Beauty and personal care · County · Minnesota
Hair salons in Dodge County, MN
How Dodge 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 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #220 of 2,339 scored counties
#12 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 9
- 1 chain location (11%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.8M
- On personal care products and services · $1,092 a household
- Spending per listing
- $981K
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.1
- 53% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,376
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Dodge County scores 72 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #220 of 2,339 scored counties and #12 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 hair salons in Dodge County. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.1, 53% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Dodge County comes to about $8.8M a year: $1,092 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That is about $981K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 2.3 times 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.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Dodge County in 2023. That is one for every 1,617 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Population estimates show Dodge County grew 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Dodge 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 | Dodge County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.1 | 19.4 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $981K | $564K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,617 | 1,517 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,092 | $1,091 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $95,739 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 7
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $201K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 35Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 91 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 Dodge 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 Dodge County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,376+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 8,083
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 87%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 439 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $95,739+28.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $111,773
- Median home value
- $287,700
- Jobs located here
- 5,620
- Daytime population
- 15,087Residents 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 |
| 12Dodge County, MN | 72 | 9 | 11.1 | $981K | +2.3% | #220 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Dodge 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 spas79
- Hair salons72
- 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 Dodge County, MN?
There are 9 hair salons on map listings in Dodge County as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 35 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Dodge County, MN spend on personal care products and services?
About $8.8M a year, or $1,092 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $981K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,083 households in Dodge County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dodge County, MN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Dodge County has 11.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $981K, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Dodge County would have about 21, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,617 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Dodge County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Dodge County at 21,376 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,083 households. The median household income in Dodge County is $95,739 a year, 19% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.4% 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. Dodge County scores 72 for hair salons (upper middle), #220 of 2,339 scored counties.
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