Beauty and personal care · County · Missouri
Hair salons in Phelps County, MO
How Phelps 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 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,298 of 2,339 scored counties
#42 of 81 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 40
- 9 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15.1M
- On personal care products and services · $870 a household
- Spending per listing
- $377K
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.1
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,247
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 40 hair salons in Phelps County. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 23%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 23.1 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in Phelps County spend about $15.1M a year on personal care products and services, or $870 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $377K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 12% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Phelps County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 3,466 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 75 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Phelps County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Phelps County scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #1,298 of 2,339 scored counties and #42 of 81 scored counties in Missouri.
How Phelps 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 | Phelps County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.1 | 21.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $377K | $463K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,466 | 2,029 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $870 | $970 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $58,396 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 11
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $280K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 75Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 409 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The 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 Phelps 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 Phelps County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,247+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 17,329
- Median age
- 37.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 672 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 67
- Median household income
- $58,396+32.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,261
- Median home value
- $206,500
- Jobs located here
- 19,214
- Daytime population
- 46,987Residents 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 |
| 42Phelps County, MO | 48 | 40 | 23.1 | $377K | +1.6% | #1,298 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Phelps 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 spas52
- Hair salons48
- Barbershops39
- Nail salons53
- Spas and skin care46
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Phelps County, MO?
There are 40 hair salons on map listings in Phelps County as of September 2026. 9 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 75 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Phelps County, MO spend on personal care products and services?
About $15.1M a year, or $870 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $377K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,329 households in Phelps County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Phelps County, MO compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Phelps County has 23.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $377K, 12% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Phelps County would have about 35, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,466 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Phelps County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Phelps County at 45,247 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,329 households. The median household income in Phelps County is $58,396 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.3% 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. Phelps County scores 48 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,298 of 2,339 scored counties.
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