Beauty and personal care · County · Minnesota
Hair salons in Pine County, MN
The hair salons in Pine County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #300 of 2,339 scored counties
#18 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 25
- 5 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.5M
- On personal care products and services · $935 a household
- Spending per listing
- $461K
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.3
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,472
- +5.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Pine County comes to about $11.5M a year: $935 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $461K per salon, 7% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Pine County has 25 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 20%, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 20.3 for every 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Pine County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 4,108 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 36 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Pine County grew 5.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Pine County scores 70 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #300 of 2,339 scored counties and #18 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Pine 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 | Pine County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.3 | 19.4 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $461K | $564K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,108 | 1,517 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.5% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $935 | $1,091 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $71,146 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 9
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $256K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 36Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 255 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The 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 Pine 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 Pine County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,472+5.5% since 2020
- Households
- 12,323
- Median age
- 46.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,411 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 21
- Median household income
- $71,146+33.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,014
- Median home value
- $239,300
- Jobs located here
- 7,837
- Daytime population
- 25,047Residents 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 |
| 18Pine County, MN | 70 | 25 | 20.3 | $461K | +5.5% | #300 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Pine 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 salons70
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care72
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Pine County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 hair salons in Pine County. 5 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 36 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Pine County, MN spend on personal care products and services?
About $11.5M a year, or $935 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $461K 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 12,323 households in Pine County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pine County, MN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Pine County has 20.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $461K, 7% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Pine County would have about 27, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,108 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Pine County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Pine County at 30,472 people in 2025, up 5.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,323 households. Median household income in Pine County is $71,146, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.2%, 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. Pine County scores 70 for hair salons (upper middle), #300 of 2,339 scored counties.
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