Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Michigan
Salons, barbers and spas in the Sault Ste. Marie, MI area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for salons, barbers and spas in the Sault Ste. Marie, MI area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #252 of 538 scored small-town markets
#15 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Michigan
- Listings
- 37
- 8 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.3M
- On personal care products and services · $872 a household
- Spending per listing
- $332K
- 56% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 26.3
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,081
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 37 salons, barbers and spas in the Sault Ste. Marie area. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 22%, against 15% across the U.S. That comes to 26.3 for every 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Sault Ste. Marie area comes to about $12.3M a year: $872 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $332K of household spending for each business on map listings, 56% above the U.S. figure of $213K.
In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in the Sault Ste. Marie area classed as personal care services. That is one for every 1,173 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Official counts list 73 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as personal care services in the Sault Ste. Marie area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Sault Ste. Marie area declined 1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For salons, barbers and spas, the Sault Ste. Marie area has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #252 of 538 scored small-town markets and #15 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Michigan.
How the Sault Ste. Marie area 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 | Sault Ste. Marie area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 26.3 | 39.0 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $332K | $253K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,173 | 1,186 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.9% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $872 | $986 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $62,217 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 33
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $778K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 73Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 378 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 58The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in the Sault Ste. Marie 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 Sault Ste. Marie area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,081−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 14,080
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,559 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 23
- Median household income
- $62,217+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,569
- Median home value
- $161,900
- Jobs located here
- 11,286
- Daytime population
- 35,358Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Michigan for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Michigan (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Sault Ste. Marie area marked.
Top small-town markets in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Holland, MI | 84 | 101 | 22.2 | $463K | +2.1% | #3 of 538 |
| 2Houghton, MI | 82 | 38 | 24.6 | $363K | +1.8% | #5 of 538 |
| 3Coldwater, MI | 74 | 45 | 26.6 | $335K | +2.5% | #30 of 538 |
| Marinette, WI-MI | 70 | 83 | 28.2 | $312K | +0.3% | #50 of 538 |
| 4Hillsdale, MI | 69 | 43 | 24.1 | $375K | 0.0% | #55 of 538 |
| 5Owosso, MI | 67 | 91 | 32.4 | $285K | −0.4% | #74 of 538 |
| 6Adrian, MI | 64 | 119 | 30.6 | $308K | −1.6% | #94 of 538 |
| 7Marquette, MI | 63 | 83 | 29.4 | $308K | +2.3% | #105 of 538 |
| 8Ludington, MI | 62 | 35 | 27.3 | $337K | 0.0% | #116 of 538 |
| 9Escanaba, MI | 62 | 50 | 31.3 | $279K | −0.8% | #119 of 538 |
| 15Sault Ste. Marie, MI | 51 | 37 | 26.3 | $332K | −1.9% | #252 of 538 |
Other business types in the Sault Ste. Marie 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 salons44
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care53
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 the Sault Ste. Marie, MI area?
There are 37 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in the Sault Ste. Marie area as of September 2026. 8 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Official counts also show 73 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Sault Ste. Marie, MI area spend on personal care products and services?
About $12.3M a year, or $872 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $332K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,080 households in the Sault Ste. Marie area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sault Ste. Marie, MI area compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
The Sault Ste. Marie area has 26.3 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $332K, 56% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Sault Ste. Marie area would have about 58, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,173 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.
How fast is the Sault Ste. Marie, MI area growing?
Population estimates put the Sault Ste. Marie area at 36,081 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,080 households. Median household income in the Sault Ste. Marie area is $62,217, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.8%, 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. 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 Sault Ste. Marie area scores 51 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #252 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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