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Hair salons in Gasconade County, MO

How Gasconade 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 35 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,879 of 2,339 scored counties
#72 of 81 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
16
3 chain locations (19%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$5.4M
On personal care products and services · $894 a household
Spending per listing
$339K
21% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
26.4
13% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
14,784
+0.1% 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

Gasconade County scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #1,879 of 2,339 scored counties and #72 of 81 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 hair salons in Gasconade County. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 19%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 26.4 per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.

At $894 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Gasconade County spend about $5.4M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $339K per salon, 21% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Gasconade County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 2,020 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Gasconade County grew 0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Gasconade 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 Gasconade County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureGasconade CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households26.421.023.4
Spending per listing$339K$463K$430K
Households per official establishment2,0202,0291,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.0%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$894$970$1,005
Median household income$64,232$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score3553

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
3
Annual payroll, 2023
$14K
One-person businesses, 2023
37Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
163 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
0
Amount
$0

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

Population, 2025 estimate
14,784+0.1% since 2020
Households
6,061
Median age
46.4
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
519 sq. mi.
People per square mile
28
Median household income
$64,232+17.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,839
Median home value
$179,900
Jobs located here
5,378
Daytime population
13,377Residents 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 Gasconade 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
72Gasconade County, MO351626.4$339K+0.1%#1,879 of 2,339

Other business types in Gasconade County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Gasconade County, MO?

There are 16 hair salons on map listings in Gasconade County as of September 2026. 3 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 37 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $5.4M a year, or $894 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $339K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,061 households in Gasconade County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Gasconade County has 26.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $339K, 21% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Gasconade County would have about 13, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,020 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.

How fast is Gasconade County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Gasconade County at 14,784 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,061 households. The median household income in Gasconade County is $64,232 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.0% 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. Gasconade County scores 35 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,879 of 2,339 scored counties.

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