Beauty and personal care · County · Minnesota
Hair salons in Becker County, MN
How Becker County, MN 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 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #644 of 2,339 scored counties
#36 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 30
- 6 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14M
- On personal care products and services · $968 a household
- Spending per listing
- $465K
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.8
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 35,497
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Becker County comes to about $14M a year: $968 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 30 hair salons, that is $465K per salon, 8% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 30 hair salons on map listings in Becker County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 20.8 per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Becker County in 2023. That is one for every 2,882 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 66 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Becker County grew 0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Becker County is 61 (upper middle), #644 of 2,339 scored counties and #36 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Becker County compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Becker County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.8 | 19.4 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $465K | $564K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,882 | 1,517 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $968 | $1,091 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $71,388 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 5
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $123K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 66Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 306 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The 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 Becker 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 Becker County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 35,497+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 14,410
- Median age
- 43.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,315 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $71,388+18.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,022
- Median home value
- $291,000
- Jobs located here
- 13,787
- Daytime population
- 33,123Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Le Sueur County, MN | 86 | 14 | 12.0 | $899K | +2.9% | #31 of 2,339 |
| 2Cass County, MN | 82 | 15 | 11.7 | $813K | +4.2% | #61 of 2,339 |
| 3Kanabec County, MN | 80 | 8 | 12.2 | $778K | +3.6% | #74 of 2,339 |
| 4Scott County, MN | 78 | 58 | 10.6 | $1.2M | +5.1% | #94 of 2,339 |
| 5Watonwan County, MN | 78 | 5 | 11.8 | $816K | +2.0% | #97 of 2,339 |
| 6Todd County, MN | 77 | 12 | 11.8 | $780K | +3.0% | #115 of 2,339 |
| 7Nicollet County, MN | 76 | 17 | 13.1 | $796K | −0.7% | #129 of 2,339 |
| 8Wright County, MN | 76 | 95 | 17.6 | $666K | +11.1% | #138 of 2,339 |
| 9Sibley County, MN | 75 | 11 | 18.6 | $543K | +3.6% | #162 of 2,339 |
| 10Anoka County, MN | 74 | 205 | 14.9 | $767K | +4.7% | #168 of 2,339 |
| 36Becker County, MN | 61 | 30 | 20.8 | $465K | +0.9% | #644 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Becker 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 spas51
- Hair salons61
- Barbershops64
- Nail salons55
- Spas and skin care47
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Becker County, MN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 30 hair salons in Becker County. 6 of them (20%) 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 66 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Becker County, MN spend on personal care products and services?
About $14M a year, or $968 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $465K per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,410 households in Becker County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Becker County, MN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Becker County has 20.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $465K, 8% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Becker County would have about 32, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,882 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Becker County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Becker County at 35,497 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,410 households. Median household income in Becker County is $71,388, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.4%, 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. Becker County scores 61 for hair salons (upper middle), #644 of 2,339 scored counties.
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