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Beauty and personal care · County · Minnesota

Hair salons in Hennepin County, MN

How Hennepin 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #805 of 2,339 scored counties
#44 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota

Listings
1,107
181 chain locations (16%)
Official establishments
464
+0.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$626.7M
On personal care products and services · $1,162 a household
Spending per listing
$566K
32% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.5
12% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,284,784
+0.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,107 hair salons in Hennepin County. 181 of them (16%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.5, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Hennepin County comes to about $626.7M a year: $1,162 per household, 16% above the U.S. average. That is about $566K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 32% 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 464 businesses with payroll in Hennepin County classed as beauty salons, up 0.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,163 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 2,109 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 33 SBA-backed loans worth $14.1M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Hennepin County.

Population estimates put the population change in Hennepin County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Hennepin County scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #805 of 2,339 scored counties and #44 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota.

How Hennepin 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.

Hair salons in Hennepin County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureHennepin CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.519.423.4
Spending per listing$566K$564K$430K
Households per official establishment1,1631,5171,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+0.9%−4.2%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.2%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,162$1,091$1,005
Median household income$97,653$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score5767

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
460 → 464+0.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,790
Annual payroll, 2023
$95.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
2,109Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1,107181 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1,456The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
33
Amount
$14.1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Hennepin 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 Hennepin County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,284,784+0.2% since 2020
Households
539,493
Median age
39.3
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
554 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2,291
Median household income
$97,653+24.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$138,438
Median home value
$392,900
Jobs located here
969,903
Daytime population
1,598,583Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Minnesota

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The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for hair salons, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Hennepin County marked.

Top counties in Minnesota

Counties in Minnesota ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Le Sueur County, MN861412.0$899K+2.9%#31 of 2,339
2Cass County, MN821511.7$813K+4.2%#61 of 2,339
3Kanabec County, MN80812.2$778K+3.6%#74 of 2,339
4Scott County, MN785810.6$1.2M+5.1%#94 of 2,339
5Watonwan County, MN78511.8$816K+2.0%#97 of 2,339
6Todd County, MN771211.8$780K+3.0%#115 of 2,339
7Nicollet County, MN761713.1$796K−0.7%#129 of 2,339
8Wright County, MN769517.6$666K+11.1%#138 of 2,339
9Sibley County, MN751118.6$543K+3.6%#162 of 2,339
10Anoka County, MN7420514.9$767K+4.7%#168 of 2,339
44Hennepin County, MN571,10720.5$566K+0.2%#805 of 2,339

Other business types in Hennepin County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many hair salons are in Hennepin County, MN?

There are 1,107 hair salons on map listings in Hennepin County as of September 2026. 181 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 464 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 0.9% from 2019. Official counts also show 2,109 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Hennepin County, MN spend on personal care products and services?

About $626.7M a year, or $1,162 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,107 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $566K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 539,493 households in Hennepin County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Hennepin County, MN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Hennepin County has 20.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $566K, 32% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Hennepin County would have about 1,456, against 1,107 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,163 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 0.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Hennepin County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Hennepin County at 1,284,784 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 539,493 households. The median household income in Hennepin County is $97,653 a year, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.9% 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. Hennepin County scores 57 for hair salons (upper middle), #805 of 2,339 scored counties.

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