Beauty and personal care · County · Iowa
Hair salons in Pocahontas County, IA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Pocahontas 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
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2.7M
- On personal care products and services · $893 a household
- Spending per listing
- $383K
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.3
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 6,819
- −3.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 hair salons in Pocahontas County. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 23.3 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in Pocahontas County spend about $2.7M a year on personal care products and services, or $893 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $383K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 11% below 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Pocahontas County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pocahontas County declined 3.5%, 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 Pocahontas 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 | Pocahontas County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.3 | 23.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $383K | $422K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,653 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.5% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $893 | $990 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $61,875 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 39 |
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
- 14Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- 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 Pocahontas 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 Pocahontas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 6,819−3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 3,000
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 577 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 12
- Median household income
- $61,875
- Average household income
- $77,538
- Median home value
- $98,100
- Jobs located here
- 2,842
- Daytime population
- 6,836Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for hair salons, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Pocahontas County marked.
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 |
| Pocahontas County, IA | Not scored | 7 | 23.3 | $383K | −3.5% |
Other business types in Pocahontas County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Pocahontas County, IA?
Pocahontas County has 7 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Pocahontas County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Pocahontas County, IA spend on personal care products and services?
About $2.7M a year, or $893 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $383K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,000 households in Pocahontas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pocahontas County, IA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Pocahontas County has 23.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $383K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Pocahontas County would have about 6, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Pocahontas County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Pocahontas County at 6,819 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,000 households. The median household income in Pocahontas County is $61,875 a year, 23% 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.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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