Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Washington
Hair salons in the Oak Harbor, WA area
How the Oak Harbor, WA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #81 of 538 scored small-town markets
#7 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Washington
- Listings
- 50
- 11 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $38.3M
- On personal care products and services · $1,064 a household
- Spending per listing
- $765K
- 78% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.9
- 41% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 85,657
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Oak Harbor area spend about $38.3M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,064 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That works out to $765K per salon, 78% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 50 hair salons on map listings in the Oak Harbor area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 13.9 per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 18 businesses with payroll in the Oak Harbor area classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 1,998 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 127 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Oak Harbor area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Oak Harbor area scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #81 of 538 scored small-town markets and #7 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Washington. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Oak Harbor area 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 | Oak Harbor area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.9 | 20.7 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $765K | $548K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,998 | 1,414 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,064 | $1,137 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $90,551 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18
- Employees, 2023
- 80
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 127Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5011 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 89The 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 Oak Harbor 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 Oak Harbor area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 85,657−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 35,972
- Median age
- 46.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 209 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 416
- Median household income
- $90,551+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $113,035
- Median home value
- $593,300
- Jobs located here
- 16,025
- Daytime population
- 70,254Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Shelton, WA | 91 | 28 | 10.8 | $948K | +7.8% | #1 of 538 |
| 2Port Townsend, WA | 81 | 19 | 11.6 | $848K | +2.7% | #8 of 538 |
| 3Centralia, WA | 81 | 62 | 18.8 | $509K | +6.7% | #10 of 538 |
| 4Aberdeen, WA | 80 | 47 | 15.3 | $584K | +3.0% | #13 of 538 |
| 5Ellensburg, WA | 74 | 36 | 18.0 | $552K | +4.2% | #35 of 538 |
| 6Pullman, WA | 69 | 23 | 12.3 | $718K | +1.5% | #58 of 538 |
| 7Oak Harbor, WA | 66 | 50 | 13.9 | $765K | −1.5% | #81 of 538 |
| 8Moses Lake, WA | 58 | 81 | 22.9 | $412K | +6.3% | #180 of 538 |
| 9Port Angeles, WA | 53 | 74 | 21.1 | $449K | +1.1% | #241 of 538 |
| 10Othello, WA | 43 | 21 | 33.4 | $274K | +4.3% | #353 of 538 |
Other business types in the Oak Harbor 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 spas63
- Hair salons66
- Barbershops75
- Nail salons50
- Spas and skin care75
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Oak Harbor, WA area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 50 hair salons in the Oak Harbor area. 11 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 127 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Oak Harbor, WA area spend on personal care products and services?
About $38.3M a year, or $1,064 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 50 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $765K 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 35,972 households in the Oak Harbor area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Oak Harbor, WA area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Oak Harbor area has 13.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $765K, 78% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Oak Harbor area would have about 89, against 50 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,998 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Oak Harbor, WA area growing?
Population estimates put the Oak Harbor area at 85,657 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 35,972 households. Median household income in the Oak Harbor area is $90,551, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.0%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Oak Harbor area scores 66 for hair salons (upper middle), #81 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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