Beauty and personal care · County · Kansas
Hair salons in Douglas County, KS
How Douglas County, KS compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,230 of 2,339 scored counties
#19 of 38 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 106
- 17 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 44
- −2.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $49.7M
- On personal care products and services · $987 a household
- Spending per listing
- $469K
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.0
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 120,920
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 106 hair salons in Douglas County. Of those, 17 are chain locations, or 16%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 21.0 per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in Douglas County spend about $49.7M a year on personal care products and services, or $987 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $469K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 9% 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.
Official counts show 44 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Douglas County in 2023, down 2.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,146 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 184 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Douglas County grew 1.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Douglas County has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #1,230 of 2,339 scored counties and #19 of 38 scored counties in Kansas.
How Douglas 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 | Douglas County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.0 | 21.8 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $469K | $456K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,146 | 1,795 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −2.2% | +2.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $987 | $996 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $69,746 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 45 → 44−2.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 164
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 184Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10617 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 116The 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 Douglas 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 Douglas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 120,920+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 50,406
- Median age
- 35.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 50%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 456 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 264
- Median household income
- $69,746+17.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,109
- Median home value
- $309,400
- Jobs located here
- 51,342
- Daytime population
- 115,968Residents 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 Douglas 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 |
| 19Douglas County, KS | 49 | 106 | 21.0 | $469K | +1.8% | #1,230 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Douglas 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 spas47
- Hair salons49
- Barbershops57
- Nail salons59
- Spas and skin care50
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Douglas County, KS?
There are 106 hair salons on map listings in Douglas County as of September 2026. 17 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 44 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, down 2.2% from 2019. Another 184 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Douglas County, KS spend on personal care products and services?
About $49.7M a year, or $987 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 106 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $469K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 50,406 households in Douglas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Douglas County, KS compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Douglas County has 21.0 hair salons per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $469K, 9% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Douglas County would have about 116, against 106 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,146 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Douglas County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Douglas County at 120,920 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,406 households. The median household income in Douglas County is $69,746 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.4% 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. Douglas County scores 49 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,230 of 2,339 scored counties.
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