Beauty and personal care · County · Colorado
Hair salons in Elbert County, CO
The hair salons in Elbert County, CO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 86 out of 100: High
Ranked #28 of 2,339 scored counties
#1 of 36 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 11
- 2 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13M
- On personal care products and services · $1,297 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 2.7 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.0
- 53% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,534
- +16.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Elbert County is 86 (high), #28 of 2,339 scored counties and #1 of 36 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Elbert County comes to about $13M a year: $1,297 per household, 29% above the U.S. average. Spread across 11 hair salons, that is $1.2M per salon, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Elbert County has 11 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 18%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 11.0 per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Elbert County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 2,001 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $26K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Elbert County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Elbert County grew 16.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Elbert 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 | Elbert County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.0 | 22.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $498K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,001 | 1,170 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +16.5% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,297 | $1,118 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $132,685 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 86 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 10
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $298K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 71Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 112 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $26K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Elbert 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 Elbert County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,534+16.5% since 2020
- Households
- 10,004
- Median age
- 45.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 95%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.8
- Land area
- 1,851 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $132,685+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $161,186
- Median home value
- $709,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,921
- Daytime population
- 17,161Residents 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 |
Other business types in Elbert 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 spas90
- Hair salons86
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care94
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Elbert County, CO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 hair salons in Elbert County. 2 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 71 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Elbert County, CO spend on personal care products and services?
About $13M a year, or $1,297 per household. That is 29% above the U.S. average (an index of 129, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 10,004 households in Elbert County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Elbert County, CO compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Elbert County has 11.0 hair salons per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $1.2M, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Elbert County would have about 30, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,001 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Elbert County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Elbert County at 30,534 people in 2025, up 16.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,004 households. Median household income in Elbert County is $132,685, 64% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.8%, 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. 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. Elbert County scores 86 for hair salons (high), #28 of 2,339 scored counties.
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