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Salons, barbers and spas in the Toledo, OH metro area

How the Toledo, OH metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #149 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio

Listings
977
185 chain locations (19%)
Official establishments
199
+5.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$238M
On personal care products and services · $935 a household
Spending per listing
$244K
15% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
38.4
19% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
599,376
−1.0% 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

Households in the Toledo metro area spend about $238M a year on personal care products and services, or $935 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $244K of household spending for each business on map listings, 15% above the U.S. figure of $213K.

There are 977 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in the Toledo metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 38.4, 19% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 199 businesses with payroll in the Toledo metro area classed as personal care services, up 5.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,279 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Official counts list 2,728 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 28 SBA-backed loans worth $2.2M have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in the Toledo metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Toledo metro area declined 1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For salons, barbers and spas, the Toledo metro area has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #149 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio.

How the Toledo metro area compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Toledo, OH metro area compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureToledo metro areaOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households38.438.547.2
Spending per listing$244K$253K$213K
Households per official establishment1,2791,075804
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+5.9%+7.1%+14.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.0%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$935$976$1,005
Median household income$65,486$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score5457

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
199+5.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,287
Annual payroll, 2023
$34.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
2,728Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
977185 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1,119The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
28
Amount
$2.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in the Toledo 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 Toledo metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
599,376−1.0% since 2020
Households
254,486
Median age
39.6
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,362 sq. mi.
People per square mile
442
Median household income
$65,486
Average household income
$90,812
Median home value
$176,300
Jobs located here
293,806
Daytime population
629,657Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Salons, barbers and spas across Ohio

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Ohio for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Ohio (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Toledo metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Ohio

Metro areas in Ohio ranked for salons, barbers and spas by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Columbus, OH733,60941.7$253K+4.7%#13 of 387
2Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN683,45138.1$269K+2.7%#37 of 387
3Springfield, OH6416930.2$298K−0.4%#52 of 387
4Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH601,32338.4$253K+1.5%#83 of 387
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH5613527.2$304K−3.6%#125 of 387
5Sandusky, OH5619137.5$258K−2.6%#128 of 387
6Mansfield, OH5415530.9$282K−0.1%#146 of 387
7Akron, OH541,11037.4$262K0.0%#147 of 387
8Toledo, OH5497738.4$244K−1.0%#149 of 387
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH4852034.2$238K−2.6%#215 of 387

Other business types in the Toledo metro 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 Toledo, OH metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 977 salons, barbers and spas in the Toledo metro area. 185 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 199 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023, up 5.9% from 2019. Official counts also show 2,728 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Toledo, OH metro area spend on personal care products and services?

About $238M a year, or $935 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 977 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $244K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 254,486 households in the Toledo metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Toledo, OH metro area compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?

The Toledo metro area has 38.4 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $244K, 15% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Toledo metro area would have about 1,119, against 977 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,279 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +14.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Toledo, OH metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Toledo metro area at 599,376 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 254,486 households. The median household income in the Toledo metro area is $65,486 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Toledo metro area scores 54 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #149 of 387 scored metro areas.

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