Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Colorado
Hair salons in the Grand Junction, CO metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in the Grand Junction, CO metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #296 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado
- Listings
- 169
- 35 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 47
- +11.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $63.4M
- On personal care products and services · $962 a household
- Spending per listing
- $375K
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.7
- 10% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 162,845
- +4.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Grand Junction metro area scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #296 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $962 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in the Grand Junction metro area spend about $63.4M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $375K per salon, 13% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
The Grand Junction metro area has 169 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 25.7 per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Grand Junction metro area was 47 in 2023, up 11.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,401 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Grand Junction metro area grew 4.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Grand Junction 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.
| Measure | Grand Junction metro area | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.7 | 22.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $375K | $498K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,401 | 1,170 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.9% | +16.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.4% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $962 | $1,118 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $73,658 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 47+11.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 215
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 403Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 16935 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 147The 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 beauty salons in the Grand Junction 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 Grand Junction metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 162,845+4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 65,830
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 3,329 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $73,658+33.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,145
- Median home value
- $378,600
- Jobs located here
- 65,394
- Daytime population
- 156,691Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Greeley, CO | 87 | 198 | 15.9 | $686K | +14.2% | #1 of 387 |
| 2Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 64 | 2,800 | 22.9 | $514K | +4.1% | #65 of 387 |
| 3Pueblo, CO | 62 | 129 | 18.8 | $478K | +0.6% | #81 of 387 |
| 4Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 61 | 352 | 22.8 | $481K | +4.8% | #89 of 387 |
| 5Colorado Springs, CO | 56 | 703 | 23.3 | $464K | +3.1% | #130 of 387 |
| 6Boulder, CO | 50 | 331 | 24.2 | $491K | −0.7% | #178 of 387 |
| 7Grand Junction, CO | 40 | 169 | 25.7 | $375K | +4.4% | #296 of 387 |
Other business types in the Grand Junction metro 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 spas45
- Hair salons40
- Barbershops60
- Nail salons65
- Spas and skin care44
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Grand Junction, CO metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 169 hair salons in the Grand Junction metro area. 35 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 47 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 11.9% from 2019. Official counts also show 403 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Grand Junction, CO metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $63.4M a year, or $962 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 169 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $375K 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 65,830 households in the Grand Junction metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Grand Junction, CO metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Grand Junction metro area has 25.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $375K, 13% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Grand Junction metro area would have about 147, against 169 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,401 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Grand Junction, CO metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Grand Junction metro area at 162,845 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 65,830 households. Median household income in the Grand Junction metro area is $73,658, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.0%, 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 Grand Junction metro area scores 40 for hair salons (lower middle), #296 of 387 scored metro areas.
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