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Hair salons in Sibley County, MN

How Sibley 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 75 out of 100: High

Ranked #162 of 2,339 scored counties
#9 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota

Listings
11
1 chain location (9%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6M
On personal care products and services · $1,008 a household
Spending per listing
$543K
26% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
18.6
21% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
15,356
+3.6% 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

The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Sibley County is 75 (high), #162 of 2,339 scored counties and #9 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 11 hair salons in Sibley County. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 18.6 for every 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Households in Sibley County spend about $6M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,008 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $543K per salon, 26% 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Sibley County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sibley County grew 3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Sibley 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 Sibley County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureSibley CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households18.619.423.4
Spending per listing$543K$564K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,5171,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.2%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.6%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,008$1,091$1,005
Median household income$77,634$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score7567

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
29Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
111 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The 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 Sibley 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 Sibley County

Population, 2025 estimate
15,356+3.6% since 2020
Households
5,929
Median age
41.9
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
589 sq. mi.
People per square mile
25
Median household income
$77,634+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,335
Median home value
$231,900
Jobs located here
3,561
Daytime population
11,336Residents 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 Sibley 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

Other business types in Sibley County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Sibley County, MN?

Sibley County has 11 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Sibley County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 29 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $6M a year, or $1,008 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $543K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,929 households in Sibley County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Sibley County has 18.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $543K, 26% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Sibley County would have about 14, against 11 on map listings.

How fast is Sibley County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Sibley County at 15,356 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,929 households. The median household income in Sibley County is $77,634 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.4% 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. Sibley County scores 75 for hair salons (high), #162 of 2,339 scored counties.

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