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Hair salons in Okanogan County, WA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Okanogan County, WA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 75 out of 100: High

Ranked #164 of 2,339 scored counties
#12 of 34 scored counties in Washington

Listings
30
5 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$15.7M
On personal care products and services · $895 a household
Spending per listing
$524K
22% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.1
27% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
45,230
+7.3% 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

For hair salons, Okanogan County has a Groundwork market score of 75 (high): #164 of 2,339 scored counties and #12 of 34 scored counties in Washington. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 30 hair salons in Okanogan County. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 17.1 for every 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Okanogan County comes to about $15.7M a year: $895 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $524K per salon, 22% 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 Okanogan County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 4,385 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $28K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Okanogan County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Okanogan County grew 7.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Okanogan 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.

Hair salons in Okanogan County, WA compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureOkanogan CountyWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.120.723.4
Spending per listing$524K$548K$430K
Households per official establishment4,3851,4141,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.4%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.3%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$895$1,137$1,005
Median household income$63,207$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market score7569

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 4
Employees, 2023
8
Annual payroll, 2023
$226K
One-person businesses, 2023
67Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
305 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
37The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$28K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Okanogan 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 Okanogan County

Population, 2025 estimate
45,230+7.3% since 2020
Households
17,540
Median age
43.5
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
5,266 sq. mi.
People per square mile
8
Median household income
$63,207+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,721
Median home value
$299,800
Jobs located here
14,908
Daytime population
43,227Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Washington

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The highest-scoring counties in Washington for hair salons, numbered among those based in Washington, with Okanogan County marked.

Top counties in Washington

Counties in Washington ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Mason County, WA902810.8$948K+7.8%#12 of 2,339
2Klickitat County, WA881010.1$959K+6.6%#20 of 2,339
3Douglas County, WA87138.2$1.3M+8.0%#23 of 2,339
4Lincoln County, WA87510.4$906K+9.7%#25 of 2,339
5Stevens County, WA842915.0$626K+6.6%#46 of 2,339
6Pend Oreille County, WA83711.8$792K+7.1%#49 of 2,339
7Franklin County, WA814314.4$729K+5.6%#68 of 2,339
8San Juan County, WA801213.3$796K+4.2%#73 of 2,339
9Jefferson County, WA791911.6$848K+2.7%#87 of 2,339
10Pacific County, WA791210.9$840K+3.6%#88 of 2,339
12Okanogan County, WA753017.1$524K+7.3%#164 of 2,339

Other business types in Okanogan County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Okanogan County, WA?

There are 30 hair salons on map listings in Okanogan County as of September 2026. 5 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 67 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Okanogan County, WA spend on personal care products and services?

About $15.7M a year, or $895 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $524K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,540 households in Okanogan County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Okanogan County, WA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Okanogan County has 17.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $524K, 22% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Okanogan County would have about 37, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,385 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.

How fast is Okanogan County, WA growing?

Population estimates put Okanogan County at 45,230 people in 2025, up 7.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,540 households. The median household income in Okanogan County is $63,207 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.8% 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. Okanogan County scores 75 for hair salons (high), #164 of 2,339 scored counties.

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