Beauty and personal care · County · Kentucky
Hair salons in Boone County, KY
How Boone County, KY 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 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #455 of 2,339 scored counties
#12 of 92 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 103
- 30 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- +6.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $52.3M
- On personal care products and services · $1,026 a household
- Spending per listing
- $508K
- 18% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.2
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 145,316
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 103 hair salons in Boone County. 30 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 20.2 for every 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Boone County comes to about $52.3M a year: $1,026 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That works out to $508K per salon, 18% above 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 32 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Boone County in 2023, up 6.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,593 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 292 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $335K have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Boone County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Boone County grew 6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Boone County is 65 (upper middle), #455 of 2,339 scored counties and #12 of 92 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Boone County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Boone County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.2 | 20.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $508K | $410K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,593 | 2,668 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +6.7% | +3.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,026 | $833 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $99,414 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 30 → 32+6.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 188
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 292Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10330 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 122The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $335K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Boone 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 Boone County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 145,316+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 50,963
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 246 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 568
- Median household income
- $99,414+26.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,006
- Median home value
- $277,300
- Jobs located here
- 107,951
- Daytime population
- 176,181Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Spencer County, KY | 79 | 7 | 9.6 | $1.1M | +7.7% | #85 of 2,339 |
| 2Woodford County, KY | 75 | 16 | 14.8 | $639K | +3.7% | #156 of 2,339 |
| 3Oldham County, KY | 74 | 34 | 14.8 | $784K | +4.9% | #167 of 2,339 |
| 4Shelby County, KY | 71 | 36 | 19.5 | $478K | +6.2% | #270 of 2,339 |
| 5Kenton County, KY | 69 | 96 | 14.3 | $661K | +3.9% | #311 of 2,339 |
| 6Bullitt County, KY | 69 | 49 | 15.4 | $597K | +5.0% | #319 of 2,339 |
| 7Jessamine County, KY | 68 | 35 | 17.6 | $513K | +7.8% | #366 of 2,339 |
| 8Scott County, KY | 67 | 46 | 20.3 | $472K | +8.2% | #404 of 2,339 |
| 9Garrard County, KY | 66 | 9 | 13.4 | $585K | +7.3% | #417 of 2,339 |
| 10Breckinridge County, KY | 65 | 10 | 12.4 | $626K | +5.2% | #442 of 2,339 |
| 12Boone County, KY | 65 | 103 | 20.2 | $508K | +6.5% | #455 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Boone 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 spas57
- Hair salons65
- Barbershops77
- Nail salons54
- Spas and skin care67
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Boone County, KY?
There are 103 hair salons on map listings in Boone County as of September 2026. 30 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 6.7% from 2019. Another 292 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Boone County, KY spend on personal care products and services?
About $52.3M a year, or $1,026 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 103 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $508K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 50,963 households in Boone County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Boone County, KY compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Boone County has 20.2 hair salons per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $508K, 18% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Boone County would have about 122, against 103 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,593 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Boone County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Boone County at 145,316 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,963 households. The median household income in Boone County is $99,414 a year, 23% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.9% 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. Boone County scores 65 for hair salons (upper middle), #455 of 2,339 scored counties.
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