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Salons, barbers and spas in Coos County, NH

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for salons, barbers and spas in Coos County, NH, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #908 of 2,385 scored counties
#5 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire

Listings
50
8 chain locations (16%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12M
On personal care products and services · $854 a household
Spending per listing
$239K
12% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
35.7
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
31,343
+0.4% 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

Household spending on personal care products and services in Coos County comes to about $12M a year: $854 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $239K per business, 12% above the U.S. figure of $213K.

There are 50 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in Coos County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 35.7, 24% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in Coos County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 4,667 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Another 96 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show Coos County grew 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For salons, barbers and spas, Coos County has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #908 of 2,385 scored counties and #5 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire.

How Coos County compares

The same measures for New Hampshire 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 Coos County, NH compared with New Hampshire and the U.S.
MeasureCoos CountyNew HampshireU.S.
Listings per 10k households35.751.747.2
Spending per listing$239K$217K$213K
Households per official establishment4,667731804
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.0%+14.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$854$1,123$1,005
Median household income$57,677$99,031$80,734
Groundwork market score5546

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
3
Annual payroll, 2023
$78K
One-person businesses, 2023
96Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
508 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
56The 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 Coos 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 Coos County

Population, 2025 estimate
31,343+0.4% since 2020
Households
14,002
Median age
48.8
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,795 sq. mi.
People per square mile
17
Median household income
$57,677+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,445
Median home value
$188,900
Jobs located here
11,577
Daytime population
27,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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

Top counties in New Hampshire

Counties in New Hampshire ranked for salons, barbers and spas by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sullivan County, NH775130.7$325K+2.1%#126 of 2,385
2Carroll County, NH599945.3$229K+5.0%#720 of 2,385
3Strafford County, NH5721240.7$264K+3.0%#800 of 2,385
4Grafton County, NH5515742.3$252K+2.2%#902 of 2,385
5Coos County, NH555035.7$239K+0.4%#908 of 2,385
6Merrimack County, NH4730550.1$219K+2.6%#1,350 of 2,385
7Cheshire County, NH4614547.4$215K+2.3%#1,419 of 2,385
8Hillsborough County, NH4490353.5$216K+2.5%#1,525 of 2,385
9Belknap County, NH4114153.5$199K+2.1%#1,688 of 2,385
10Rockingham County, NH4081263.7$193K+3.0%#1,741 of 2,385

Other business types in Coos County

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

Questions

How many salons, barbers and spas are in Coos County, NH?

As of September 2026, map listings count 50 salons, barbers and spas in Coos County. 8 of them (16%) 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 96 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Coos County, NH spend on personal care products and services?

About $12M a year, or $854 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 50 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $239K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,002 households in Coos County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Coos County has 35.7 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $239K, 12% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Coos County would have about 56, against 50 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,667 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.

How fast is Coos County, NH growing?

Population estimates put Coos County at 31,343 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,002 households. The median household income in Coos County is $57,677 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.4% 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. Coos County scores 55 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #908 of 2,385 scored counties.

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