Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Wisconsin
Hair salons in the Sparta, WI area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in the Sparta, WI area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #189 of 538 scored small-town markets
#6 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 40
- 13 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17.2M
- On personal care products and services · $940 a household
- Spending per listing
- $430K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.9
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 46,572
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 40 hair salons in the Sparta area. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 21.9, 6% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $940 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in the Sparta area spend about $17.2M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $430K 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 7 businesses with payroll in the Sparta area classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 2,614 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 60 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $76K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Sparta area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Sparta area grew 0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Sparta area scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #189 of 538 scored small-town markets and #6 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin.
How the Sparta 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 | Sparta area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.9 | 25.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $430K | $399K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,614 | 1,557 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −6.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.6% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $940 | $1,007 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $69,467 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 34
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $899K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 60Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4013 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 40The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $76K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Sparta 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 Sparta area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 46,572+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 18,301
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 901 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 51
- Median household income
- $69,467
- Average household income
- $87,535
- Median home value
- $210,000
- Jobs located here
- 19,806
- Daytime population
- 44,513Residents 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 Sparta 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 Sparta 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 spas51
- Hair salons57
- Barbershops72
- Nail salons34
- Spas and skin care63
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Sparta, WI area?
There are 40 hair salons on map listings in the Sparta area as of September 2026. 13 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 60 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Sparta, WI area spend on personal care products and services?
About $17.2M 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 40 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $430K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,301 households in the Sparta area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sparta, WI area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Sparta area has 21.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $430K, 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 2,614 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Sparta, WI area growing?
Population estimates put the Sparta area at 46,572 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,301 households. The median household income in the Sparta area is $69,467 a year, 14% below 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. 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 Sparta area scores 57 for hair salons (upper middle), #189 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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