Beauty and personal care · County · Missouri
Hair salons in Howell County, MO
How Howell 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 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,400 of 2,339 scored counties
#48 of 81 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 39
- 7 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.9M
- On personal care products and services · $805 a household
- Spending per listing
- $330K
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.4
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 40,798
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 39 hair salons in Howell County. 7 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 24.4 per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $805 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Howell County spend about $12.9M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $330K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 23% 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 Howell County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 5,322 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 98 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Howell County grew 2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Howell County has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #1,400 of 2,339 scored counties and #48 of 81 scored counties in Missouri.
How Howell 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 | Howell County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.4 | 21.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $330K | $463K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 5,322 | 2,029 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $805 | $970 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $50,993 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 7
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $131K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 98Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 397 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The 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 Howell 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 Howell County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 40,798+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 15,965
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 927 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 44
- Median household income
- $50,993+32.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $66,539
- Median home value
- $173,000
- Jobs located here
- 15,317
- Daytime population
- 40,659Residents 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 |
| 48Howell County, MO | 46 | 39 | 24.4 | $330K | +2.5% | #1,400 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Howell 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 spas40
- Hair salons46
- Barbershops31
- Nail salons57
- Spas and skin care27
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Howell County, MO?
There are 39 hair salons on map listings in Howell County as of September 2026. 7 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 98 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Howell County, MO spend on personal care products and services?
About $12.9M a year, or $805 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $330K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,965 households in Howell County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Howell County, MO compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Howell County has 24.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $330K, 23% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Howell County would have about 30, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,322 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Howell County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Howell County at 40,798 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,965 households. The median household income in Howell County is $50,993 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.9% 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. Howell County scores 46 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,400 of 2,339 scored counties.
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