Beauty and personal care · County · Kansas
Hair salons in Saline County, KS
How Saline 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 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,994 of 2,339 scored counties
#33 of 38 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 55
- 14 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20.5M
- On personal care products and services · $908 a household
- Spending per listing
- $372K
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.4
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 53,377
- −1.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Saline County is 31 (lower middle), #1,994 of 2,339 scored counties and #33 of 38 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Saline County spend about $20.5M a year on personal care products and services, or $908 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $372K per salon, 14% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Saline County has 55 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 14 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 24.4 for every 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in Saline County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 1,609 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Saline County declined 1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Saline 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 | Saline County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.4 | 21.8 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $372K | $456K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,609 | 1,795 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $908 | $996 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $65,422 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 111
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 114Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5514 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 48The 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 Saline 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 Saline County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 53,377−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 22,523
- Median age
- 42.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 720 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 75
- Median household income
- $65,422+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,965
- Median home value
- $179,600
- Jobs located here
- 28,888
- Daytime population
- 57,460Residents 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 Saline 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 |
| 33Saline County, KS | 31 | 55 | 24.4 | $372K | −1.6% | #1,994 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Saline 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 spas36
- Hair salons31
- Barbershops50
- Nail salons38
- Spas and skin care43
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Saline County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 55 hair salons in Saline County. 14 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 114 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Saline County, KS spend on personal care products and services?
About $20.5M a year, or $908 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 55 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $372K 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 22,523 households in Saline County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Saline County, KS compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Saline County has 24.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $372K, 14% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Saline County would have about 48, against 55 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,609 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Saline County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Saline County at 53,377 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 22,523 households. Median household income in Saline County is $65,422, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Saline County scores 31 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,994 of 2,339 scored counties.
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