Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Colorado
Hair salons in the Edwards, CO area
How the Edwards, CO area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #308 of 538 scored small-town markets
#9 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Colorado
- Listings
- 55
- 3 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 37
- +19.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $25.9M
- On personal care products and services · $1,176 a household
- Spending per listing
- $472K
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.9
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,291
- −2.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,176 per household (17% above the U.S. average), households in the Edwards area spend about $25.9M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $472K per salon, 10% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
The Edwards area has 55 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 5% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 24.9 per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Edwards area was 37 in 2023, up 19.4% from 2019. That is one for every 596 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 78 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $299K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Edwards area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Edwards area declined 2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Edwards area scores 47 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #308 of 538 scored small-town markets and #9 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Colorado.
How the Edwards 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.
| Measure | Edwards area | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.9 | 22.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $472K | $498K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 596 | 1,170 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +19.4% | +16.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.4% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,176 | $1,118 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $104,096 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 37+19.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 53
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 78Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 553 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 60The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $299K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Edwards 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 Edwards area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,291−2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 22,058
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,685 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $104,096+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $149,170
- Median home value
- $839,500
- Jobs located here
- 36,343
- Daytime population
- 60,203Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Colorado market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Colorado for hair salons, numbered among those based in Colorado, with the Edwards area marked.
Top small-town markets in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Steamboat Springs, CO | 61 | 34 | 20.4 | $544K | +0.9% | #136 of 538 |
| 2Alamosa, CO | 61 | 19 | 16.6 | $490K | +2.1% | #139 of 538 |
| 3Durango, CO | 61 | 53 | 21.7 | $482K | +2.2% | #140 of 538 |
| 4Breckenridge, CO | 57 | 38 | 24.4 | $492K | +1.1% | #185 of 538 |
| 5Cañon City, CO | 57 | 38 | 21.1 | $417K | +2.4% | #190 of 538 |
| 6Montrose, CO | 57 | 41 | 22.7 | $412K | +4.1% | #192 of 538 |
| 7Fort Morgan, CO | 57 | 28 | 25.3 | $357K | +4.2% | #195 of 538 |
| 8Rifle, CO | 53 | 81 | 24.8 | $442K | +1.2% | #242 of 538 |
| 9Edwards, CO | 47 | 55 | 24.9 | $472K | −2.4% | #308 of 538 |
| 10Sterling, CO | 41 | 15 | 18.3 | $456K | −2.7% | #364 of 538 |
Other business types in the Edwards 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 spas29
- Hair salons47
- Barbershops57
- Nail salons44
- Spas and skin care23
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Edwards, CO area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 55 hair salons in the Edwards area. 3 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 37 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 19.4% from 2019. Another 78 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Edwards, CO area spend on personal care products and services?
About $25.9M a year, or $1,176 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 55 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $472K per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,058 households in the Edwards area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Edwards, CO area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Edwards area has 24.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $472K, 10% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Edwards area would have about 60, against 55 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 596 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 19.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Edwards, CO area growing?
Population estimates put the Edwards area at 54,291 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 22,058 households. Median household income in the Edwards area is $104,096, 29% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.8%, 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 Edwards area scores 47 for hair salons (lower middle), #308 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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