Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Pennsylvania
Salons, barbers and spas in the Somerset, PA area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for salons, barbers and spas in the Somerset, PA 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 #458 of 538 scored small-town markets
#20 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 108
- 11 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 28
- +3.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $25.3M
- On personal care products and services · $863 a household
- Spending per listing
- $234K
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 36.8
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 72,004
- −2.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Somerset area scores 33 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas, ranking #458 of 538 scored small-town markets and #20 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Households in the Somerset area spend about $25.3M a year on personal care products and services, or $863 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 108 salons, barbers and spas, that is $234K per business, 10% above the U.S. figure of $213K.
The Somerset area has 108 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 36.8, 22% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
In 2023, official counts showed 28 businesses with payroll in the Somerset area classed as personal care services, up 3.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,048 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Somerset area declined 2.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Somerset area compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Somerset area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 36.8 | 40.3 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $234K | $249K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,048 | 643 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.7% | +7.3% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.7% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $863 | $1,004 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $61,446 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 28+3.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 108
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 153Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10811 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 119The 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 Somerset 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 Somerset area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 72,004−2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 29,344
- Median age
- 46.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,075 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 68
- Median household income
- $61,446+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,574
- Median home value
- $150,600
- Jobs located here
- 23,480
- Daytime population
- 64,960Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Pennsylvania market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Pennsylvania for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the Somerset area marked.
Top small-town markets in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hemlock Farms, PA | 75 | 63 | 26.0 | $389K | +7.2% | #23 of 538 |
| 2Pottsville, PA | 56 | 180 | 31.0 | $291K | +1.5% | #197 of 538 |
| 3Huntingdon, PA | 55 | 39 | 23.9 | $375K | −2.4% | #208 of 538 |
| 4Sunbury, PA | 51 | 147 | 32.1 | $278K | −1.7% | #253 of 538 |
| 5Indiana, PA | 50 | 88 | 27.1 | $316K | −0.3% | #265 of 538 |
| 6Lewistown, PA | 50 | 55 | 29.7 | $289K | 0.0% | #266 of 538 |
| 7Oil City, PA | 48 | 46 | 21.5 | $396K | −2.0% | #297 of 538 |
| 8Lock Haven, PA | 48 | 50 | 32.4 | $269K | +1.3% | #298 of 538 |
| 9Sayre, PA | 46 | 83 | 33.7 | $266K | −0.6% | #321 of 538 |
| 10Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA | 45 | 99 | 37.6 | $235K | +2.3% | #330 of 538 |
| 20Somerset, PA | 33 | 108 | 36.8 | $234K | −2.7% | #458 of 538 |
Other business types in the Somerset 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 salons23
- Barbershops62
- Nail salons57
- Spas and skin care49
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 Somerset, PA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 108 salons, barbers and spas in the Somerset area. 11 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 28 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023, up 3.7% from 2019. Another 153 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Somerset, PA area spend on personal care products and services?
About $25.3M a year, or $863 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 108 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $234K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 29,344 households in the Somerset area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Somerset, PA area compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
The Somerset area has 36.8 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $234K, 10% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Somerset area would have about 119, against 108 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,048 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +14.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Somerset, PA area growing?
Population estimates put the Somerset area at 72,004 people in 2025, down 2.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 29,344 households. The median household income in the Somerset area is $61,446 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.2% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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 Somerset area scores 33 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #458 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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