Beauty and personal care · County · Minnesota
Hair salons in Scott County, MN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Scott County, MN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #94 of 2,339 scored counties
#4 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 58
- 23 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 35
- +20.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $70.4M
- On personal care products and services · $1,280 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 2.8 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.6
- 55% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 159,017
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, Scott County has a Groundwork market score of 78 (high): #94 of 2,339 scored counties and #4 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Scott County comes to about $70.4M a year: $1,280 per household, 27% above the U.S. average. Spread across 58 hair salons, that is $1.2M per salon, 2.8 times the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 58 hair salons on map listings in Scott County as of September 2026. 23 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.6, 55% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Scott County in 2023, up 20.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,571 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $253K have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Scott County. Population estimates put the population change in Scott County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Scott 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 | Scott County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.6 | 19.4 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $564K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,571 | 1,517 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +20.7% | −4.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,280 | $1,091 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $119,314 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 29 → 35+20.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 186
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 290Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5823 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 164The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $253K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Scott 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 Scott County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 159,017+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 54,971
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 356 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 434
- Median household income
- $119,314+16.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $149,625
- Median home value
- $419,400
- Jobs located here
- 52,486
- Daytime population
- 123,757Residents 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 Scott 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 Scott 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 spas75
- Hair salons78
- Barbershops81
- Nail salons73
- Spas and skin care82
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Scott County, MN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 58 hair salons in Scott County. 23 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 20.7% from 2019. Official counts list 290 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Scott County, MN spend on personal care products and services?
About $70.4M a year, or $1,280 per household. That is 27% above the U.S. average (an index of 127, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 58 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 54,971 households in Scott County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Scott County, MN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Scott County has 10.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $1.2M, 2.8 times the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Scott County would have about 164, against 58 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,571 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Scott County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Scott County at 159,017 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 54,971 households. Median household income in Scott County is $119,314, 48% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.8%, 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. Scott County scores 78 for hair salons (high), #94 of 2,339 scored counties.
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