Beauty and personal care · County · Minnesota
Hair salons in Cass County, MN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Cass County, MN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 82 out of 100: High
Ranked #61 of 2,339 scored counties
#2 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 15
- 2 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $12.2M
- On personal care products and services · $948 a household
- Spending per listing
- $813K
- 89% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.7
- 50% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 31,430
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Cass County is 82 (high), #61 of 2,339 scored counties and #2 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Cass County comes to about $12.2M a year: $948 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $813K per salon, 89% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Cass County has 15 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 13%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.7, 50% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Cass County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Cass County grew 4.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Cass 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 | Cass County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.7 | 19.4 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $813K | $564K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,517 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $948 | $1,091 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $68,874 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 82 | 67 |
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
- 60Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 152 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 28The 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 Cass 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 Cass County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 31,430+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 12,874
- Median age
- 48.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 86%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,022 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $68,874+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,608
- Median home value
- $288,300
- Jobs located here
- 10,189
- Daytime population
- 29,141Residents 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 |
Other business types in Cass 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 spas86
- Hair salons82
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- 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 Cass County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 hair salons in Cass County. 2 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Cass County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 60 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Cass County, MN spend on personal care products and services?
About $12.2M a year, or $948 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $813K 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 12,874 households in Cass County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cass County, MN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Cass County has 11.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $813K, 89% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Cass County would have about 28, against 15 on map listings.
How fast is Cass County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Cass County at 31,430 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,874 households. Median household income in Cass County is $68,874, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.9%, 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. Cass County scores 82 for hair salons (high), #61 of 2,339 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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