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Hair salons in Butler County, KS

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #370 of 2,339 scored counties
#6 of 38 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
52
12 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$26M
On personal care products and services · $1,025 a household
Spending per listing
$499K
16% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.5
12% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
69,484
+3.1% 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

Household spending on personal care products and services in Butler County comes to about $26M a year: $1,025 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That works out to $499K per salon, 16% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

Butler County has 52 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 23%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.5, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Butler County in 2023. That is one for every 2,303 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 140 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show Butler County grew 3.1% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Butler County has a Groundwork market score of 68 (upper middle): #370 of 2,339 scored counties and #6 of 38 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Butler 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 Butler County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureButler CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.521.823.4
Spending per listing$499K$456K$430K
Households per official establishment2,3031,7951,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.8%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.1%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,025$996$1,005
Median household income$81,610$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score6847

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 11
Employees, 2023
17
Annual payroll, 2023
$521K
One-person businesses, 2023
140Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5212 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
60The 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 Butler 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 Butler County

Population, 2025 estimate
69,484+3.1% since 2020
Households
25,338
Median age
39.2
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
1,430 sq. mi.
People per square mile
48
Median household income
$81,610+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$102,506
Median home value
$217,600
Jobs located here
20,149
Daytime population
57,947Residents 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 Butler 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

Other business types in Butler County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Butler County, KS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 52 hair salons in Butler County. 12 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 140 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $26M a year, or $1,025 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 52 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $499K 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 25,338 households in Butler County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Butler County has 20.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $499K, 16% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Butler County would have about 60, against 52 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,303 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.

How fast is Butler County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Butler County at 69,484 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,338 households. Median household income in Butler County is $81,610, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.0%, 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. Butler County scores 68 for hair salons (upper middle), #370 of 2,339 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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