Beauty and personal care · County · Iowa
Hair salons in Marion County, IA
How Marion County, IA 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 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #445 of 2,339 scored counties
#7 of 72 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 23
- 5 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.4M
- On personal care products and services · $1,003 a household
- Spending per listing
- $581K
- 35% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.3
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,192
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,003 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Marion County spend about $13.4M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 23 hair salons, that is $581K per salon, 35% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Marion County has 23 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 17.3 per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Marion County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 1,665 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 57 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show Marion County grew 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Marion County is 65 (upper middle), #445 of 2,339 scored counties and #7 of 72 scored counties in Iowa. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Marion County compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Marion County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.3 | 23.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $581K | $422K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,665 | 1,653 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,003 | $990 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $78,680 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 48
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 57Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 235 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The 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 Marion 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 Marion County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,192+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 13,316
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 555 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $78,680+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,547
- Median home value
- $233,000
- Jobs located here
- 19,073
- Daytime population
- 36,093Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Benton County, IA | 82 | 12 | 11.8 | $882K | +1.8% | #59 of 2,339 |
| 2Madison County, IA | 79 | 9 | 13.4 | $787K | +3.8% | #90 of 2,339 |
| 3Warren County, IA | 76 | 33 | 16.0 | $685K | +9.0% | #135 of 2,339 |
| 4Delaware County, IA | 72 | 10 | 13.6 | $717K | +1.3% | #230 of 2,339 |
| 5Dallas County, IA | 70 | 98 | 23.1 | $517K | +17.8% | #297 of 2,339 |
| 6Guthrie County, IA | 67 | 9 | 19.6 | $515K | +1.6% | #397 of 2,339 |
| 7Marion County, IA | 65 | 23 | 17.3 | $581K | +2.3% | #445 of 2,339 |
| 8Mills County, IA | 65 | 11 | 20.4 | $526K | +2.6% | #451 of 2,339 |
| 9Jones County, IA | 64 | 15 | 18.3 | $524K | +2.9% | #497 of 2,339 |
| 10Marshall County, IA | 64 | 28 | 18.1 | $520K | −0.5% | #498 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Marion 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 spas67
- Hair salons65
- Barbershops69
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care80
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Marion County, IA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 hair salons in Marion County. 5 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 57 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Marion County, IA spend on personal care products and services?
About $13.4M a year, or $1,003 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $581K 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 13,316 households in Marion County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Marion County, IA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Marion County has 17.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $581K, 35% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Marion County would have about 31, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,665 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Marion County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Marion County at 34,192 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,316 households. Median household income in Marion County is $78,680, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.9%, 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. Marion County scores 65 for hair salons (upper middle), #445 of 2,339 scored counties.
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