Beauty and personal care · County · Washington
Hair salons in Pierce County, WA
How Pierce 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 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #771 of 2,339 scored counties
#28 of 34 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 775
- 96 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 289
- +19.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $395.3M
- On personal care products and services · $1,125 a household
- Spending per listing
- $510K
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.1
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 946,288
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Pierce County comes to about $395.3M a year: $1,125 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. That works out to $510K per salon, 19% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Pierce County has 775 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 96 are chain locations, or 12%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.1, 6% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 289 businesses with payroll in Pierce County classed as beauty salons, up 19.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,216 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 1,521 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 20 SBA-backed loans worth $3.1M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Pierce County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pierce County grew 2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Pierce County scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #771 of 2,339 scored counties and #28 of 34 scored counties in Washington.
How Pierce 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 | Pierce County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.1 | 20.7 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $510K | $548K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,216 | 1,414 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +19.4% | +7.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,125 | $1,137 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $99,564 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 242 → 289+19.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,113
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $42.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,521Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 77596 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 919The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 20
- Amount
- $3.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Pierce 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 Pierce County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 946,288+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 351,330
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,668 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 558
- Median household income
- $99,564+38.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,504
- Median home value
- $526,600
- Jobs located here
- 329,848
- Daytime population
- 851,977Residents 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 |
| 28Pierce County, WA | 58 | 775 | 22.1 | $510K | +2.5% | #771 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Pierce 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 spas49
- Hair salons58
- Barbershops72
- Nail salons46
- Spas and skin care53
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Pierce County, WA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 775 hair salons in Pierce County. 96 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 289 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 19.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 1,521 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Pierce County, WA spend on personal care products and services?
About $395.3M a year, or $1,125 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 775 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $510K 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 351,330 households in Pierce County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pierce County, WA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Pierce County has 22.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $510K, 19% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Pierce County would have about 919, against 775 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,216 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 19.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Pierce County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Pierce County at 946,288 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 351,330 households. Median household income in Pierce County is $99,564, 23% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.1%, 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. Pierce County scores 58 for hair salons (upper middle), #771 of 2,339 scored counties.
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