Beauty and personal care · County · Washington
Hair salons in Adams County, WA
How Adams County, WA 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,812 of 2,339 scored counties
#34 of 34 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 21
- 4 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.8M
- On personal care products and services · $914 a household
- Spending per listing
- $274K
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 33.4
- 43% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,488
- +4.3% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, Adams County has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #1,812 of 2,339 scored counties and #34 of 34 scored counties in Washington. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 21 hair salons in Adams County. 4 of them (19%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 33.4 for every 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $914 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Adams County spend about $5.8M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $274K per salon, 36% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Adams County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Adams County grew 4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Adams County compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Adams County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 33.4 | 20.7 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $274K | $548K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,414 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.3% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $914 | $1,137 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $66,136 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 30Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 214 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Adams 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 Adams County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,488+4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 6,288
- Median age
- 29.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 1,925 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $66,136+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,806
- Median home value
- $273,300
- Jobs located here
- 8,184
- Daytime population
- 20,685Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mason County, WA | 90 | 28 | 10.8 | $948K | +7.8% | #12 of 2,339 |
| 2Klickitat County, WA | 88 | 10 | 10.1 | $959K | +6.6% | #20 of 2,339 |
| 3Douglas County, WA | 87 | 13 | 8.2 | $1.3M | +8.0% | #23 of 2,339 |
| 4Lincoln County, WA | 87 | 5 | 10.4 | $906K | +9.7% | #25 of 2,339 |
| 5Stevens County, WA | 84 | 29 | 15.0 | $626K | +6.6% | #46 of 2,339 |
| 6Pend Oreille County, WA | 83 | 7 | 11.8 | $792K | +7.1% | #49 of 2,339 |
| 7Franklin County, WA | 81 | 43 | 14.4 | $729K | +5.6% | #68 of 2,339 |
| 8San Juan County, WA | 80 | 12 | 13.3 | $796K | +4.2% | #73 of 2,339 |
| 9Jefferson County, WA | 79 | 19 | 11.6 | $848K | +2.7% | #87 of 2,339 |
| 10Pacific County, WA | 79 | 12 | 10.9 | $840K | +3.6% | #88 of 2,339 |
| 34Adams County, WA | 37 | 21 | 33.4 | $274K | +4.3% | #1,812 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Adams 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Adams County, WA?
Adams County has 21 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Adams County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 30 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Adams County, WA spend on personal care products and services?
About $5.8M a year, or $914 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $274K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,288 households in Adams County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Adams County, WA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Adams County has 33.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $274K, 36% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Adams County would have about 13, against 21 on map listings.
How fast is Adams County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Adams County at 21,488 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,288 households. The median household income in Adams County is $66,136 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.9% 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. Adams County scores 37 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,812 of 2,339 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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