Beauty and personal care · County · Minnesota
Hair salons in St. Louis County, MN
How St. Louis 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 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #765 of 2,339 scored counties
#42 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 149
- 30 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 50
- +4.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $83.2M
- On personal care products and services · $956 a household
- Spending per listing
- $559K
- 30% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.1
- 27% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 200,518
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in St. Louis County spend about $83.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $956 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That works out to $559K per salon, 30% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
St. Louis County has 149 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 30 of them (20%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 17.1 for every 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 50 businesses with payroll in St. Louis County classed as beauty salons, up 4.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,742 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 246 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in St. Louis County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). St. Louis County scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #765 of 2,339 scored counties and #42 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota.
How St. Louis 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 | St. Louis County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.1 | 19.4 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $559K | $564K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,742 | 1,517 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.2% | −4.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $956 | $1,091 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $70,069 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 48 → 50+4.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 274
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 246Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 14930 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 194The 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 St. Louis 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 St. Louis County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 200,518+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 87,115
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 6,248 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 32
- Median household income
- $70,069+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,368
- Median home value
- $221,400
- Jobs located here
- 98,963
- Daytime population
- 212,532Residents 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 |
| 42St. Louis County, MN | 58 | 149 | 17.1 | $559K | +0.2% | #765 of 2,339 |
Other business types in St. Louis 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 spas58
- Hair salons58
- Barbershops71
- Nail salons75
- Spas and skin care54
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in St. Louis County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 149 hair salons in St. Louis County. 30 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 50 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 4.2% from 2019. Another 246 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in St. Louis County, MN spend on personal care products and services?
About $83.2M a year, or $956 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 149 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $559K 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 87,115 households in St. Louis County and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Louis County, MN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
St. Louis County has 17.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $559K, 30% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, St. Louis County would have about 194, against 149 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,742 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is St. Louis County, MN growing?
Population estimates put St. Louis County at 200,518 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 87,115 households. Median household income in St. Louis County is $70,069, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.9%, 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. St. Louis County scores 58 for hair salons (upper middle), #765 of 2,339 scored counties.
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