Original data · Updated October 25, 2026

Hair salons by state: the numbers

We list 251,679 hair salons in 15,883 cities and towns across all 50 states and Washington, DC: about 73.6 for every 100,000 residents. The most salons are in California (26,889), Texas (23,954), Florida (19,657), New York (13,568) and Georgia (11,025). Per 100,000 residents, the highest are Georgia (97.5), Rhode Island (92.4), New Hampshire (88.5), North Carolina (87.3) and Connecticut (85.1); the lowest state is Utah (48.5).

Hair salons we list in each state, the cities and towns they are in, and salons per 100,000 residents. Sorted by salons listed.
#	State	Salons listed	Cities & towns	Residents (July 1, 2025)	Salons per 100,000
1	California	26,889	729	39,355,309	68.3
2	Texas	23,954	850	31,709,821	75.5
3	Florida	19,657	484	23,462,518	83.8
4	New York	13,568	938	20,002,427	67.8
5	Georgia	11,025	396	11,302,748	97.5
6	Illinois	9,798	701	12,719,141	77.0
7	North Carolina	9,771	466	11,197,968	87.3
8	Pennsylvania	9,615	1,252	13,059,432	73.6
9	Ohio	8,259	668	11,900,510	69.4
10	Michigan	7,076	669	10,127,884	69.9
11	Virginia	6,537	339	8,880,107	73.6
12	New Jersey	6,030	590	9,548,215	63.2
13	Massachusetts	5,518	360	7,154,084	77.1
14	Tennessee	5,464	329	7,315,076	74.7
15	Washington	5,090	243	8,001,020	63.6
16	Arizona	5,036	122	7,623,818	66.1
17	Wisconsin	5,033	489	5,972,787	84.3
18	Maryland	4,856	271	6,265,347	77.5
19	Indiana	4,722	372	6,973,333	67.7
20	South Carolina	4,680	233	5,570,274	84.0
21	Colorado	4,558	194	6,012,561	75.8
22	Missouri	4,494	452	6,270,541	71.7
23	Alabama	3,919	333	5,193,088	75.5
24	Louisiana	3,802	240	4,618,189	82.3
25	Minnesota	3,769	450	5,830,405	64.6
26	Connecticut	3,140	192	3,688,496	85.1
27	Kentucky	3,066	306	4,606,864	66.6
28	Oregon	2,981	175	4,273,586	69.8
29	Oklahoma	2,902	250	4,123,288	70.4
30	Iowa	2,531	387	3,238,387	78.2
31	Arkansas	2,366	243	3,114,791	76.0
32	Mississippi	2,160	208	2,954,160	73.1
33	Kansas	2,130	266	2,977,220	71.5
34	Nevada	2,120	40	3,282,188	64.6
35	Utah	1,717	133	3,538,904	48.5
36	Nebraska	1,440	200	2,018,006	71.4
37	Idaho	1,285	100	2,029,733	63.3
38	New Hampshire	1,252	146	1,415,342	88.5
39	New Mexico	1,177	74	2,125,498	55.4
40	West Virginia	1,081	182	1,766,147	61.2
41	Maine	1,071	199	1,414,874	75.7
42	Rhode Island	1,030	53	1,114,521	92.4
43	Montana	791	95	1,144,694	69.1
44	Hawaii	769	48	1,432,820	53.7
45	Delaware	644	43	1,059,952	60.8
46	North Dakota	614	93	799,358	76.8
47	South Dakota	604	101	935,094	64.6
48	Vermont	457	99	644,663	70.9
49	Wyoming	437	47	588,753	74.2
50	Alaska	404	30	737,270	54.8
51	District of Columbia	390	3	693,645	56.2
	United States (50 states + DC)	251,679	15,883	341,784,857	73.6

On a phone the residents column is hidden; it is in the CSV download. Tap a state to see its salons city by city.

How we counted

Salons listed: hair salons, hair stylists, extension studios and kids’ salons in our directory, from the Overture Maps Foundation places data (release 2026-10-21.0), with closed places and duplicates removed. It counts the listings we have, not every business licensed in a state.
Cities & towns: places with at least one listed salon.
Residents: the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025 population estimates for July 1, 2025 (State Population Totals, 2020–2025; data file NST-EST2025-ALLDATA).
Salons per 100,000 residents = salons listed ÷ residents × 100,000, rounded to one decimal.

Open map data covers some states more completely than others, so small differences between states say as much about the data as about how many salons there are. Paid plans never change these counts. Read more about where our data comes from.

Use this data

You may quote or chart these numbers with a link to this page. For a salon in a particular town, open its state from the table or use Salons near me.