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Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Kansas

Hair salons in the Atchison, KS area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in the Atchison, KS area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #334 of 538 scored small-town markets
#5 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas

Listings
12
5 chain locations (42%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5M
On personal care products and services · $877 a household
Spending per listing
$419K
3% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.9
11% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
16,172
−0.9% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 12 hair salons in the Atchison area. 5 of them (42%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 20.9 per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

At $877 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the Atchison area spend about $5M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $419K per salon, 3% 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 the Atchison area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 38 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show the Atchison area declined 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Atchison area scores 44 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #334 of 538 scored small-town markets and #5 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas.

How the Atchison area 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 Atchison, KS area compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureAtchison areaKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.921.823.4
Spending per listing$419K$456K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,7951,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.8%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.9%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$877$996$1,005
Median household income$61,112$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score4447

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
38Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
125 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The 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 Atchison 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 Atchison area

Population, 2025 estimate
16,172−0.9% since 2020
Households
5,735
Median age
37.2
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
431 sq. mi.
People per square mile
38
Median household income
$61,112+21.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,946
Median home value
$145,700
Jobs located here
5,726
Daytime population
14,569Residents 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 small-town markets in Kansas for hair salons, numbered among those based in Kansas, with the Atchison area marked.

Top small-town markets in Kansas

Small-town markets in Kansas ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1McPherson, KS632218.1$539K−0.4%#117 of 538
2Emporia, KS552517.1$502K+0.4%#211 of 538
3Ottawa, KS552221.1$449K+1.1%#214 of 538
4Arkansas City-Winfield, KS512820.9$416K−0.4%#267 of 538
5Atchison, KS441220.9$419K−0.9%#334 of 538
6Hutchinson, KS446123.8$368K−0.6%#340 of 538
7Dodge City, KS403126.3$361K−0.6%#385 of 538
8Great Bend, KS402524.1$360K−2.5%#386 of 538
9Pittsburg, KS383119.6$423K+0.1%#400 of 538
10Garden City, KS353929.5$331K−2.1%#435 of 538

Other business types in the Atchison area

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in the Atchison, KS area?

The Atchison area has 12 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in the Atchison area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 38 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Atchison, KS area spend on personal care products and services?

About $5M a year, or $877 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $419K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,735 households in the Atchison area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Atchison, KS area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

The Atchison area has 20.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $419K, 3% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending.

How fast is the Atchison, KS area growing?

Population estimates put the Atchison area at 16,172 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,735 households. The median household income in the Atchison area is $61,112 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.2% 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. 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 Atchison area scores 44 for hair salons (lower middle), #334 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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