Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Oklahoma
Salons, barbers and spas in the Ardmore, OK area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for salons, barbers and spas in the Ardmore, OK area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #466 of 538 scored small-town markets
#12 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 116
- 21 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15.4M
- On personal care products and services · $807 a household
- Spending per listing
- $133K
- 38% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 60.9
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,910
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
For salons, barbers and spas, the Ardmore area has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #466 of 538 scored small-town markets and #12 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $807 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in the Ardmore area spend about $15.4M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 116 salons, barbers and spas, that is $133K per business, 38% below the U.S. figure of $213K.
The Ardmore area has 116 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 15% across the U.S. That is 60.9 per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 47.2.
In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in the Ardmore area classed as personal care services. That is one for every 1,731 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Ardmore area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Ardmore area compares
The same measures for Oklahoma 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 | Ardmore area | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 60.9 | 45.4 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $133K | $185K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,731 | 1,313 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +22.9% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $807 | $841 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $60,723 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 67
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 210Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11621 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 72The 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 Ardmore 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 Ardmore area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,910+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 19,046
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 822 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 59
- Median household income
- $60,723
- Average household income
- $83,415
- Median home value
- $168,500
- Jobs located here
- 23,303
- Daytime population
- 50,671Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Shawnee, OK | 60 | 96 | 35.7 | $222K | +3.5% | #154 of 538 |
| 2Duncan, OK | 55 | 69 | 39.3 | $206K | +3.4% | #216 of 538 |
| 3Altus, OK | 45 | 37 | 37.9 | $216K | +0.1% | #332 of 538 |
| 4Tahlequah, OK | 45 | 68 | 36.4 | $209K | +4.5% | #334 of 538 |
| 5Miami, OK | 45 | 42 | 35.2 | $202K | +0.7% | #337 of 538 |
| 6Durant, OK | 44 | 81 | 44.0 | $178K | +10.9% | #355 of 538 |
| 7Ada, OK | 41 | 59 | 39.0 | $207K | +1.2% | #380 of 538 |
| 8Ponca City, OK | 39 | 78 | 46.5 | $169K | −0.3% | #402 of 538 |
| 9Stillwater, OK | 36 | 123 | 37.7 | $201K | +2.8% | #433 of 538 |
| 10McAlester, OK | 35 | 71 | 39.8 | $191K | −1.1% | #444 of 538 |
| 12Ardmore, OK | 33 | 116 | 60.9 | $133K | +1.8% | #466 of 538 |
Other business types in the Ardmore 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 spas33
- Hair salons33
- Barbershops53
- Nail salons32
- Spas and skin care34
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 Ardmore, OK area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 116 salons, barbers and spas in the Ardmore area. 21 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Official counts list 210 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Ardmore, OK area spend on personal care products and services?
About $15.4M a year, or $807 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 116 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $133K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,046 households in the Ardmore area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ardmore, OK area compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
The Ardmore area has 60.9 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $133K, 38% below the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Ardmore area would have about 72, against 116 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,731 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.
How fast is the Ardmore, OK area growing?
Population estimates put the Ardmore area at 48,910 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,046 households. The median household income in the Ardmore area is $60,723 a year, 25% 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. 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 Ardmore area scores 33 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #466 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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