Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Missouri
Hair salons in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area
How the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #43 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri
- Listings
- 1,905
- 290 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 504
- +9.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $945.2M
- On personal care products and services · $1,056 a household
- Spending per listing
- $496K
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.3
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,270,682
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Kansas City metro area comes to about $945.2M a year: $1,056 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. That works out to $496K per salon, 15% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 1,905 hair salons on map listings in the Kansas City metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 21.3, 9% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 504 businesses with payroll in the Kansas City metro area classed as beauty salons, up 9.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,777 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 5,025 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 26 SBA-backed loans worth $3.2M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Kansas City metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Kansas City metro area grew 3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Kansas City metro area scores 68 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #43 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Kansas City 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 | Kansas City metro area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.3 | 21.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $496K | $463K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,777 | 2,029 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.2% | +1.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,056 | $970 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $83,460 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 504+9.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,624
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $86.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5,025Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,905290 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2,197The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 26
- Amount
- $3.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Kansas City 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 Kansas City metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,270,682+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 895,368
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 7,257 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 306
- Median household income
- $83,460+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $111,261
- Median home value
- $287,300
- Jobs located here
- 1,123,972
- Daytime population
- 2,247,861Residents 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 Kansas City 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 Kansas City 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 spas60
- Hair salons68
- Barbershops52
- Nail salons57
- Spas and skin care57
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1,905 hair salons in the Kansas City metro area. 290 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 504 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 9.2% from 2019. Official counts also show 5,025 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $945.2M a year, or $1,056 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,905 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $496K per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 895,368 households in the Kansas City metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Kansas City metro area has 21.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $496K, 15% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Kansas City metro area would have about 2,197, against 1,905 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,777 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Kansas City metro area at 2,270,682 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 895,368 households. Median household income in the Kansas City metro area is $83,460, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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 Kansas City metro area scores 68 for hair salons (upper middle), #43 of 387 scored metro areas.
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