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Hair salons in Sedgwick County, KS

The hair salons in Sedgwick County, KS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,290 of 2,339 scored counties
#22 of 38 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
483
89 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
128
+14.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$197.8M
On personal care products and services · $957 a household
Spending per listing
$410K
5% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
23.4
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
538,433
+2.6% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 483 hair salons in Sedgwick County. 89 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 23.4 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Sedgwick County comes to about $197.8M a year: $957 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 483 hair salons, that is $410K per salon, 5% 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 128 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Sedgwick County in 2023, up 14.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,615 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 1,256 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Sedgwick County.

Population estimates put the population change in Sedgwick County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Sedgwick County scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #1,290 of 2,339 scored counties and #22 of 38 scored counties in Kansas.

How Sedgwick 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 Sedgwick County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureSedgwick CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households23.421.823.4
Spending per listing$410K$456K$430K
Households per official establishment1,6151,7951,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+14.3%+2.8%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.6%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$957$996$1,005
Median household income$69,365$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score4847

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
112 → 128+14.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
797
Annual payroll, 2023
$23M
One-person businesses, 2023
1,256Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
48389 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
460The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$1.1M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
538,433+2.6% since 2020
Households
206,768
Median age
37.3
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
997 sq. mi.
People per square mile
530
Median household income
$69,365+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,235
Median home value
$203,300
Jobs located here
261,004
Daytime population
549,658Residents 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 Sedgwick 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
22Sedgwick County, KS4848323.4$410K+2.6%#1,290 of 2,339

Other business types in Sedgwick County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Sedgwick County, KS?

Sedgwick County has 483 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 89 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 128 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 14.3% from 2019. Another 1,256 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $197.8M a year, or $957 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 483 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $410K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 206,768 households in Sedgwick County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Sedgwick County has 23.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $410K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Sedgwick County would have about 460, against 483 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,615 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Sedgwick County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Sedgwick County at 538,433 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 206,768 households. The median household income in Sedgwick County is $69,365 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.7% 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. 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. Sedgwick County scores 48 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,290 of 2,339 scored counties.

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