Beauty and personal care · County · Colorado
Hair salons in Pueblo County, CO
The hair salons in Pueblo County, CO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #643 of 2,339 scored counties
#8 of 36 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 129
- 27 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- −33.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $61.7M
- On personal care products and services · $900 a household
- Spending per listing
- $478K
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.8
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 169,277
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Pueblo County comes to about $61.7M a year: $900 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 129 hair salons, that is $478K per salon, 11% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Pueblo County has 129 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 18.8 per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Pueblo County in 2023, down 33.3% from 2019. That is one for every 4,283 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 357 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $162K have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Pueblo County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pueblo County grew 0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Pueblo County has a Groundwork market score of 61 (upper middle): #643 of 2,339 scored counties and #8 of 36 scored counties in Colorado.
How Pueblo 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 | Pueblo County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.8 | 22.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $478K | $498K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,283 | 1,170 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −33.3% | +16.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.6% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $900 | $1,118 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $64,010 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24 → 16−33.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 47
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 357Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12927 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 143The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $162K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Pueblo 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 Pueblo County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 169,277+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 68,523
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,387 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 71
- Median household income
- $64,010+36.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,458
- Median home value
- $291,300
- Jobs located here
- 56,090
- Daytime population
- 161,514Residents 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 Pueblo 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 spas43
- Hair salons61
- Barbershops35
- Nail salons46
- Spas and skin care33
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Pueblo County, CO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 129 hair salons in Pueblo County. 27 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, down 33.3% from 2019. Another 357 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Pueblo County, CO spend on personal care products and services?
About $61.7M a year, or $900 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 129 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $478K 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 68,523 households in Pueblo County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pueblo County, CO compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Pueblo County has 18.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $478K, 11% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Pueblo County would have about 143, against 129 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,283 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count fell 33.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Pueblo County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Pueblo County at 169,277 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 68,523 households. Median household income in Pueblo County is $64,010, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.8%, 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. Pueblo County scores 61 for hair salons (upper middle), #643 of 2,339 scored counties.
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