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Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Missouri

Hair salons in the Kennett, MO area

How the Kennett, MO area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #483 of 538 scored small-town markets
#17 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Missouri

Listings
22
3 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$8.9M
On personal care products and services · $794 a household
Spending per listing
$406K
6% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.5
17% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
26,855
−4.8% 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

The Groundwork market score for hair salons in the Kennett area is 28 (lower middle), #483 of 538 scored small-town markets and #17 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Households in the Kennett area spend about $8.9M a year on personal care products and services, or $794 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $406K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 6% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

The Kennett area has 22 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (14%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 19.5 for every 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in the Kennett area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show the Kennett area declined 4.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Kennett 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.

Hair salons in Kennett, MO area compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureKennett areaMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.521.023.4
Spending per listing$406K$463K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a2,0291,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.0%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.8%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$794$970$1,005
Median household income$47,849$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score2853

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
74Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
223 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
21The 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 the Kennett 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 Kennett area

Population, 2025 estimate
26,855−4.8% since 2020
Households
11,257
Median age
39.4
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
542 sq. mi.
People per square mile
51
Median household income
$47,849+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$64,703
Median home value
$97,600
Jobs located here
8,368
Daytime population
24,850Residents 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 small-town markets in Missouri for hair salons, numbered among those based in Missouri (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Kennett area marked.

Top small-town markets in Missouri

Small-town markets in Missouri ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Warrensburg, MO763717.5$525K+4.9%#25 of 538
2Farmington, MO694718.9$455K+2.1%#66 of 538
3Mexico, MO641010.8$789K−1.0%#101 of 538
4Hannibal, MO642818.3$482K+0.4%#111 of 538
5Sikeston, MO603417.2$504K−0.3%#150 of 538
Quincy, IL-MO575718.3$497K−2.0%#184 of 538
6Fort Leonard Wood, MO544325.5$351K+0.8%#235 of 538
7Rolla, MO524023.1$377K+1.6%#258 of 538
8Marshall, MO491619.9$432K−0.3%#283 of 538
9Lebanon, MO493322.7$363K+2.5%#287 of 538
17Kennett, MO282219.5$406K−4.8%#483 of 538

Other business types in the Kennett area

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in the Kennett, MO area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 hair salons in the Kennett area. 3 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in the Kennett area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 74 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Kennett, MO area spend on personal care products and services?

About $8.9M a year, or $794 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $406K 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 11,257 households in the Kennett area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Kennett, MO area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

The Kennett area has 19.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $406K, 6% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Kennett area would have about 21, against 22 on map listings.

How fast is the Kennett, MO area growing?

Population estimates put the Kennett area at 26,855 people in 2025, down 4.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,257 households. Median household income in the Kennett area is $47,849, 41% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.5%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Kennett area scores 28 for hair salons (lower middle), #483 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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