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Hair salons in Osceola County, IA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Osceola County, IA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
8
1 chain location (13%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$2.4M
On personal care products and services · $929 a household
Spending per listing
$306K
29% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
30.4
30% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
5,980
−3.6% 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

At $929 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Osceola County spend about $2.4M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $306K per salon, 29% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

Osceola County has 8 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 30.4 for every 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Osceola County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 17 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Osceola County declined 3.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Osceola 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.

Hair salons in Osceola County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureOsceola CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households30.423.523.4
Spending per listing$306K$422K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,6531,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.1%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.6%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$929$990$1,005
Median household income$69,239$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored39

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
17Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
81 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Osceola 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 Osceola County

Population, 2025 estimate
5,980−3.6% since 2020
Households
2,634
Median age
45.5
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
399 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$69,239
Average household income
$86,400
Median home value
$122,600
Jobs located here
2,733
Daytime population
5,520Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Iowa

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The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for hair salons, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Osceola County marked.

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Benton County, IA821211.8$882K+1.8%#59 of 2,339
2Madison County, IA79913.4$787K+3.8%#90 of 2,339
3Warren County, IA763316.0$685K+9.0%#135 of 2,339
4Delaware County, IA721013.6$717K+1.3%#230 of 2,339
5Dallas County, IA709823.1$517K+17.8%#297 of 2,339
6Guthrie County, IA67919.6$515K+1.6%#397 of 2,339
7Marion County, IA652317.3$581K+2.3%#445 of 2,339
8Mills County, IA651120.4$526K+2.6%#451 of 2,339
9Jones County, IA641518.3$524K+2.9%#497 of 2,339
10Marshall County, IA642818.1$520K−0.5%#498 of 2,339
Osceola County, IANot scored830.4$306K−3.6%

Other business types in Osceola County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many hair salons are in Osceola County, IA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 hair salons in Osceola County. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Osceola County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Osceola County, IA spend on personal care products and services?

About $2.4M a year, or $929 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $306K 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 2,634 households in Osceola County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Osceola County, IA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Osceola County has 30.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $306K, 29% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Osceola County would have about 6, against 8 on map listings.

How fast is Osceola County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Osceola County at 5,980 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,634 households. Median household income in Osceola County is $69,239, 14% below 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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