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Hair salons in Dodge County, WI

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #773 of 2,339 scored counties
#21 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin

Listings
70
10 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$34.8M
On personal care products and services · $970 a household
Spending per listing
$498K
16% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.5
17% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
89,097
−0.3% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 70 hair salons in Dodge County. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 14%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 19.5 per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Dodge County comes to about $34.8M a year: $970 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $498K per salon, 16% 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.

Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Dodge County in 2023. That is one for every 2,244 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 170 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Dodge County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For hair salons, Dodge County has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #773 of 2,339 scored counties and #21 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin.

How Dodge County compares

The same measures for Wisconsin 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 Dodge County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureDodge CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.525.323.4
Spending per listing$498K$399K$430K
Households per official establishment2,2441,5571,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−6.5%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$970$1,007$1,005
Median household income$75,929$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score5835

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17 → 16
Employees, 2023
42
Annual payroll, 2023
$936K
One-person businesses, 2023
170Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
7010 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
81The 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 Dodge 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 Dodge County

Population, 2025 estimate
89,097−0.3% since 2020
Households
35,910
Median age
43.7
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
876 sq. mi.
People per square mile
101
Median household income
$75,929+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,922
Median home value
$231,900
Jobs located here
34,764
Daytime population
79,179Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Wisconsin

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

Top counties in Wisconsin

Counties in Wisconsin ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Oconto County, WI861911.3$866K+2.9%#32 of 2,339
2Adams County, WI7977.4$1.2M+5.2%#84 of 2,339
3Sawyer County, WI751112.5$714K+4.0%#155 of 2,339
4Burnett County, WI741013.9$652K+3.9%#177 of 2,339
5Calumet County, WI733516.4$650K+2.9%#204 of 2,339
6Vernon County, WI732217.7$539K+2.4%#213 of 2,339
7Marquette County, WI72811.4$786K+2.1%#227 of 2,339
8Juneau County, WI711110.0$895K−0.5%#250 of 2,339
9Green Lake County, WI711214.5$650K+1.5%#258 of 2,339
10Pierce County, WI702918.3$590K+3.1%#286 of 2,339
21Dodge County, WI587019.5$498K−0.3%#773 of 2,339

Other business types in Dodge County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Dodge County, WI?

There are 70 hair salons on map listings in Dodge County as of September 2026. 10 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 170 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Dodge County, WI spend on personal care products and services?

About $34.8M a year, or $970 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 70 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $498K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,910 households in Dodge County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Dodge County, WI compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Dodge County has 19.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $498K, 16% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Dodge County would have about 81, against 70 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,244 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.

How fast is Dodge County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Dodge County at 89,097 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 35,910 households. The median household income in Dodge County is $75,929 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.2% 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. Dodge County scores 58 for hair salons (upper middle), #773 of 2,339 scored counties.

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