Beauty and personal care · County · Kansas
Hair salons in Montgomery County, KS
How Montgomery 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,767 of 2,339 scored counties
#29 of 38 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 23
- 8 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $10.8M
- On personal care products and services · $837 a household
- Spending per listing
- $469K
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.9
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,177
- −3.9% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, Montgomery County has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #1,767 of 2,339 scored counties and #29 of 38 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Montgomery County spend about $10.8M a year on personal care products and services, or $837 per household, 17% 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. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Montgomery County has 23 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 35% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 17.9 per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Montgomery County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Montgomery County declined 3.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Montgomery 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 | Montgomery County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.9 | 21.8 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $469K | $456K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,795 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.9% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $837 | $996 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $55,697 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 55Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 238 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,177−3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 12,880
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 644 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $55,697+23.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,564
- Median home value
- $101,700
- Jobs located here
- 14,202
- Daytime population
- 32,504Residents 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 Montgomery 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 |
| 29Montgomery County, KS | 37 | 23 | 17.9 | $469K | −3.9% | #1,767 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Montgomery 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 spas41
- Hair salons37
- Barbershops36
- Nail salons
- 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 Montgomery County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 hair salons in Montgomery County. 8 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Montgomery County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 55 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Montgomery County, KS spend on personal care products and services?
About $10.8M a year, or $837 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $469K 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 12,880 households in Montgomery County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Montgomery County, KS compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Montgomery County has 17.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $469K, 9% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Montgomery County would have about 25, against 23 on map listings.
How fast is Montgomery County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Montgomery County at 30,177 people in 2025, down 3.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,880 households. Median household income in Montgomery County is $55,697, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.3%, 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. Montgomery County scores 37 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,767 of 2,339 scored counties.
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