Beauty and personal care · County · Colorado
Hair salons in El Paso County, CO
How El Paso County, CO compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #916 of 2,339 scored counties
#16 of 36 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 677
- 102 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 228
- +23.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $313.9M
- On personal care products and services · $1,082 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
- 757,040
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 677 hair salons in El Paso County. 102 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 23.3 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in El Paso County comes to about $313.9M a year: $1,082 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. That works out to $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.
Official counts show 228 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in El Paso County in 2023, up 23.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,273 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 1,452 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 11 SBA-backed loans worth $2.9M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in El Paso County.
Population estimates show El Paso County grew 3.2% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in El Paso County is 55 (upper middle), #916 of 2,339 scored counties and #16 of 36 scored counties in Colorado.
How El Paso County 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 | El Paso County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.3 | 22.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $464K | $498K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,273 | 1,170 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +23.2% | +16.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,082 | $1,118 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $90,363 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 185 → 228+23.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 970
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $32.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,452Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 677102 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 730The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 11
- Amount
- $2.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in El Paso 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 El Paso County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 757,040+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 290,190
- Median age
- 37.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,126 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 349
- Median household income
- $90,363+31.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $116,684
- Median home value
- $461,000
- Jobs located here
- 284,746
- Daytime population
- 727,616Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Elbert County, CO | 86 | 11 | 11.0 | $1.2M | +16.5% | #28 of 2,339 |
| 2Weld County, CO | 83 | 198 | 15.9 | $686K | +14.2% | #53 of 2,339 |
| 3Adams County, CO | 76 | 349 | 18.5 | $593K | +6.6% | #142 of 2,339 |
| 4Broomfield County, CO | 68 | 65 | 20.5 | $626K | +6.3% | #355 of 2,339 |
| 5Douglas County, CO | 68 | 321 | 22.9 | $607K | +10.9% | #357 of 2,339 |
| 6Montezuma County, CO | 68 | 20 | 17.7 | $508K | +3.0% | #368 of 2,339 |
| 7Grand County, CO | 64 | 12 | 16.1 | $659K | +4.8% | #479 of 2,339 |
| 8Pueblo County, CO | 61 | 129 | 18.8 | $478K | +0.6% | #643 of 2,339 |
| 9Routt County, CO | 60 | 22 | 19.5 | $613K | +2.0% | #667 of 2,339 |
| 10Chaffee County, CO | 60 | 27 | 27.4 | $377K | +6.9% | #706 of 2,339 |
| 16El Paso County, CO | 55 | 677 | 23.3 | $464K | +3.2% | #916 of 2,339 |
Other business types in El Paso 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 spas44
- Hair salons55
- Barbershops49
- Nail salons59
- Spas and skin care39
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in El Paso County, CO?
El Paso County has 677 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 102 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 228 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 23.2% from 2019. Official counts also show 1,452 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in El Paso County, CO spend on personal care products and services?
About $313.9M a year, or $1,082 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 677 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 290,190 households in El Paso County and national spending patterns by income.
How does El Paso County, CO compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
El Paso County 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, El Paso County would have about 730, against 677 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,273 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 23.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is El Paso County, CO growing?
Population estimates put El Paso County at 757,040 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 290,190 households. The median household income in El Paso County is $90,363 a year, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.4% 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. El Paso County scores 55 for hair salons (upper middle), #916 of 2,339 scored counties.
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