Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Washington
Hair salons in the Port Angeles, WA area
How the Port Angeles, 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #241 of 538 scored small-town markets
#9 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Washington
- Listings
- 74
- 12 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- +4.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $33.2M
- On personal care products and services · $948 a household
- Spending per listing
- $449K
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.1
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 78,202
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Port Angeles area spend about $33.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $948 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $449K per salon, 4% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
The Port Angeles area has 74 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 21.1 per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Port Angeles area was 22 in 2023, up 4.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,593 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 136 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in the Port Angeles area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Port Angeles area scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #241 of 538 scored small-town markets and #9 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Washington.
How the Port Angeles 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 | Port Angeles area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.1 | 20.7 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $449K | $548K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,593 | 1,414 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.8% | +7.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $948 | $1,137 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $70,370 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 22+4.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 54
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 136Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7412 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 77The 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 Port Angeles 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 Port Angeles area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 78,202+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 35,046
- Median age
- 51.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,739 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $70,370+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,407
- Median home value
- $421,800
- Jobs located here
- 23,717
- Daytime population
- 69,279Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Washington market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Washington for hair salons, numbered among those based in Washington, with the Port Angeles area marked.
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 Port Angeles 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 spas56
- Hair salons53
- Barbershops80
- Nail salons69
- Spas and skin care58
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Port Angeles, WA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 74 hair salons in the Port Angeles area. 12 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 4.8% from 2019. Official counts list 136 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Port Angeles, WA area spend on personal care products and services?
About $33.2M a year, or $948 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 74 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $449K 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 35,046 households in the Port Angeles area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Port Angeles, WA area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Port Angeles area has 21.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $449K, 4% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Port Angeles area would have about 77, against 74 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,593 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Port Angeles, WA area growing?
Population estimates put the Port Angeles area at 78,202 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,046 households. Median household income in the Port Angeles area is $70,370, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.8%, 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 Port Angeles area scores 53 for hair salons (upper middle), #241 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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