Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Colorado
Hair salons in the Steamboat Springs, CO area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in the Steamboat Springs, CO area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #136 of 538 scored small-town markets
#1 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Colorado
- Listings
- 34
- 3 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- −28.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $18.5M
- On personal care products and services · $1,110 a household
- Spending per listing
- $544K
- 26% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.4
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,451
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 hair salons in the Steamboat Springs area. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.4, 13% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Steamboat Springs area comes to about $18.5M a year: $1,110 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That works out to $544K per salon, 26% 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.
Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Steamboat Springs area in 2023, down 28.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,042 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 84 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show the Steamboat Springs area grew 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in the Steamboat Springs area is 61 (upper middle), #136 of 538 scored small-town markets and #1 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Colorado.
How the Steamboat Springs 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 | Steamboat Springs area | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.4 | 22.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $544K | $498K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,042 | 1,170 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −28.6% | +16.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,110 | $1,118 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $95,400 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16−28.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $675K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 84Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 343 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 43The 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 Steamboat Springs 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 Steamboat Springs area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,451+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 16,671
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 7,105 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $95,400
- Average household income
- $129,770
- Median home value
- $564,500
- Jobs located here
- 19,359
- Daytime population
- 36,698Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Colorado market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Colorado for hair salons, numbered among those based in Colorado, with the Steamboat Springs area marked.
Top small-town markets in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Steamboat Springs, CO | 61 | 34 | 20.4 | $544K | +0.9% | #136 of 538 |
| 2Alamosa, CO | 61 | 19 | 16.6 | $490K | +2.1% | #139 of 538 |
| 3Durango, CO | 61 | 53 | 21.7 | $482K | +2.2% | #140 of 538 |
| 4Breckenridge, CO | 57 | 38 | 24.4 | $492K | +1.1% | #185 of 538 |
| 5Cañon City, CO | 57 | 38 | 21.1 | $417K | +2.4% | #190 of 538 |
| 6Montrose, CO | 57 | 41 | 22.7 | $412K | +4.1% | #192 of 538 |
| 7Fort Morgan, CO | 57 | 28 | 25.3 | $357K | +4.2% | #195 of 538 |
| 8Rifle, CO | 53 | 81 | 24.8 | $442K | +1.2% | #242 of 538 |
| 9Edwards, CO | 47 | 55 | 24.9 | $472K | −2.4% | #308 of 538 |
| 10Sterling, CO | 41 | 15 | 18.3 | $456K | −2.7% | #364 of 538 |
Other business types in the Steamboat Springs 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 spas51
- Hair salons61
- Barbershops
- Nail salons70
- Spas and skin care34
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Steamboat Springs, CO area?
There are 34 hair salons on map listings in the Steamboat Springs area as of September 2026. 3 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, down 28.6% from 2019. Official counts list 84 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Steamboat Springs, CO area spend on personal care products and services?
About $18.5M a year, or $1,110 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $544K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,671 households in the Steamboat Springs area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Steamboat Springs, CO area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Steamboat Springs area has 20.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $544K, 26% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Steamboat Springs area would have about 43, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,042 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count fell 28.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Steamboat Springs, CO area growing?
Population estimates put the Steamboat Springs area at 38,451 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,671 households. The median household income in the Steamboat Springs area is $95,400 a year, 18% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Steamboat Springs area scores 61 for hair salons (upper middle), #136 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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