Beauty and personal care · County · Washington
Hair salons in Grays Harbor County, WA
How Grays Harbor 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 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #184 of 2,339 scored counties
#13 of 34 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 47
- 9 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $27.5M
- On personal care products and services · $896 a household
- Spending per listing
- $584K
- 36% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.3
- 35% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 78,144
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Grays Harbor County is 74 (upper middle), #184 of 2,339 scored counties and #13 of 34 scored counties in Washington. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.
As of September 2026, map listings count 47 hair salons in Grays Harbor County. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 15.3 for every 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Grays Harbor County comes to about $27.5M a year: $896 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 47 hair salons, that is $584K per salon, 36% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Grays Harbor County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 4,375 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Population estimates show Grays Harbor County grew 3.0% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Grays Harbor 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 | Grays Harbor County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.3 | 20.7 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $584K | $548K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,375 | 1,414 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $896 | $1,137 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $64,414 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 15
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $654K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 122Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 479 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 64The 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 Grays Harbor 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 Grays Harbor County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 78,144+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 30,628
- Median age
- 44.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,902 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $64,414+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,833
- Median home value
- $314,000
- Jobs located here
- 21,888
- Daytime population
- 66,472Residents 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 |
| 13Grays Harbor County, WA | 74 | 47 | 15.3 | $584K | +3.0% | #184 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Grays Harbor 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
- Salons, barbers and spas66
- Hair salons74
- Barbershops70
- Nail salons63
- Spas and skin care60
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Grays Harbor County, WA?
Grays Harbor County has 47 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 122 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Grays Harbor County, WA spend on personal care products and services?
About $27.5M a year, or $896 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 47 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $584K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 30,628 households in Grays Harbor County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Grays Harbor County, WA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Grays Harbor County has 15.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $584K, 36% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Grays Harbor County would have about 64, against 47 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,375 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Grays Harbor County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Grays Harbor County at 78,144 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,628 households. The median household income in Grays Harbor County is $64,414 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.7% 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. Grays Harbor County scores 74 for hair salons (upper middle), #184 of 2,339 scored counties.
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