Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Wisconsin
Hair salons in the Manitowoc, WI area
How the Manitowoc, WI 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #277 of 538 scored small-town markets
#8 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 77
- 10 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- −8.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $33.1M
- On personal care products and services · $940 a household
- Spending per listing
- $429K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.9
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 81,710
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 77 hair salons in the Manitowoc area. 10 of them (13%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 21.9 per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $940 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in the Manitowoc area spend about $33.1M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $429K per salon, in line with 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 21 businesses with payroll in the Manitowoc area classed as beauty salons, down 8.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,676 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 136 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $786K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Manitowoc area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Manitowoc area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Manitowoc area scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #277 of 538 scored small-town markets and #8 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin.
How the Manitowoc 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 | Manitowoc area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.9 | 25.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $429K | $399K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,676 | 1,557 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −8.7% | −6.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $940 | $1,007 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $69,148 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21−8.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 119
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 136Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7710 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
- 1
- Amount
- $786K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Manitowoc 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 Manitowoc area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 81,710+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 35,188
- Median age
- 45.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 589 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 138
- Median household income
- $69,148+22.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,528
- Median home value
- $186,900
- Jobs located here
- 33,176
- Daytime population
- 74,436Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Wisconsin for hair salons, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Manitowoc area marked.
Top small-town markets in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Menomonie, WI | 72 | 29 | 16.6 | $585K | +1.7% | #44 of 538 |
| 2Shawano, WI | 67 | 27 | 14.5 | $631K | +1.4% | #76 of 538 |
| 3Beaver Dam, WI | 62 | 70 | 19.5 | $498K | −0.3% | #131 of 538 |
| 4Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI | 58 | 91 | 21.1 | $494K | +0.8% | #171 of 538 |
| 5Marinette, WI-MI | 57 | 54 | 18.4 | $480K | +0.3% | #186 of 538 |
| 6Sparta, WI | 57 | 40 | 21.9 | $430K | +0.6% | #189 of 538 |
| 7Stevens Point-Plover, WI | 53 | 71 | 23.9 | $412K | +2.2% | #247 of 538 |
| 8Manitowoc, WI | 50 | 77 | 21.9 | $429K | +0.4% | #277 of 538 |
| 9Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI | 41 | 98 | 28.1 | $360K | +0.3% | #372 of 538 |
| Iron Mountain, MI-WI | 40 | 31 | 22.0 | $409K | +0.4% | #379 of 538 |
Other business types in the Manitowoc 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 spas62
- Hair salons50
- Barbershops72
- Nail salons78
- Spas and skin care72
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Manitowoc, WI area?
There are 77 hair salons on map listings in the Manitowoc area as of September 2026. 10 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, down 8.7% from 2019. Official counts list 136 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Manitowoc, WI area spend on personal care products and services?
About $33.1M a year, or $940 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 77 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $429K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,188 households in the Manitowoc area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Manitowoc, WI area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Manitowoc area has 21.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $429K, in line with the U.S. figure of $430K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,676 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count fell 8.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Manitowoc, WI area growing?
Population estimates put the Manitowoc area at 81,710 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,188 households. The median household income in the Manitowoc area is $69,148 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.1% 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. 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 Manitowoc area scores 50 for hair salons (upper middle), #277 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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