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Hair salons in the Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area

The hair salons in the Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #248 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin

Listings
191
26 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
37
−7.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$71.1M
On personal care products and services · $979 a household
Spending per listing
$372K
13% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
26.3
12% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
174,218
+1.4% 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 191 hair salons in the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 26.3, 12% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.

At $979 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area spend about $71.1M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $372K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 13% below 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 37 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area in 2023, down 7.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,964 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 311 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #248 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin.

How the Oshkosh-Neenah 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.

Hair salons in Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureOshkosh-Neenah metro areaWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households26.325.323.4
Spending per listing$372K$399K$430K
Households per official establishment1,9641,5571,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−7.5%−6.5%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.4%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$979$1,007$1,005
Median household income$74,925$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score4435

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
37−7.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
221
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
311Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
19126 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
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Oshkosh-Neenah 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 Oshkosh-Neenah metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
174,218+1.4% since 2020
Households
72,667
Median age
40.1
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
435 sq. mi.
People per square mile
395
Median household income
$74,925+28.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,286
Median home value
$225,800
Jobs located here
96,519
Daytime population
182,504Residents 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 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 Oshkosh-Neenah metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Wisconsin

Metro areas in Wisconsin ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI672,87419.5$595K+2.6%#46 of 387
Duluth, MN-WI6120817.3$556K+0.2%#85 of 387
1Green Bay, WI5031823.4$432K+2.5%#182 of 387
2Madison, WI4884127.9$390K+4.1%#207 of 387
3Sheboygan, WI4610521.1$463K0.0%#223 of 387
4Wausau, WI4613122.6$440K+1.0%#225 of 387
5La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN4516623.0$425K+0.4%#232 of 387
6Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI4519424.1$417K+0.4%#233 of 387
7Kenosha, WI4415522.5$458K−0.4%#244 of 387
8Oshkosh-Neenah, WI4419126.3$372K+1.4%#248 of 387

Other business types in the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in the Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area?

There are 191 hair salons on map listings in the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area as of September 2026. 26 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 37 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, down 7.5% from 2019. Another 311 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area spend on personal care products and services?

About $71.1M a year, or $979 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 191 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $372K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 72,667 households in the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

The Oshkosh-Neenah metro area has 26.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $372K, 13% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area would have about 165, against 191 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,964 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is the Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area at 174,218 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 72,667 households. The median household income in the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area is $74,925 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.0% 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. The Oshkosh-Neenah metro area scores 44 for hair salons (lower middle), #248 of 387 scored metro areas.

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