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Hair salons in Carlisle County, KY

How Carlisle County, KY compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.5M
On personal care products and services · $818 a household
Spending per listing
$763K
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
10.7
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
4,747
−1.2% 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 2 hair salons in Carlisle County. That is 10.7 per 10,000 households.

At $818 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Carlisle County spend about $1.5M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 2 hair salons, that is $763K per salon. 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 Carlisle County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Carlisle County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Carlisle 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.

Hair salons in Carlisle County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureCarlisle CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.720.323.4
Spending per listing$763K$410K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a2,6681,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.0%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.2%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$818$833$1,005
Median household income$62,439$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored45

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
12Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Carlisle 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 Carlisle County

Population, 2025 estimate
4,747−1.2% since 2020
Households
1,865
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
190 sq. mi.
People per square mile
25
Median household income
$62,439
Average household income
$82,182
Median home value
$120,400
Jobs located here
997
Daytime population
3,717Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Kentucky

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The highest-scoring counties in Kentucky for hair salons, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with Carlisle County marked.

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Spencer County, KY7979.6$1.1M+7.7%#85 of 2,339
2Woodford County, KY751614.8$639K+3.7%#156 of 2,339
3Oldham County, KY743414.8$784K+4.9%#167 of 2,339
4Shelby County, KY713619.5$478K+6.2%#270 of 2,339
5Kenton County, KY699614.3$661K+3.9%#311 of 2,339
6Bullitt County, KY694915.4$597K+5.0%#319 of 2,339
7Jessamine County, KY683517.6$513K+7.8%#366 of 2,339
8Scott County, KY674620.3$472K+8.2%#404 of 2,339
9Garrard County, KY66913.4$585K+7.3%#417 of 2,339
10Breckinridge County, KY651012.4$626K+5.2%#442 of 2,339
Carlisle County, KYNot scored210.7$763K−1.2%

Other business types in Carlisle County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many hair salons are in Carlisle County, KY?

Carlisle County has 2 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Carlisle County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Carlisle County, KY spend on personal care products and services?

About $1.5M a year, or $818 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $763K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,865 households in Carlisle County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Carlisle County, KY compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Carlisle County has 2 hair salons on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Carlisle County would have about 4, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Carlisle County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Carlisle County at 4,747 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,865 households. The median household income in Carlisle County is $62,439 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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