Beauty and personal care · County · Kansas
Hair salons in Ellis County, KS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Ellis County, KS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,190 of 2,339 scored counties
#37 of 38 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 49
- 7 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11M
- On personal care products and services · $899 a household
- Spending per listing
- $225K
- 48% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 40.0
- 71% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,075
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, Ellis County has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #2,190 of 2,339 scored counties and #37 of 38 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Ellis County spend about $11M a year on personal care products and services, or $899 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 49 hair salons, that is $225K per salon, 48% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Ellis County has 49 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 40.0 for every 10,000 households, 71% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Ellis County in 2023. That is one for every 1,225 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $190K have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Ellis County. Population estimates put the population change in Ellis County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Ellis 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 | Ellis County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 40.0 | 21.8 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $225K | $456K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,225 | 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 | $899 | $996 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $63,084 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 67
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 115Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 497 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $190K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Ellis 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 Ellis County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,075+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 12,251
- Median age
- 36.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 900 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 32
- Median household income
- $63,084+19.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,365
- Median home value
- $216,300
- Jobs located here
- 15,340
- Daytime population
- 30,752Residents 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 Ellis 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 |
| 37Ellis County, KS | 22 | 49 | 40.0 | $225K | +0.4% | #2,190 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Ellis 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 spas26
- Hair salons22
- Barbershops49
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care27
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Ellis County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 49 hair salons in Ellis County. 7 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 115 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Ellis County, KS spend on personal care products and services?
About $11M a year, or $899 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $225K 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 12,251 households in Ellis County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ellis County, KS compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Ellis County has 40.0 hair salons per 10,000 households, 71% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $225K, 48% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Ellis County would have about 26, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,225 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Ellis County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Ellis County at 29,075 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,251 households. Median household income in Ellis County is $63,084, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.3%, 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. Ellis County scores 22 for hair salons (low), #2,190 of 2,339 scored counties.
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