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Hair salons in Johnson County, KS

How Johnson 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 63 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #539 of 2,339 scored counties
#9 of 38 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
580
101 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
206
+3.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$304.4M
On personal care products and services · $1,220 a household
Spending per listing
$525K
22% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
23.2
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
636,906
+4.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $1,220 per household (21% above the U.S. average), households in Johnson County spend about $304.4M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 580 hair salons, that is $525K per salon, 22% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

Johnson County has 580 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 101 are chain locations, or 17%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 23.2, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Official counts show 206 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Johnson County in 2023, up 3.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,211 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 1,023 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 15 SBA-backed loans worth $2.7M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Johnson County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Johnson County grew 4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Johnson County has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #539 of 2,339 scored counties and #9 of 38 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Johnson 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.

Hair salons in Johnson County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureJohnson CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households23.221.823.4
Spending per listing$525K$456K$430K
Households per official establishment1,2111,7951,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+3.0%+2.8%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.2%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,220$996$1,005
Median household income$109,208$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score6347

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
200 → 206+3.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,404
Annual payroll, 2023
$49.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
1,023Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
580101 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
708The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
15
Amount
$2.7M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Johnson 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 Johnson County

Population, 2025 estimate
636,906+4.2% since 2020
Households
249,531
Median age
39.8
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
474 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,310
Median household income
$109,208+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$146,207
Median home value
$391,200
Jobs located here
379,207
Daytime population
678,980Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Kansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for hair salons, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Johnson County marked.

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pottawatomie County, KS761617.1$628K+6.9%#141 of 2,339
2Jefferson County, KS751013.5$764K−0.2%#152 of 2,339
3Jackson County, KS74714.0$689K+1.5%#172 of 2,339
4Wyandotte County, KS719415.3$588K+1.0%#262 of 2,339
5Leavenworth County, KS694815.9$674K+3.2%#310 of 2,339
6Butler County, KS685220.5$499K+3.1%#370 of 2,339
7Osage County, KS66914.0$672K−0.3%#411 of 2,339
8Marion County, KS63612.6$716K−1.3%#520 of 2,339
9Johnson County, KS6358023.2$525K+4.2%#539 of 2,339
10Miami County, KS633324.0$443K+5.9%#557 of 2,339

Other business types in Johnson County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many hair salons are in Johnson County, KS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 580 hair salons in Johnson County. 101 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 206 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 3.0% from 2019. Another 1,023 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Johnson County, KS spend on personal care products and services?

About $304.4M a year, or $1,220 per household. That is 21% above the U.S. average (an index of 121, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 580 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $525K 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 249,531 households in Johnson County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Johnson County, KS compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Johnson County has 23.2 hair salons per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $525K, 22% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Johnson County would have about 708, against 580 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,211 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Johnson County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Johnson County at 636,906 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 249,531 households. Median household income in Johnson County is $109,208, 35% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.6%, 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. Johnson County scores 63 for hair salons (upper middle), #539 of 2,339 scored counties.

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