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Salons, barbers and spas in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for salons, barbers and spas in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #234 of 387 scored metro areas
#20 of 25 scored metro areas based in California

Listings
1,470
208 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
378
+13.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$336.7M
On personal care products and services · $1,201 a household
Spending per listing
$229K
8% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
52.4
11% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
830,851
−1.5% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 1,470 salons, barbers and spas in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area. 208 of them (14%) are chain locations, against 15% across the U.S. That comes to 52.4 for every 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 47.2.

Household spending on personal care products and services in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area comes to about $336.7M a year: $1,201 per household, 20% above the U.S. average. Spread across 1,470 salons, barbers and spas, that is $229K per business, 8% above the U.S. figure of $213K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area was 378 in 2023, up 13.9% from 2019. That is one for every 742 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Another 3,307 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 22 SBA-backed loans worth $3.7M have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area declined 1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For salons, barbers and spas, the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #234 of 387 scored metro areas and #20 of 25 scored metro areas based in California.

How the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area compares

The same measures for California 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureOxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households52.451.447.2
Spending per listing$229K$223K$213K
Households per official establishment742670804
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+13.9%+18.8%+14.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.5%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,201$1,149$1,005
Median household income$109,797$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score4638

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
378+13.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,755
Annual payroll, 2023
$48M
One-person businesses, 2023
3,307Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1,470208 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1,583The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
22
Amount
$3.7M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
830,851−1.5% since 2020
Households
280,360
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,841 sq. mi.
People per square mile
455
Median household income
$109,797+24.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$144,867
Median home value
$822,700
Jobs located here
321,509
Daytime population
755,963Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Salons, barbers and spas across California

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The highest-scoring metro areas in California for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in California, with the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area marked.

Top metro areas in California

Metro areas in California ranked for salons, barbers and spas by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Merced, CA8126130.3$301K+5.1%#3 of 387
2Yuba City, CA7524138.9$256K+3.3%#10 of 387
3Visalia, CA7250735.4$269K+2.4%#16 of 387
4Bakersfield-Delano, CA711,00935.4$268K+2.3%#20 of 387
5Stockton-Lodi, CA711,01141.2$264K+5.5%#23 of 387
6Hanford-Corcoran, CA6815936.1$261K+1.0%#38 of 387
7El Centro, CA6716132.4$267K+1.1%#41 of 387
8Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA5943745.1$269K−4.7%#92 of 387
9Fresno, CA591,57342.5$231K+3.2%#96 of 387
10Vallejo, CA5873946.9$242K+0.6%#109 of 387
20Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA461,47052.4$229K−1.5%#234 of 387

Other business types in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area

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Questions

How many salons, barbers and spas are in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area?

The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area has 1,470 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. 208 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 378 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023, up 13.9% from 2019. Official counts list 3,307 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area spend on personal care products and services?

About $336.7M a year, or $1,201 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,470 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $229K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 280,360 households in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?

The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area has 52.4 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $229K, 8% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area would have about 1,583, against 1,470 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 742 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +14.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area at 830,851 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 280,360 households. Median household income in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area is $109,797, 36% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.6%, 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area scores 46 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #234 of 387 scored metro areas.

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