Beauty and personal care · County · Oklahoma
Salons, barbers and spas in Carter County, OK
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for salons, barbers and spas in Carter County, OK, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,048 of 2,385 scored counties
#42 of 57 scored counties 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, Carter County has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #2,048 of 2,385 scored counties and #42 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 116 salons, barbers and spas in Carter County. 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.
At $807 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Carter County spend about $15.4M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $133K of household spending for each business on map listings, 38% below the U.S. figure of $213K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in Carter County was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 1,731 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carter County grew 1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Carter County 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 | Carter County | 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
- 9 → 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 Carter 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 Carter County
- 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+18.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- 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 counties in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wagoner County, OK | 85 | 62 | 19.8 | $464K | +14.6% | #33 of 2,385 |
| 2Logan County, OK | 85 | 37 | 20.7 | $459K | +11.5% | #34 of 2,385 |
| 3Lincoln County, OK | 78 | 23 | 17.5 | $460K | +5.3% | #105 of 2,385 |
| 4Osage County, OK | 75 | 28 | 16.1 | $518K | +2.2% | #163 of 2,385 |
| 5Grady County, OK | 73 | 60 | 29.0 | $305K | +7.7% | #218 of 2,385 |
| 6Love County, OK | 72 | 8 | 20.5 | $405K | +6.1% | #228 of 2,385 |
| 7Rogers County, OK | 71 | 100 | 27.3 | $339K | +7.1% | #261 of 2,385 |
| 8Creek County, OK | 71 | 70 | 24.8 | $330K | +4.4% | #265 of 2,385 |
| 9Pawnee County, OK | 68 | 9 | 14.7 | $535K | +3.1% | #328 of 2,385 |
| 10McClain County, OK | 68 | 65 | 39.6 | $237K | +18.4% | #360 of 2,385 |
| 42Carter County, OK | 33 | 116 | 60.9 | $133K | +1.8% | #2,048 of 2,385 |
Other business types in Carter County
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 salons34
- Barbershops46
- Nail salons25
- Spas and skin care33
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 Carter County, OK?
Carter County has 116 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. 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 also show 210 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Carter County, OK 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 Carter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carter County, OK compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
Carter County 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 national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Carter County 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 Carter County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Carter County at 48,910 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,046 households. Median household income in Carter County is $60,723, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.1%, 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. Carter County scores 33 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #2,048 of 2,385 scored counties.
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