Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Missouri
Hair salons in the Columbia, MO metro area
The hair salons in the Columbia, MO metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #166 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri
- Listings
- 183
- 30 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 73
- +5.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $84.6M
- On personal care products and services · $979 a household
- Spending per listing
- $462K
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.2
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 219,062
- +3.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 183 hair salons in the Columbia metro area. 30 of them (16%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 21.2 per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in the Columbia metro area spend about $84.6M a year on personal care products and services, or $979 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 183 hair salons, that is $462K per salon, 7% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Columbia metro area was 73 in 2023, up 5.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,183 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 302 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Columbia metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Columbia metro area grew 3.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, the Columbia metro area has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #166 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri.
How the Columbia metro area 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 | Columbia metro area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.2 | 21.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $462K | $463K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,183 | 2,029 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.8% | +1.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.9% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $979 | $970 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $72,340 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 73+5.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 365
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 302Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 18330 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 197The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $1.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Columbia metro area, 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 the Columbia metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 219,062+3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 86,393
- Median age
- 36.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,714 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 125
- Median household income
- $72,340+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,624
- Median home value
- $258,700
- Jobs located here
- 114,165
- Daytime population
- 231,692Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Missouri for hair salons, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the Columbia metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kansas City, MO-KS | 68 | 1,905 | 21.3 | $496K | +3.4% | #43 of 387 |
| 2Jefferson City, MO | 65 | 121 | 20.7 | $468K | +2.2% | #58 of 387 |
| 3St. Louis, MO-IL | 60 | 2,407 | 20.7 | $502K | −0.2% | #100 of 387 |
| 4Joplin, MO-KS | 57 | 165 | 20.8 | $426K | +3.9% | #126 of 387 |
| 5Columbia, MO | 51 | 183 | 21.2 | $462K | +3.9% | #166 of 387 |
| 6Springfield, MO | 51 | 457 | 23.0 | $400K | +5.1% | #174 of 387 |
| 7Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 46 | 84 | 21.9 | $419K | +1.7% | #227 of 387 |
| 8St. Joseph, MO-KS | 45 | 95 | 20.3 | $448K | −2.0% | #231 of 387 |
Other business types in the Columbia metro area
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 spas56
- Hair salons51
- Barbershops53
- Nail salons67
- Spas and skin care56
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Columbia, MO metro area?
There are 183 hair salons on map listings in the Columbia metro area as of September 2026. 30 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 73 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 5.8% from 2019. Official counts list 302 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Columbia, MO metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $84.6M a year, or $979 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 183 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $462K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 86,393 households in the Columbia metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Columbia, MO metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Columbia metro area has 21.2 hair salons per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $462K, 7% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Columbia metro area would have about 197, against 183 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,183 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Columbia, MO metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Columbia metro area at 219,062 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 86,393 households. The median household income in the Columbia metro area is $72,340 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.0% 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. The Columbia metro area scores 51 for hair salons (upper middle), #166 of 387 scored metro areas.
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