Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Kansas
Hair salons in the Garden City, KS area
The hair salons in the Garden City, KS area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #435 of 538 scored small-town markets
#10 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas
- Listings
- 39
- 9 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.9M
- On personal care products and services · $976 a household
- Spending per listing
- $331K
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 29.5
- 26% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,505
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, the Garden City area has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #435 of 538 scored small-town markets and #10 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
As of September 2026, map listings count 39 hair salons in the Garden City area. 9 of them (23%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 29.5 for every 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $976 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in the Garden City area spend about $12.9M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 39 hair salons, that is $331K per salon, 23% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in the Garden City area classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 1,890 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Garden City area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Garden City 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.
| Measure | Garden City area | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 29.5 | 21.8 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $331K | $456K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,890 | 1,795 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $976 | $996 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $73,009 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 20
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $546K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 85Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 399 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The 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 Garden City 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 Garden City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,505−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 13,229
- Median age
- 33.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,302 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $73,009
- Average household income
- $91,638
- Median home value
- $201,400
- Jobs located here
- 19,852
- Daytime population
- 39,125Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kansas for hair salons, numbered among those based in Kansas, with the Garden City area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1McPherson, KS | 63 | 22 | 18.1 | $539K | −0.4% | #117 of 538 |
| 2Emporia, KS | 55 | 25 | 17.1 | $502K | +0.4% | #211 of 538 |
| 3Ottawa, KS | 55 | 22 | 21.1 | $449K | +1.1% | #214 of 538 |
| 4Arkansas City-Winfield, KS | 51 | 28 | 20.9 | $416K | −0.4% | #267 of 538 |
| 5Atchison, KS | 44 | 12 | 20.9 | $419K | −0.9% | #334 of 538 |
| 6Hutchinson, KS | 44 | 61 | 23.8 | $368K | −0.6% | #340 of 538 |
| 7Dodge City, KS | 40 | 31 | 26.3 | $361K | −0.6% | #385 of 538 |
| 8Great Bend, KS | 40 | 25 | 24.1 | $360K | −2.5% | #386 of 538 |
| 9Pittsburg, KS | 38 | 31 | 19.6 | $423K | +0.1% | #400 of 538 |
| 10Garden City, KS | 35 | 39 | 29.5 | $331K | −2.1% | #435 of 538 |
Other business types in the Garden City area
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 spas37
- Hair salons35
- Barbershops42
- Nail salons49
- Spas and skin care57
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Garden City, KS area?
The Garden City area has 39 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 85 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Garden City, KS area spend on personal care products and services?
About $12.9M a year, or $976 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $331K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,229 households in the Garden City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Garden City, KS area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Garden City area has 29.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $331K, 23% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Garden City area would have about 30, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,890 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Garden City, KS area growing?
Population estimates put the Garden City area at 37,505 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,229 households. The median household income in the Garden City area is $73,009 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Garden City area scores 35 for hair salons (lower middle), #435 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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