Beauty and personal care · County · Kansas
Hair salons in Pottawatomie County, KS
The hair salons in Pottawatomie County, KS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 76 out of 100: High
Ranked #141 of 2,339 scored counties
#1 of 38 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 16
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.1M
- On personal care products and services · $1,071 a household
- Spending per listing
- $628K
- 46% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.1
- 27% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 27,186
- +6.9% since 2020
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What this means
Pottawatomie County scores 76 (high) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #141 of 2,339 scored counties and #1 of 38 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Pottawatomie County comes to about $10.1M a year: $1,071 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That works out to $628K per salon, 46% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 16 hair salons on map listings in Pottawatomie County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.1, 27% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Pottawatomie County in 2023. That is one for every 1,876 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Pottawatomie County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Pottawatomie 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 | Pottawatomie County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.1 | 21.8 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $628K | $456K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,876 | 1,795 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.9% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,071 | $996 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $92,325 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 76 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 33
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $881K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 43Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 160 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The 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 Pottawatomie 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 Pottawatomie County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 27,186+6.9% since 2020
- Households
- 9,381
- Median age
- 36.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 841 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $92,325+38.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,915
- Median home value
- $245,900
- Jobs located here
- 12,026
- Daytime population
- 26,279Residents 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 Pottawatomie 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 |
Other business types in Pottawatomie 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Pottawatomie County, KS?
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 hair salons in Pottawatomie County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 43 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Pottawatomie County, KS spend on personal care products and services?
About $10.1M a year, or $1,071 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $628K 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 9,381 households in Pottawatomie County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pottawatomie County, KS compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Pottawatomie County has 17.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $628K, 46% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Pottawatomie County would have about 23, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,876 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Pottawatomie County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Pottawatomie County at 27,186 people in 2025, up 6.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,381 households. Median household income in Pottawatomie County is $92,325, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.1%, 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. Pottawatomie County scores 76 for hair salons (high), #141 of 2,339 scored counties.
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