Beauty and personal care · County · Missouri
Hair salons in Bates County, MO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Bates County, MO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,016 of 2,339 scored counties
#35 of 81 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 12
- 2 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.4M
- On personal care products and services · $875 a household
- Spending per listing
- $449K
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.5
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,512
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 hair salons in Bates County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 17%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 19.5 per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $875 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Bates County spend about $5.4M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 12 hair salons, that is $449K per salon, 4% 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 Bates County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 43 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $19K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Bates County.
Population estimates show Bates County grew 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Bates County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #1,016 of 2,339 scored counties and #35 of 81 scored counties in Missouri.
How Bates County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Bates County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.5 | 21.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $449K | $463K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,029 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $875 | $970 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $60,733 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 53 |
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
- 43Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 122 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $19K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Bates 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 Bates County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,512+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 6,158
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 837 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $60,733+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,380
- Median home value
- $170,800
- Jobs located here
- 3,729
- Daytime population
- 14,272Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, MO | 92 | 24 | 10.5 | $977K | +11.4% | #5 of 2,339 |
| 2Callaway County, MO | 83 | 21 | 12.7 | $744K | +3.2% | #52 of 2,339 |
| 3Cass County, MO | 83 | 75 | 17.4 | $611K | +7.1% | #55 of 2,339 |
| 4Warren County, MO | 80 | 19 | 13.7 | $743K | +9.2% | #76 of 2,339 |
| 5Jefferson County, MO | 79 | 133 | 15.1 | $676K | +2.7% | #93 of 2,339 |
| 6Newton County, MO | 78 | 30 | 13.6 | $682K | +6.1% | #101 of 2,339 |
| 7Osage County, MO | 76 | 8 | 15.1 | $640K | +2.7% | #139 of 2,339 |
| 8Platte County, MO | 75 | 68 | 15.5 | $733K | +6.7% | #154 of 2,339 |
| 9Christian County, MO | 75 | 68 | 19.4 | $527K | +8.3% | #163 of 2,339 |
| 10St. Charles County, MO | 74 | 295 | 18.3 | $641K | +4.9% | #178 of 2,339 |
| 35Bates County, MO | 53 | 12 | 19.5 | $449K | +2.9% | #1,016 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Bates 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Bates County, MO?
Bates County has 12 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Bates County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 43 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Bates County, MO spend on personal care products and services?
About $5.4M a year, or $875 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $449K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,158 households in Bates County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bates County, MO compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Bates County has 19.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $449K, 4% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Bates County would have about 13, against 12 on map listings.
How fast is Bates County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Bates County at 16,512 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,158 households. The median household income in Bates County is $60,733 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.5% 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. Bates County scores 53 for hair salons (upper middle), #1,016 of 2,339 scored counties.
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