Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Kansas
Hair salons in the Great Bend, KS area
The hair salons in the Great Bend, KS area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #386 of 538 scored small-town markets
#8 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas
- Listings
- 25
- 7 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9M
- On personal care products and services · $867 a household
- Spending per listing
- $360K
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.1
- 3% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 24,790
- −2.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 25 hair salons in the Great Bend area. Chain locations make up 28% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 24.1 per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $867 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in the Great Bend area spend about $9M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $360K per salon, 16% 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.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Great Bend area in 2023. That is one for every 3,460 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 77 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show the Great Bend area declined 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Great Bend area scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #386 of 538 scored small-town markets and #8 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas.
How the Great Bend 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 | Great Bend area | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.1 | 21.8 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $360K | $456K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,460 | 1,795 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.5% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $867 | $996 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $58,851 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 7
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $113K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 77Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 257 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 Great Bend 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 Great Bend area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 24,790−2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 10,380
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 895 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 28
- Median household income
- $58,851+18.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,743
- Median home value
- $126,400
- Jobs located here
- 11,401
- Daytime population
- 24,199Residents 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 Great Bend 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 Great Bend 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 spas43
- Hair salons40
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care22
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Great Bend, KS area?
The Great Bend area has 25 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 77 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Great Bend, KS area spend on personal care products and services?
About $9M a year, or $867 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $360K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,380 households in the Great Bend area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Great Bend, KS area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Great Bend area has 24.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $360K, 16% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Great Bend area would have about 21, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,460 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Great Bend, KS area growing?
Population estimates put the Great Bend area at 24,790 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,380 households. The median household income in the Great Bend area is $58,851 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.4% 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. 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 Great Bend area scores 40 for hair salons (lower middle), #386 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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