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Hair salons in Crawford County, MO

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #567 of 2,339 scored counties
#24 of 81 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
11
3 chain locations (27%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$8.2M
On personal care products and services · $858 a household
Spending per listing
$748K
74% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.5
51% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
22,929
−0.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 hair salons in Crawford County. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.5, 51% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Crawford County comes to about $8.2M a year: $858 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $748K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 74% 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 Crawford County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 48 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Crawford County declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Crawford County is 62 (upper middle), #567 of 2,339 scored counties and #24 of 81 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Crawford 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.

Hair salons in Crawford County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureCrawford CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.521.023.4
Spending per listing$748K$463K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a2,0291,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.0%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.4%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$858$970$1,005
Median household income$57,629$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score6253

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
48Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
113 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
19The 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 Crawford 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 Crawford County

Population, 2025 estimate
22,929−0.4% since 2020
Households
9,580
Median age
43.5
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
743 sq. mi.
People per square mile
31
Median household income
$57,629+29.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,249
Median home value
$172,600
Jobs located here
6,732
Daytime population
19,375Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Missouri

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The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for hair salons, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Crawford County marked.

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lincoln County, MO922410.5$977K+11.4%#5 of 2,339
2Callaway County, MO832112.7$744K+3.2%#52 of 2,339
3Cass County, MO837517.4$611K+7.1%#55 of 2,339
4Warren County, MO801913.7$743K+9.2%#76 of 2,339
5Jefferson County, MO7913315.1$676K+2.7%#93 of 2,339
6Newton County, MO783013.6$682K+6.1%#101 of 2,339
7Osage County, MO76815.1$640K+2.7%#139 of 2,339
8Platte County, MO756815.5$733K+6.7%#154 of 2,339
9Christian County, MO756819.4$527K+8.3%#163 of 2,339
10St. Charles County, MO7429518.3$641K+4.9%#178 of 2,339
24Crawford County, MO621111.5$748K−0.4%#567 of 2,339

Other business types in Crawford County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Crawford County, MO?

There are 11 hair salons on map listings in Crawford County as of September 2026. 3 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Crawford County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 48 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Crawford County, MO spend on personal care products and services?

About $8.2M a year, or $858 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $748K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,580 households in Crawford County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Crawford County, MO compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Crawford County has 11.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $748K, 74% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Crawford County would have about 19, against 11 on map listings.

How fast is Crawford County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Crawford County at 22,929 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,580 households. The median household income in Crawford County is $57,629 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.7% 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. Crawford County scores 62 for hair salons (upper middle), #567 of 2,339 scored counties.

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