Beauty and personal care · County · Minnesota
Hair salons in Chisago County, MN
The hair salons in Chisago County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #307 of 2,339 scored counties
#20 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 34
- 4 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $24M
- On personal care products and services · $1,124 a household
- Spending per listing
- $706K
- 64% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.9
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 59,142
- +4.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,124 per household (12% above the U.S. average), households in Chisago County spend about $24M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $706K per salon, 64% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Chisago County has 34 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.9, 32% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Chisago County was 18 in 2023. That is one for every 1,187 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 76 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Chisago County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Chisago County is 69 (upper middle), #307 of 2,339 scored counties and #20 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Chisago 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 | Chisago County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.9 | 19.4 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $706K | $564K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,187 | 1,517 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.3% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,124 | $1,091 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $99,400 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 18
- Employees, 2023
- 61
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 76Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 344 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 56The 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 Chisago 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 Chisago County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 59,142+4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 21,364
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 86%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 415 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 140
- Median household income
- $99,400+19.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $116,368
- Median home value
- $351,900
- Jobs located here
- 13,785
- Daytime population
- 41,049Residents 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 |
| 20Chisago County, MN | 69 | 34 | 15.9 | $706K | +4.3% | #307 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Chisago 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 spas66
- Hair salons69
- Barbershops85
- Nail salons64
- Spas and skin care76
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Chisago County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 hair salons in Chisago County. 4 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 76 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Chisago County, MN spend on personal care products and services?
About $24M a year, or $1,124 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $706K 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 21,364 households in Chisago County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Chisago County, MN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Chisago County has 15.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $706K, 64% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Chisago County would have about 56, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,187 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Chisago County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Chisago County at 59,142 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,364 households. Median household income in Chisago County is $99,400, 23% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.1%, 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. Chisago County scores 69 for hair salons (upper middle), #307 of 2,339 scored counties.
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