Beauty and personal care · County · Colorado
Hair salons in Pitkin County, CO
How Pitkin 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,217 of 2,339 scored counties
#22 of 36 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 18
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.8M
- On personal care products and services · $1,170 a household
- Spending per listing
- $599K
- 39% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.5
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,625
- −4.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Pitkin County spend about $10.8M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,170 per household, 16% above the U.S. average. That is about $599K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 39% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Pitkin County has 18 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.5, 17% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Pitkin County was 15 in 2023. That is one for every 614 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 35 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $406K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Pitkin County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pitkin County declined 4.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Pitkin County scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #1,217 of 2,339 scored counties and #22 of 36 scored counties in Colorado.
How Pitkin 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 | Pitkin County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.5 | 22.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $599K | $498K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 614 | 1,170 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.2% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,170 | $1,118 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $102,645 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 44
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 35Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 180 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $406K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Pitkin 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 Pitkin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,625−4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 9,215
- Median age
- 47.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 971 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 17
- Median household income
- $102,645+30.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $192,754
- Median home value
- $1,139,100
- Jobs located here
- 18,787
- Daytime population
- 24,636Residents 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 |
| 22Pitkin County, CO | 49 | 18 | 19.5 | $599K | −4.2% | #1,217 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Pitkin 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 spas30
- Hair salons49
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care20
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Pitkin County, CO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 hair salons in Pitkin County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 35 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Pitkin County, CO spend on personal care products and services?
About $10.8M a year, or $1,170 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $599K 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 9,215 households in Pitkin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pitkin County, CO compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Pitkin County has 19.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $599K, 39% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Pitkin County would have about 25, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 614 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Pitkin County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Pitkin County at 16,625 people in 2025, down 4.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,215 households. Median household income in Pitkin County is $102,645, 27% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.0%, 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. Pitkin County scores 49 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,217 of 2,339 scored counties.
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