Beauty and personal care · County · Missouri
Hair salons in Cole County, MO
How Cole County, MO 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,199 of 2,339 scored counties
#38 of 81 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 79
- 17 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- −31.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $30.8M
- On personal care products and services · $990 a household
- Spending per listing
- $390K
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.4
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 77,908
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 79 hair salons in Cole County. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 25.4, 9% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $990 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Cole County spend about $30.8M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $390K per salon, 9% below 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.
Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Cole County in 2023, down 31.8% from 2019. That is one for every 2,072 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 189 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cole County grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Cole County scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #1,199 of 2,339 scored counties and #38 of 81 scored counties in Missouri.
How Cole 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 | Cole County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.4 | 21.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $390K | $463K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,072 | 2,029 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −31.8% | +1.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $990 | $970 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $74,876 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 22 → 15−31.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 109
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 189Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7917 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 72The 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 Cole 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 Cole County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 77,908+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 31,086
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 392 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 197
- Median household income
- $74,876+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,025
- Median home value
- $229,600
- Jobs located here
- 56,757
- Daytime population
- 96,838Residents 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 |
| 38Cole County, MO | 50 | 79 | 25.4 | $390K | +1.7% | #1,199 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Cole 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 spas48
- Hair salons50
- Barbershops70
- Nail salons54
- Spas and skin care65
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Cole County, MO?
There are 79 hair salons on map listings in Cole County as of September 2026. 17 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, down 31.8% from 2019. Official counts list 189 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Cole County, MO spend on personal care products and services?
About $30.8M a year, or $990 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 79 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $390K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 31,086 households in Cole County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cole County, MO compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Cole County has 25.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $390K, 9% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Cole County would have about 72, against 79 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,072 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count fell 31.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Cole County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Cole County at 77,908 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,086 households. The median household income in Cole County is $74,876 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.7% 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. Cole County scores 50 for hair salons (upper middle), #1,199 of 2,339 scored counties.
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