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Beauty and personal care · County · Colorado

Hair salons in Montezuma County, CO

The hair salons in Montezuma County, CO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #368 of 2,339 scored counties
#6 of 36 scored counties in Colorado

Listings
20
2 chain locations (10%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$10.2M
On personal care products and services · $902 a household
Spending per listing
$508K
18% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.7
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
26,678
+3.0% 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 20 hair salons in Montezuma County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 10%, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 17.7 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Montezuma County comes to about $10.2M a year: $902 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $508K per salon, 18% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Montezuma County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 3,756 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 47 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $541K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Montezuma County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Montezuma County grew 3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Montezuma County scores 68 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #368 of 2,339 scored counties and #6 of 36 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Montezuma 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.

Hair salons in Montezuma County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureMontezuma CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.722.523.4
Spending per listing$508K$498K$430K
Households per official establishment3,7561,1701,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+16.3%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.0%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$902$1,118$1,005
Median household income$65,244$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score6862

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
10
Annual payroll, 2023
$374K
One-person businesses, 2023
47Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
202 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
24The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$541K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Montezuma 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 Montezuma County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,678+3.0% since 2020
Households
11,269
Median age
46.6
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
2,029 sq. mi.
People per square mile
13
Median household income
$65,244+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,506
Median home value
$331,400
Jobs located here
9,333
Daytime population
25,163Residents 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 counties in Colorado for hair salons, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Montezuma County marked.

Top counties in Colorado

Counties in Colorado ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Elbert County, CO861111.0$1.2M+16.5%#28 of 2,339
2Weld County, CO8319815.9$686K+14.2%#53 of 2,339
3Adams County, CO7634918.5$593K+6.6%#142 of 2,339
4Broomfield County, CO686520.5$626K+6.3%#355 of 2,339
5Douglas County, CO6832122.9$607K+10.9%#357 of 2,339
6Montezuma County, CO682017.7$508K+3.0%#368 of 2,339
7Grand County, CO641216.1$659K+4.8%#479 of 2,339
8Pueblo County, CO6112918.8$478K+0.6%#643 of 2,339
9Routt County, CO602219.5$613K+2.0%#667 of 2,339
10Chaffee County, CO602727.4$377K+6.9%#706 of 2,339

Other business types in Montezuma County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Montezuma County, CO?

There are 20 hair salons on map listings in Montezuma County as of September 2026. 2 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 47 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Montezuma County, CO spend on personal care products and services?

About $10.2M a year, or $902 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $508K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,269 households in Montezuma County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Montezuma County, CO compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Montezuma County has 17.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $508K, 18% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Montezuma County would have about 24, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,756 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.

How fast is Montezuma County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Montezuma County at 26,678 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,269 households. The median household income in Montezuma County is $65,244 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.9% 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. Montezuma County scores 68 for hair salons (upper middle), #368 of 2,339 scored counties.

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