Beauty and personal care · County · Kentucky
Hair salons in Shelby County, KY
How Shelby 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 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #270 of 2,339 scored counties
#4 of 92 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 36
- 7 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17.2M
- On personal care products and services · $931 a household
- Spending per listing
- $478K
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.5
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 51,243
- +6.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 36 hair salons in Shelby County. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 19.5 for every 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $931 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Shelby County spend about $17.2M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $478K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 11% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Shelby County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 3,697 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 89 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.5M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Shelby County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Shelby County grew 6.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Shelby County is 71 (upper middle), #270 of 2,339 scored counties and #4 of 92 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Shelby 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 | Shelby County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.5 | 20.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $478K | $410K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,697 | 2,668 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.2% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $931 | $833 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $82,604 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 24
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $838K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 89Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 367 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 40The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $2.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Shelby 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 Shelby County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 51,243+6.2% since 2020
- Households
- 18,484
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 380 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 129
- Median household income
- $82,604+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,252
- Median home value
- $304,800
- Jobs located here
- 16,455
- Daytime population
- 41,644Residents 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 |
Other business types in Shelby 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 spas71
- Hair salons71
- Barbershops63
- Nail salons62
- Spas and skin care79
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Shelby County, KY?
Shelby County has 36 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 89 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Shelby County, KY spend on personal care products and services?
About $17.2M a year, or $931 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $478K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,484 households in Shelby County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shelby County, KY compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Shelby County has 19.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $478K, 11% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Shelby County would have about 40, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,697 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Shelby County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Shelby County at 51,243 people in 2025, up 6.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,484 households. The median household income in Shelby County is $82,604 a year, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.2% 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. Shelby County scores 71 for hair salons (upper middle), #270 of 2,339 scored counties.
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