Beauty and personal care · County · Kentucky
Hair salons in Caldwell County, KY
How Caldwell 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 15 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,276 of 2,339 scored counties
#85 of 92 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 14
- 5 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.9M
- On personal care products and services · $776 a household
- Spending per listing
- $279K
- 35% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 27.9
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,609
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, Caldwell County has a Groundwork market score of 15 (low): #2,276 of 2,339 scored counties and #85 of 92 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 hair salons in Caldwell County. Chain locations make up 36% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 27.9 per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $776 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in Caldwell County spend about $3.9M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $279K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 35% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Caldwell County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates show Caldwell County declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Caldwell 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 | Caldwell County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 27.9 | 20.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $279K | $410K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,668 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $776 | $833 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $59,583 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 15 | 45 |
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
- 28Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 145 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Caldwell 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 Caldwell County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,609−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 5,025
- Median age
- 42.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 345 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $59,583+33.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,080
- Median home value
- $118,500
- Jobs located here
- 4,936
- Daytime population
- 12,242Residents 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 |
| 85Caldwell County, KY | 15 | 14 | 27.9 | $279K | −0.3% | #2,276 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Caldwell County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Caldwell County, KY?
There are 14 hair salons on map listings in Caldwell County as of September 2026. 5 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Caldwell County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 28 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Caldwell County, KY spend on personal care products and services?
About $3.9M a year, or $776 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $279K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,025 households in Caldwell County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Caldwell County, KY compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Caldwell County has 27.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $279K, 35% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Caldwell County would have about 9, against 14 on map listings.
How fast is Caldwell County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Caldwell County at 12,609 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,025 households. The median household income in Caldwell County is $59,583 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.1% 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. Caldwell County scores 15 for hair salons (low), #2,276 of 2,339 scored counties.
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