Beauty and personal care · County · Kentucky
Hair salons in Jackson County, KY
How Jackson 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
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.5M
- On personal care products and services · $676 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 2.7 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.9
- 75% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,325
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 hair salons in Jackson County. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.9, 75% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Jackson County comes to about $3.5M a year: $676 per household, 33% below the U.S. average. Spread across 3 hair salons, that is $1.2M per salon, 2.7 times 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 Jackson County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Jackson County grew 2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 hair salons on map listings, Jackson County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Jackson 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 | Jackson County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.9 | 20.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $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 | +2.8% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $676 | $833 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $40,000 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 17Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Jackson 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 Jackson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,325+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 5,122
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 345 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $40,000+24.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $55,900
- Median home value
- $111,500
- Jobs located here
- 2,098
- Daytime population
- 10,979Residents 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 |
| Jackson County, KY | Not scored | 3 | 5.9 | $1.2M | +2.8% |
Other business types in Jackson 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Jackson County, KY?
Jackson County has 3 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 Jackson County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Jackson County, KY spend on personal care products and services?
About $3.5M a year, or $676 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,122 households in Jackson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jackson County, KY compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Jackson County has 5.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 75% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $1.2M, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Jackson County would have about 8, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Jackson County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Jackson County at 13,325 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,122 households. The median household income in Jackson County is $40,000 a year, 50% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.5% 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. Jackson County has no market score for hair salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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