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Hair salons in Allen County, KS

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,314 of 2,339 scored counties
#23 of 38 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
9
4 chain locations (44%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$4.4M
On personal care products and services · $887 a household
Spending per listing
$494K
15% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
18.0
23% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,302
−1.8% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 hair salons in Allen County. 4 of them (44%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 18.0 per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

At $887 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Allen County spend about $4.4M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 9 hair salons, that is $494K per salon, 15% 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Allen County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 28 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Allen County declined 1.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Allen County is 47 (lower middle), #1,314 of 2,339 scored counties and #23 of 38 scored counties in Kansas.

How Allen County compares

The same measures for Kansas 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 Allen County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureAllen CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households18.021.823.4
Spending per listing$494K$456K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,7951,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.8%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.8%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$887$996$1,005
Median household income$60,689$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score4747

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
28Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
94 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The 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 Allen 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 Allen County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,302−1.8% since 2020
Households
5,011
Median age
40.4
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
500 sq. mi.
People per square mile
25
Median household income
$60,689+33.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,243
Median home value
$107,600
Jobs located here
5,623
Daytime population
11,680Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Kansas

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

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pottawatomie County, KS761617.1$628K+6.9%#141 of 2,339
2Jefferson County, KS751013.5$764K−0.2%#152 of 2,339
3Jackson County, KS74714.0$689K+1.5%#172 of 2,339
4Wyandotte County, KS719415.3$588K+1.0%#262 of 2,339
5Leavenworth County, KS694815.9$674K+3.2%#310 of 2,339
6Butler County, KS685220.5$499K+3.1%#370 of 2,339
7Osage County, KS66914.0$672K−0.3%#411 of 2,339
8Marion County, KS63612.6$716K−1.3%#520 of 2,339
9Johnson County, KS6358023.2$525K+4.2%#539 of 2,339
10Miami County, KS633324.0$443K+5.9%#557 of 2,339
23Allen County, KS47918.0$494K−1.8%#1,314 of 2,339

Other business types in Allen County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many hair salons are in Allen County, KS?

There are 9 hair salons on map listings in Allen County as of September 2026. 4 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Allen County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 28 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Allen County, KS spend on personal care products and services?

About $4.4M a year, or $887 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $494K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,011 households in Allen County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Allen County, KS compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Allen County has 18.0 hair salons per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $494K, 15% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Allen County would have about 10, against 9 on map listings.

How fast is Allen County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Allen County at 12,302 people in 2025, down 1.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,011 households. The median household income in Allen County is $60,689 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Allen County scores 47 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,314 of 2,339 scored counties.

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