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Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Colorado

Hair salons in the Colorado Springs, CO metro area

How the Colorado Springs, CO metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #130 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado

Listings
703
110 chain locations (16%)
Official establishments
236
+24.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$326.2M
On personal care products and services · $1,080 a household
Spending per listing
$464K
8% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
23.3
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
781,796
+3.1% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 703 hair salons in the Colorado Springs metro area. Of those, 110 are chain locations, or 16%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 23.3, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4.

At $1,080 per household (7% above the U.S. average), households in the Colorado Springs metro area spend about $326.2M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 703 hair salons, that is $464K per salon, 8% above the U.S. figure of $430K. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Colorado Springs metro area was 236 in 2023, up 24.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,280 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 1,506 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 12 SBA-backed loans worth $3.6M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Colorado Springs metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Colorado Springs metro area grew 3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Colorado Springs metro area scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #130 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado.

How the Colorado Springs metro area compares

The same measures for Colorado and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the hair salons counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Hair salons in Colorado Springs, CO metro area compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureColorado Springs metro areaColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households23.322.523.4
Spending per listing$464K$498K$430K
Households per official establishment1,2801,1701,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+24.9%+16.3%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.1%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,080$1,118$1,005
Median household income$90,144$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score5662

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
236+24.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
990
Annual payroll, 2023
$33.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
1,506Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
703110 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
758The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
12
Amount
$3.6M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Colorado Springs metro 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 Colorado Springs metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
781,796+3.1% since 2020
Households
302,050
Median age
37.5
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
2,684 sq. mi.
People per square mile
286
Median household income
$90,144+31.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$116,390
Median home value
$461,800
Jobs located here
292,224
Daytime population
748,721Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Colorado

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Colorado for hair salons, numbered among those based in Colorado, with the Colorado Springs metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Colorado

Metro areas in Colorado ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Greeley, CO8719815.9$686K+14.2%#1 of 387
2Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO642,80022.9$514K+4.1%#65 of 387
3Pueblo, CO6212918.8$478K+0.6%#81 of 387
4Fort Collins-Loveland, CO6135222.8$481K+4.8%#89 of 387
5Colorado Springs, CO5670323.3$464K+3.1%#130 of 387
6Boulder, CO5033124.2$491K−0.7%#178 of 387
7Grand Junction, CO4016925.7$375K+4.4%#296 of 387

Other business types in the Colorado Springs metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many hair salons are in the Colorado Springs, CO metro area?

There are 703 hair salons on map listings in the Colorado Springs metro area as of September 2026. 110 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 236 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 24.9% from 2019. Official counts also show 1,506 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Colorado Springs, CO metro area spend on personal care products and services?

About $326.2M a year, or $1,080 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 703 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $464K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 302,050 households in the Colorado Springs metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Colorado Springs, CO metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

The Colorado Springs metro area has 23.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $464K, 8% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Colorado Springs metro area would have about 758, against 703 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,280 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 24.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is the Colorado Springs, CO metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Colorado Springs metro area at 781,796 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 302,050 households. The median household income in the Colorado Springs metro area is $90,144 a year, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.2% 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. The Colorado Springs metro area scores 56 for hair salons (upper middle), #130 of 387 scored metro areas.

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