Beauty and personal care · County · Nebraska
Barbershops in Saline County, NE
How Saline County, NE compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,026 of 1,356 scored counties
#9 of 10 scored counties in Nebraska
- Listings
- 5
- 2 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.1M
- On personal care products and services · $987 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 46% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.7
- 83% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,996
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
For barbershops, Saline County has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #1,026 of 1,356 scored counties and #9 of 10 scored counties in Nebraska. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Saline County comes to about $5.1M a year: $987 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1M per shop, 46% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
There are 5 barbershops on map listings in Saline County as of September 2026. 2 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.7, 83% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in Saline County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Saline County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Saline County compares
The same measures for Nebraska and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the barbershops 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 | Saline County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.7 | 3.4 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $3M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 22,796 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.9% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $987 | $1,004 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $79,910 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 52 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 barber shops in Saline 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 Saline County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,996+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 5,143
- Median age
- 36.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 574 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 26
- Median household income
- $79,910+55.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,556
- Median home value
- $197,400
- Jobs located here
- 6,877
- Daytime population
- 13,841Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Nebraska market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Nebraska for barbershops, numbered among those based in Nebraska, with Saline County marked.
Top counties in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sarpy County, NE | 93 | 20 | 2.7 | $4.3M | +9.0% | #6 of 1,356 |
| 2Buffalo County, NE | 72 | 6 | 3.0 | $3.3M | +1.9% | #180 of 1,356 |
| 3Dodge County, NE | 69 | 5 | 3.3 | $2.9M | +2.6% | #261 of 1,356 |
| 4Lancaster County, NE | 67 | 49 | 3.7 | $2.7M | +3.4% | #288 of 1,356 |
| 5Douglas County, NE | 62 | 113 | 4.7 | $2.2M | +3.6% | #408 of 1,356 |
| 6Adams County, NE | 54 | 5 | 3.8 | $2.5M | −0.3% | #591 of 1,356 |
| 7Lincoln County, NE | 43 | 6 | 4.0 | $2.3M | −3.6% | #874 of 1,356 |
| 8Hall County, NE | 43 | 11 | 4.5 | $2.1M | +1.4% | #876 of 1,356 |
| 9Saline County, NE | 35 | 5 | 9.7 | $1M | +1.9% | #1,026 of 1,356 |
| 10Gage County, NE | 30 | 7 | 7.5 | $1.2M | +0.2% | #1,106 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Saline 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 spas49
- Hair salons54
- Barbershops35
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care37
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Saline County, NE?
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 barbershops in Saline County. 2 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Saline County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Saline County, NE spend on personal care products and services?
About $5.1M a year, or $987 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1M per shop. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,143 households in Saline County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Saline County, NE compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Saline County has 9.7 barbershops per 10,000 households, 83% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1M, 46% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Saline County would have about 3, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Saline County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Saline County at 14,996 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,143 households. The median household income in Saline County is $79,910 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 55.2% 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. 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. Saline County scores 35 for barbershops (lower middle), #1,026 of 1,356 scored counties.
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