Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Washington
Salons, barbers and spas in the Centralia, WA area
How the Centralia, WA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #81 of 538 scored small-town markets
#5 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Washington
- Listings
- 113
- 22 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 29
- +7.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $31.5M
- On personal care products and services · $958 a household
- Spending per listing
- $279K
- 31% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 34.3
- 27% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 88,062
- +6.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Centralia area comes to about $31.5M a year: $958 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $279K of household spending for each business on map listings, 31% above the U.S. figure of $213K.
The Centralia area has 113 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. 22 of them (19%) are chain locations, against 15% across the U.S. That is 34.3 per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
In 2023, official counts showed 29 businesses with payroll in the Centralia area classed as personal care services, up 7.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,135 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Official counts list 205 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $722K has gone to businesses classed as personal care services in the Centralia area.
Population estimates show the Centralia area grew 6.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Centralia area scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas, ranking #81 of 538 scored small-town markets and #5 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Washington. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Centralia area compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Centralia area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 34.3 | 42.4 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $279K | $268K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,135 | 695 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +7.4% | +6.1% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.7% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $958 | $1,137 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $74,796 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 29+7.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 92
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 205Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11322 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 148The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $722K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in the Centralia 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 Centralia area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 88,062+6.7% since 2020
- Households
- 32,916
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 2,403 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $74,796+39.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,194
- Median home value
- $385,800
- Jobs located here
- 25,436
- Daytime population
- 72,396Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Shelton, WA | 90 | 51 | 19.6 | $520K | +7.8% | #1 of 538 |
| 2Port Townsend, WA | 74 | 41 | 25.1 | $393K | +2.7% | #28 of 538 |
| 3Aberdeen, WA | 72 | 96 | 31.3 | $286K | +3.0% | #43 of 538 |
| 4Pullman, WA | 67 | 39 | 20.8 | $424K | +1.5% | #69 of 538 |
| 5Centralia, WA | 66 | 113 | 34.3 | $279K | +6.7% | #81 of 538 |
| 6Oak Harbor, WA | 63 | 99 | 27.5 | $386K | −1.5% | #103 of 538 |
| 7Ellensburg, WA | 57 | 83 | 41.5 | $240K | +4.2% | #187 of 538 |
| 8Port Angeles, WA | 56 | 126 | 36.0 | $264K | +1.1% | #200 of 538 |
| 9Moses Lake, WA | 56 | 151 | 42.7 | $221K | +6.3% | #205 of 538 |
| 10Othello, WA | 46 | 30 | 47.7 | $192K | +4.3% | #328 of 538 |
Other business types in the Centralia 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 spas66
- Hair salons81
- Barbershops89
- Nail salons56
- Spas and skin care63
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 Centralia, WA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 113 salons, barbers and spas in the Centralia area. 22 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023, up 7.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 205 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Centralia, WA area spend on personal care products and services?
About $31.5M a year, or $958 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 113 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $279K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 32,916 households in the Centralia area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Centralia, WA area compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
The Centralia area has 34.3 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $279K, 31% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Centralia area would have about 148, against 113 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,135 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +14.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Centralia, WA area growing?
Population estimates put the Centralia area at 88,062 people in 2025, up 6.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,916 households. The median household income in the Centralia area is $74,796 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.9% 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 Centralia area scores 66 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #81 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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