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Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · New York

Salons, barbers and spas in the Seneca Falls, NY area

How the Seneca Falls, NY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #147 of 538 scored small-town markets
#7 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York

Listings
43
6 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12.3M
On personal care products and services · $905 a household
Spending per listing
$286K
35% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
31.6
33% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
32,883
−1.7% 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 43 salons, barbers and spas in the Seneca Falls area. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 15% across the U.S. That is 31.6 per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.

Household spending on personal care products and services in the Seneca Falls area comes to about $12.3M a year: $905 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $286K per business, 35% above the U.S. figure of $213K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in the Seneca Falls area was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 1,944 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Official counts also show 82 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show the Seneca Falls area declined 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas in the Seneca Falls area is 60 (upper middle), #147 of 538 scored small-town markets and #7 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York.

How the Seneca Falls area compares

The same measures for New York 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 Seneca Falls, NY area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureSeneca Falls areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households31.646.847.2
Spending per listing$286K$228K$213K
Households per official establishment1,944506804
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.4%+14.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.7%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$905$1,070$1,005
Median household income$68,089$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score6031

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7
Employees, 2023
7
Annual payroll, 2023
$233K
One-person businesses, 2023
82Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
436 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
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in the Seneca Falls 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 Seneca Falls area

Population, 2025 estimate
32,883−1.7% since 2020
Households
13,606
Median age
43.9
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
324 sq. mi.
People per square mile
102
Median household income
$68,089+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,874
Median home value
$155,400
Jobs located here
11,145
Daytime population
30,768Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in New York for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in New York, with the Seneca Falls area marked.

Top small-town markets in New York

Small-town markets in New York ranked for salons, barbers and spas by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Monticello, NY817724.5$400K+2.7%#6 of 538
2Oneonta, NY758034.5$268K+3.8%#26 of 538
3Hudson, NY686223.3$451K−2.1%#60 of 538
4Massena-Ogdensburg, NY6610825.9$339K−2.5%#77 of 538
5Gloversville, NY615624.5$367K−1.6%#127 of 538
6Auburn, NY6110232.4$283K−2.3%#134 of 538
7Seneca Falls, NY604331.6$286K−1.7%#147 of 538
8Plattsburgh, NY5711835.2$265K−2.0%#179 of 538
9Amsterdam, NY576935.2$255K+1.1%#181 of 538
10Batavia, NY568935.8$261K+0.2%#201 of 538

Other business types in the Seneca Falls area

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

Questions

How many salons, barbers and spas are in the Seneca Falls, NY area?

The Seneca Falls area has 43 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Another 82 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Seneca Falls, NY area spend on personal care products and services?

About $12.3M a year, or $905 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $286K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,606 households in the Seneca Falls area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Seneca Falls, NY area compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?

The Seneca Falls area has 31.6 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $286K, 35% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Seneca Falls area would have about 58, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,944 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.

How fast is the Seneca Falls, NY area growing?

Population estimates put the Seneca Falls area at 32,883 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,606 households. Median household income in the Seneca Falls area is $68,089, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.8%, 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 Seneca Falls area scores 60 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #147 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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