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Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Oklahoma

Salons, barbers and spas in the Ponca City, OK area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for salons, barbers and spas in the Ponca City, OK area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #402 of 538 scored small-town markets
#8 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma

Listings
78
23 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$13.2M
On personal care products and services · $788 a household
Spending per listing
$169K
20% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
46.5
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
43,490
−0.3% 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 78 salons, barbers and spas in the Ponca City area. Of those, 23 are chain locations, or 29%, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 46.5, in line with the U.S. rate of 47.2.

Household spending on personal care products and services in the Ponca City area comes to about $13.2M a year: $788 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That works out to $169K per business, 20% below the U.S. figure of $213K.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in the Ponca City area classed as personal care services. That is one for every 3,355 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Another 134 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in the Ponca City area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Ponca City area scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas, ranking #402 of 538 scored small-town markets and #8 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma.

How the Ponca City 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.

Salons, barbers and spas in Ponca City, OK area compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasurePonca City areaOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households46.545.447.2
Spending per listing$169K$185K$213K
Households per official establishment3,3551,313804
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+22.9%+14.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$788$841$1,005
Median household income$58,423$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score3943

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5
Employees, 2023
9
Annual payroll, 2023
$238K
One-person businesses, 2023
134Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
7823 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
62The 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 Ponca City 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 Ponca City area

Population, 2025 estimate
43,490−0.3% since 2020
Households
16,776
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
920 sq. mi.
People per square mile
47
Median household income
$58,423+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,308
Median home value
$124,700
Jobs located here
15,500
Daytime population
42,294Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Salons, barbers and spas across Oklahoma

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Oklahoma for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with the Ponca City area marked.

Top small-town markets in Oklahoma

Small-town markets in Oklahoma ranked for salons, barbers and spas by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Shawnee, OK609635.7$222K+3.5%#154 of 538
2Duncan, OK556939.3$206K+3.4%#216 of 538
3Altus, OK453737.9$216K+0.1%#332 of 538
4Tahlequah, OK456836.4$209K+4.5%#334 of 538
5Miami, OK454235.2$202K+0.7%#337 of 538
6Durant, OK448144.0$178K+10.9%#355 of 538
7Ada, OK415939.0$207K+1.2%#380 of 538
8Ponca City, OK397846.5$169K−0.3%#402 of 538
9Stillwater, OK3612337.7$201K+2.8%#433 of 538
10McAlester, OK357139.8$191K−1.1%#444 of 538

Other business types in the Ponca City 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 Ponca City, OK area?

The Ponca City area has 78 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. 23 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Official counts list 134 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Ponca City, OK area spend on personal care products and services?

About $13.2M a year, or $788 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 78 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $169K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,776 households in the Ponca City area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Ponca City, OK area compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?

The Ponca City area has 46.5 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $169K, 20% below the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Ponca City area would have about 62, against 78 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,355 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.

How fast is the Ponca City, OK area growing?

Population estimates put the Ponca City area at 43,490 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,776 households. Median household income in the Ponca City area is $58,423, 28% 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 Ponca City area scores 39 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #402 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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