2019. Official counts also show 1,785 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area spend on personal care products and services?

About $234.7M a year, or $1,134 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 346 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $678K 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 206,880 households in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

The Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area has 16.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $678K, 58% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area would have about 545, against 346 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,210 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 30.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area at 773,426 people in 2025, up 14.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 206,880 households. Median household income in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area is $100,704, 25% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.4%, 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 Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area scores 76 for hair salons (high), #11 of 387 scored metro areas.

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