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Salons, barbers and spas in Houghton County, MI
The salons, barbers and spas in Houghton County, MI, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #185 of 2,385 scored counties
#9 of 73 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 36
- 6 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.8M
- On personal care products and services · $896 a household
- Spending per listing
- $356K
- 67% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.2
- 47% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,842
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas in Houghton County is 74 (upper middle), #185 of 2,385 scored counties and #9 of 73 scored counties in Michigan. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for salons, barbers and spas.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Houghton County comes to about $12.8M a year: $896 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $356K of household spending for each business on map listings, 67% above the U.S. figure of $213K.
Houghton County has 36 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 15% across the U.S. That is 25.2 per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in Houghton County in 2023. That is one for every 4,768 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Population estimates show Houghton County grew 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Houghton County compares
The same measures for Michigan 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.
| Measure | Houghton County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.2 | 39.0 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $356K | $253K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,768 | 1,186 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.9% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $896 | $986 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $58,899 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 5
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $53K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 87Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 366 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 60The 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 personal care services in Houghton 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 Houghton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,842+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 14,305
- Median age
- 36.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,009 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $58,899+36.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,899
- Median home value
- $159,900
- Jobs located here
- 11,811
- Daytime population
- 36,847Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Leelanau County, MI | 84 | 16 | 16.6 | $692K | +3.0% | #40 of 2,385 |
| 2Barry County, MI | 84 | 46 | 18.8 | $531K | +2.2% | #42 of 2,385 |
| 3Allegan County, MI | 80 | 101 | 22.2 | $463K | +2.1% | #67 of 2,385 |
| 4Cass County, MI | 79 | 34 | 16.0 | $605K | +0.2% | #75 of 2,385 |
| 5Monroe County, MI | 78 | 140 | 22.2 | $452K | +0.7% | #107 of 2,385 |
| 6Benzie County, MI | 77 | 19 | 24.6 | $395K | +3.1% | #122 of 2,385 |
| 7Antrim County, MI | 76 | 32 | 28.8 | $333K | +5.3% | #152 of 2,385 |
| 8Kalkaska County, MI | 75 | 17 | 21.8 | $411K | +4.3% | #167 of 2,385 |
| 9Houghton County, MI | 74 | 36 | 25.2 | $356K | +1.6% | #185 of 2,385 |
| 10Gladwin County, MI | 73 | 26 | 23.0 | $370K | +2.8% | #212 of 2,385 |
Other business types in Houghton 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 spas74
- Hair salons73
- Barbershops57
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care66
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many salons, barbers and spas are in Houghton County, MI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 36 salons, barbers and spas in Houghton County. 6 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Official counts list 87 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Houghton County, MI spend on personal care products and services?
About $12.8M a year, or $896 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $356K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,305 households in Houghton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Houghton County, MI compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
Houghton County has 25.2 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $356K, 67% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Houghton County would have about 60, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,768 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.
How fast is Houghton County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Houghton County at 37,842 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,305 households. The median household income in Houghton County is $58,899 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.4% 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. Houghton County scores 74 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #185 of 2,385 scored counties.
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