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Hair salons in Wright County, MN

The hair salons in Wright County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 76 out of 100: High

Ranked #138 of 2,339 scored counties
#8 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota

Listings
95
22 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
36
+2.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$63.3M
On personal care products and services · $1,171 a household
Spending per listing
$666K
55% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.6
25% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
157,559
+11.1% since 2020

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What this means

The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Wright County is 76 (high), #138 of 2,339 scored counties and #8 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.

At $1,171 per household (17% above the U.S. average), households in Wright County spend about $63.3M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 95 hair salons, that is $666K per salon, 55% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

There are 95 hair salons on map listings in Wright County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 23% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.6, 25% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Wright County was 36 in 2023, up 2.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,500 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Wright County. Population estimates put the population change in Wright County from 2020 to 2025 at +11.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Wright 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 Wright County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureWright CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.619.423.4
Spending per listing$666K$564K$430K
Households per official establishment1,5001,5171,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+2.9%−4.2%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+11.1%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,171$1,091$1,005
Median household income$107,209$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score7667

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
35 → 36+2.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
198
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
315Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
9522 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
147The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
7
Amount
$1.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Wright 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 Wright County

Population, 2025 estimate
157,559+11.1% since 2020
Households
54,010
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
661 sq. mi.
People per square mile
224
Median household income
$107,209+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$126,718
Median home value
$358,900
Jobs located here
46,489
Daytime population
114,013Residents 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 Wright 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 Wright County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Wright County, MN?

As of September 2026, map listings count 95 hair salons in Wright County. 22 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 2.9% from 2019. Official counts list 315 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $63.3M a year, or $1,171 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 95 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $666K 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 54,010 households in Wright County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wright County has 17.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $666K, 55% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Wright County would have about 147, against 95 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,500 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Wright County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Wright County at 157,559 people in 2025, up 11.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 54,010 households. Median household income in Wright County is $107,209, 33% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.2%, 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. Wright County scores 76 for hair salons (high), #138 of 2,339 scored counties.

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