Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Wisconsin
Hair salons in the Kenosha, WI metro area
How the Kenosha, WI metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #244 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 155
- 25 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 55
- +10.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $71M
- On personal care products and services · $1,031 a household
- Spending per listing
- $458K
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.5
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 168,448
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Kenosha metro area spend about $71M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,031 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That is about $458K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 6% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
The Kenosha metro area has 155 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 22.5 for every 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Kenosha metro area was 55 in 2023, up 10.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,253 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 331 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $360K have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Kenosha metro area.
Population estimates show the Kenosha metro area declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For hair salons, the Kenosha metro area has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #244 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin.
How the Kenosha metro area 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.
| Measure | Kenosha metro area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.5 | 25.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $458K | $399K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,253 | 1,557 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.0% | −6.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,031 | $1,007 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $81,239 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 55+10.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 375
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 331Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 15525 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 165The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $360K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Kenosha metro 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 Kenosha metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 168,448−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 68,904
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 272 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 620
- Median household income
- $81,239
- Average household income
- $103,301
- Median home value
- $265,500
- Jobs located here
- 76,591
- Daytime population
- 157,773Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Wisconsin for hair salons, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Kenosha metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 67 | 2,874 | 19.5 | $595K | +2.6% | #46 of 387 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 61 | 208 | 17.3 | $556K | +0.2% | #85 of 387 |
| 1Green Bay, WI | 50 | 318 | 23.4 | $432K | +2.5% | #182 of 387 |
| 2Madison, WI | 48 | 841 | 27.9 | $390K | +4.1% | #207 of 387 |
| 3Sheboygan, WI | 46 | 105 | 21.1 | $463K | 0.0% | #223 of 387 |
| 4Wausau, WI | 46 | 131 | 22.6 | $440K | +1.0% | #225 of 387 |
| 5La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 45 | 166 | 23.0 | $425K | +0.4% | #232 of 387 |
| 6Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI | 45 | 194 | 24.1 | $417K | +0.4% | #233 of 387 |
| 7Kenosha, WI | 44 | 155 | 22.5 | $458K | −0.4% | #244 of 387 |
| 8Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 44 | 191 | 26.3 | $372K | +1.4% | #248 of 387 |
Other business types in the Kenosha metro 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 spas47
- Hair salons44
- Barbershops41
- Nail salons58
- Spas and skin care52
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Kenosha, WI metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 155 hair salons in the Kenosha metro area. 25 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 55 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 10.0% from 2019. Official counts list 331 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Kenosha, WI metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $71M a year, or $1,031 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 155 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $458K 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 68,904 households in the Kenosha metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kenosha, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Kenosha metro area has 22.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $458K, 6% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Kenosha metro area would have about 165, against 155 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,253 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Kenosha, WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Kenosha metro area at 168,448 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 68,904 households. Median household income in the Kenosha metro area is $81,239, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Kenosha metro area scores 44 for hair salons (lower middle), #244 of 387 scored metro areas.
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