Beauty and personal care · County · Minnesota
Hair salons in Nicollet County, MN
How Nicollet 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 76 out of 100: High
Ranked #129 of 2,339 scored counties
#7 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 17
- 3 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.5M
- On personal care products and services · $1,041 a household
- Spending per listing
- $796K
- 85% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.1
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,273
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, Nicollet County has a Groundwork market score of 76 (high): #129 of 2,339 scored counties and #7 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.
As of September 2026, map listings count 17 hair salons in Nicollet County. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.1, 44% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in Nicollet County spend about $13.5M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,041 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That is about $796K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 85% 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 4 businesses with payroll in Nicollet County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 3,251 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $370K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Nicollet County. Population estimates put the population change in Nicollet County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Nicollet 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 | Nicollet County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.1 | 19.4 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $796K | $564K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,251 | 1,517 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,041 | $1,091 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $79,756 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 76 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 39
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $884K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 61Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 173 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
- 1
- Amount
- $370K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Nicollet 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 Nicollet County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,273−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 13,002
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 448 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 77
- Median household income
- $79,756+18.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,374
- Median home value
- $270,300
- Jobs located here
- 15,748
- Daytime population
- 33,573Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for hair salons, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Nicollet County marked.
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 Nicollet 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Nicollet County, MN?
Nicollet County has 17 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 61 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Nicollet County, MN spend on personal care products and services?
About $13.5M a year, or $1,041 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $796K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,002 households in Nicollet County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Nicollet County, MN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Nicollet County has 13.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $796K, 85% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Nicollet County would have about 32, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,251 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Nicollet County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Nicollet County at 34,273 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,002 households. The median household income in Nicollet County is $79,756 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.3% 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. Nicollet County scores 76 for hair salons (high), #129 of 2,339 scored counties.
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