Beauty and personal care · County · Wisconsin
Hair salons in Portage County, WI
How Portage County, WI compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,289 of 2,339 scored counties
#38 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 71
- 9 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $29.2M
- On personal care products and services · $985 a household
- Spending per listing
- $412K
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.9
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 71,943
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $985 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in Portage County spend about $29.2M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $412K per salon, 4% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 71 hair salons on map listings in Portage County as of September 2026. 9 of them (13%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 23.9, 2% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 19 businesses with payroll in Portage County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 1,562 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 128 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Portage County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Portage County scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #1,289 of 2,339 scored counties and #38 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin.
How Portage 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.
| Measure | Portage County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.9 | 25.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $412K | $399K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,562 | 1,557 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −6.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $985 | $1,007 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $76,070 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 19
- Employees, 2023
- 96
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 128Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 719 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 68The 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 Portage 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 Portage County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 71,943+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 29,679
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 801 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 88
- Median household income
- $76,070+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,142
- Median home value
- $243,100
- Jobs located here
- 33,759
- Daytime population
- 69,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oconto County, WI | 86 | 19 | 11.3 | $866K | +2.9% | #32 of 2,339 |
| 2Adams County, WI | 79 | 7 | 7.4 | $1.2M | +5.2% | #84 of 2,339 |
| 3Sawyer County, WI | 75 | 11 | 12.5 | $714K | +4.0% | #155 of 2,339 |
| 4Burnett County, WI | 74 | 10 | 13.9 | $652K | +3.9% | #177 of 2,339 |
| 5Calumet County, WI | 73 | 35 | 16.4 | $650K | +2.9% | #204 of 2,339 |
| 6Vernon County, WI | 73 | 22 | 17.7 | $539K | +2.4% | #213 of 2,339 |
| 7Marquette County, WI | 72 | 8 | 11.4 | $786K | +2.1% | #227 of 2,339 |
| 8Juneau County, WI | 71 | 11 | 10.0 | $895K | −0.5% | #250 of 2,339 |
| 9Green Lake County, WI | 71 | 12 | 14.5 | $650K | +1.5% | #258 of 2,339 |
| 10Pierce County, WI | 70 | 29 | 18.3 | $590K | +3.1% | #286 of 2,339 |
| 38Portage County, WI | 48 | 71 | 23.9 | $412K | +2.2% | #1,289 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Portage County
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 spas48
- Hair salons48
- Barbershops60
- Nail salons56
- Spas and skin care53
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Portage County, WI?
As of September 2026, map listings count 71 hair salons in Portage County. 9 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 128 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Portage County, WI spend on personal care products and services?
About $29.2M a year, or $985 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 71 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $412K 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 29,679 households in Portage County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Portage County, WI compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Portage County has 23.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $412K, 4% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Portage County would have about 68, against 71 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,562 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Portage County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Portage County at 71,943 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 29,679 households. Median household income in Portage County is $76,070, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.3%, 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. Portage County scores 48 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,289 of 2,339 scored counties.
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