Beauty and personal care · County · Kentucky
Hair salons in Metcalfe County, KY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Metcalfe County, KY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3M
- On personal care products and services · $722 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 10,583
- +2.9% since 2020
See the hair salons around any address in Metcalfe County
The site report maps the hair salons on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Metcalfe County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 hair salon in Metcalfe County. That is 2.4 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Metcalfe County comes to about $3M a year: $722 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. That is about $3M of household spending for each salon on map listings. 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 Metcalfe County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 20 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Metcalfe County grew 2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 hair salon on map listings, Metcalfe County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Metcalfe 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 | Metcalfe County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.4 | 20.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $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 | +2.9% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $722 | $833 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $51,473 | $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
- 20Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Metcalfe 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 Metcalfe County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,583+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 4,100
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 290 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $51,473+37.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $65,471
- Median home value
- $110,200
- Jobs located here
- 1,924
- Daytime population
- 8,587Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Metcalfe County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the hair salons on map listings by name and distance.
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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 |
| Metcalfe County, KY | Not scored | 1 | 2.4 | $3M | +2.9% |
Other business types in Metcalfe 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 Metcalfe County, KY?
There is 1 hair salon on map listings in Metcalfe County as of September 2026. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Metcalfe County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 20 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Metcalfe County, KY spend on personal care products and services?
About $3M a year, or $722 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 hair salon on map listings, it comes to $3M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,100 households in Metcalfe County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Metcalfe County, KY compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Metcalfe County has 1 hair salon on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Metcalfe County would have about 7, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Metcalfe County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Metcalfe County at 10,583 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,100 households. The median household income in Metcalfe County is $51,473 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.7% 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. Metcalfe County has no market score for hair salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Metcalfe County. It maps the hair salons on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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