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Salons, barbers and spas in Pinal County, AZ

The salons, barbers and spas in Pinal County, AZ, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 87 out of 100: High

Ranked #23 of 2,385 scored counties
#1 of 14 scored counties in Arizona

Listings
318
47 chain locations (15%)
Official establishments
84
+50.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$160.5M
On personal care products and services · $992 a household
Spending per listing
$505K
2.4 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.6
58% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
539,380
+25.4% 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

The Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas in Pinal County is 87 (high), #23 of 2,385 scored counties and #1 of 14 scored counties in Arizona. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for salons, barbers and spas.

Households in Pinal County spend about $160.5M a year on personal care products and services, or $992 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $505K of household spending for each business on map listings, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $213K.

Pinal County has 318 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 15% across the U.S. That comes to 19.6 for every 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in Pinal County was 84 in 2023, up 50.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,928 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $123K have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in Pinal County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pinal County grew 25.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Pinal County compares

The same measures for Arizona and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the salons, barbers and spas counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Salons, barbers and spas in Pinal County, AZ compared with Arizona and the U.S.
MeasurePinal CountyArizonaU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.649.047.2
Spending per listing$505K$208K$213K
Households per official establishment1,928849804
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+50.0%+39.1%+14.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+25.4%+6.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$992$1,017$1,005
Median household income$80,266$79,964$80,734
Groundwork market score8748

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
56 → 84+50.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
316
Annual payroll, 2023
$9.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
1,353Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
31847 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
755The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$123K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in Pinal 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 Pinal County

Population, 2025 estimate
539,380+25.4% since 2020
Households
161,917
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
5,367 sq. mi.
People per square mile
87
Median household income
$80,266+38.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,426
Median home value
$349,000
Jobs located here
73,719
Daytime population
335,464Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Salons, barbers and spas across Arizona

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The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Arizona, with Pinal County marked.

Top counties in Arizona

Counties in Arizona ranked for salons, barbers and spas by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pinal County, AZ8731819.6$505K+25.4%#23 of 2,385
2Graham County, AZ703426.7$337K+4.0%#292 of 2,385
3Gila County, AZ685925.0$350K+0.9%#337 of 2,385
4Navajo County, AZ6810225.5$319K+3.0%#345 of 2,385
5Santa Cruz County, AZ654224.8$335K+4.8%#457 of 2,385
6Mohave County, AZ5838838.0$225K+6.5%#762 of 2,385
7Yuma County, AZ5432941.5$211K+9.2%#957 of 2,385
8Cochise County, AZ5316732.8$264K+0.6%#991 of 2,385
9Apache County, AZ513114.7$507K−2.2%#1,079 of 2,385
10Coconino County, AZ5117832.3$303K−0.6%#1,085 of 2,385

Other business types in Pinal County

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

Questions

How many salons, barbers and spas are in Pinal County, AZ?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 318 salons, barbers and spas in Pinal County. 47 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 84 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023, up 50.0% from 2019. Official counts list 1,353 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Pinal County, AZ spend on personal care products and services?

About $160.5M a year, or $992 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 318 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $505K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 161,917 households in Pinal County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Pinal County, AZ compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?

Pinal County has 19.6 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $505K, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Pinal County would have about 755, against 318 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,928 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. The official count rose 50.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +14.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Pinal County, AZ growing?

Population estimates put Pinal County at 539,380 people in 2025, up 25.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 161,917 households. The median household income in Pinal County is $80,266 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.0% 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. Pinal County scores 87 for salons, barbers and spas (high), #23 of 2,385 scored counties.

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