Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Missouri
Hair salons in the Sedalia, MO area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in the Sedalia, MO area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #481 of 538 scored small-town markets
#16 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Missouri
- Listings
- 50
- 9 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.8M
- On personal care products and services · $871 a household
- Spending per listing
- $296K
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 29.4
- 26% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 44,254
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, the Sedalia area has a Groundwork market score of 29 (lower middle): #481 of 538 scored small-town markets and #16 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $871 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the Sedalia area spend about $14.8M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $296K per salon, 31% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
The Sedalia area has 50 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 29.4 for every 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Sedalia area in 2023. That is one for every 1,214 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Sedalia area grew 2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Sedalia 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 | Sedalia area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 29.4 | 21.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $296K | $463K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,214 | 2,029 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $871 | $970 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $60,430 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14
- Employees, 2023
- 70
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 65Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 509 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The 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 Sedalia 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 Sedalia area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 44,254+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 16,996
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 682 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 64
- Median household income
- $60,430+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,820
- Median home value
- $166,300
- Jobs located here
- 20,518
- Daytime population
- 44,113Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →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 Sedalia area marked.
Top small-town markets in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warrensburg, MO | 76 | 37 | 17.5 | $525K | +4.9% | #25 of 538 |
| 2Farmington, MO | 69 | 47 | 18.9 | $455K | +2.1% | #66 of 538 |
| 3Mexico, MO | 64 | 10 | 10.8 | $789K | −1.0% | #101 of 538 |
| 4Hannibal, MO | 64 | 28 | 18.3 | $482K | +0.4% | #111 of 538 |
| 5Sikeston, MO | 60 | 34 | 17.2 | $504K | −0.3% | #150 of 538 |
| Quincy, IL-MO | 57 | 57 | 18.3 | $497K | −2.0% | #184 of 538 |
| 6Fort Leonard Wood, MO | 54 | 43 | 25.5 | $351K | +0.8% | #235 of 538 |
| 7Rolla, MO | 52 | 40 | 23.1 | $377K | +1.6% | #258 of 538 |
| 8Marshall, MO | 49 | 16 | 19.9 | $432K | −0.3% | #283 of 538 |
| 9Lebanon, MO | 49 | 33 | 22.7 | $363K | +2.5% | #287 of 538 |
| 16Sedalia, MO | 29 | 50 | 29.4 | $296K | +2.9% | #481 of 538 |
Other business types in the Sedalia 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 spas32
- Hair salons29
- Barbershops59
- Nail salons72
- Spas and skin care35
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Sedalia, MO area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 50 hair salons in the Sedalia area. 9 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 65 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Sedalia, MO area spend on personal care products and services?
About $14.8M a year, or $871 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 50 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $296K 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 16,996 households in the Sedalia area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sedalia, MO area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Sedalia area has 29.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $296K, 31% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Sedalia area would have about 34, against 50 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,214 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Sedalia, MO area growing?
Population estimates put the Sedalia area at 44,254 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,996 households. Median household income in the Sedalia area is $60,430, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.9%, 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 Sedalia area scores 29 for hair salons (lower middle), #481 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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