Beauty and personal care · County · Kansas
Hair salons in Cowley County, KS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Cowley County, KS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,245 of 2,339 scored counties
#20 of 38 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 28
- 10 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.6M
- On personal care products and services · $870 a household
- Spending per listing
- $416K
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.9
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,382
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Cowley County spend about $11.6M a year on personal care products and services, or $870 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 28 hair salons, that is $416K per salon, 3% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 28 hair salons on map listings in Cowley County as of September 2026. 10 of them (36%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 20.9 for every 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Cowley County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 3,347 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 71 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Cowley County declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For hair salons, Cowley County has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #1,245 of 2,339 scored counties and #20 of 38 scored counties in Kansas.
How Cowley 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.
| Measure | Cowley County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.9 | 21.8 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $416K | $456K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,347 | 1,795 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $870 | $996 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $57,878 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 13
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $241K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 71Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2810 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The 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 Cowley 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 Cowley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,382−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 13,387
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,126 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $57,878+15.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,245
- Median home value
- $120,900
- Jobs located here
- 13,490
- Daytime population
- 33,626Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for hair salons, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Cowley County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pottawatomie County, KS | 76 | 16 | 17.1 | $628K | +6.9% | #141 of 2,339 |
| 2Jefferson County, KS | 75 | 10 | 13.5 | $764K | −0.2% | #152 of 2,339 |
| 3Jackson County, KS | 74 | 7 | 14.0 | $689K | +1.5% | #172 of 2,339 |
| 4Wyandotte County, KS | 71 | 94 | 15.3 | $588K | +1.0% | #262 of 2,339 |
| 5Leavenworth County, KS | 69 | 48 | 15.9 | $674K | +3.2% | #310 of 2,339 |
| 6Butler County, KS | 68 | 52 | 20.5 | $499K | +3.1% | #370 of 2,339 |
| 7Osage County, KS | 66 | 9 | 14.0 | $672K | −0.3% | #411 of 2,339 |
| 8Marion County, KS | 63 | 6 | 12.6 | $716K | −1.3% | #520 of 2,339 |
| 9Johnson County, KS | 63 | 580 | 23.2 | $525K | +4.2% | #539 of 2,339 |
| 10Miami County, KS | 63 | 33 | 24.0 | $443K | +5.9% | #557 of 2,339 |
| 20Cowley County, KS | 49 | 28 | 20.9 | $416K | −0.4% | #1,245 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Cowley County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
- Salons, barbers and spas40
- Hair salons49
- Barbershops33
- Nail salons36
- Spas and skin care36
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Cowley County, KS?
As of September 2026, map listings count 28 hair salons in Cowley County. 10 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 71 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Cowley County, KS spend on personal care products and services?
About $11.6M a year, or $870 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $416K 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 13,387 households in Cowley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cowley County, KS compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Cowley County has 20.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $416K, 3% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Cowley County would have about 27, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,347 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Cowley County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Cowley County at 34,382 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,387 households. Median household income in Cowley County is $57,878, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.5%, 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. Cowley County scores 49 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,245 of 2,339 scored counties.
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