Beauty and personal care · County · Missouri
Hair salons in St. Charles County, MO
The hair salons in St. Charles County, MO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #178 of 2,339 scored counties
#10 of 81 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 295
- 78 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 98
- −6.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $189.1M
- On personal care products and services · $1,172 a household
- Spending per listing
- $641K
- 49% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.3
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 426,499
- +4.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in St. Charles County is 74 (upper middle), #178 of 2,339 scored counties and #10 of 81 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 295 hair salons in St. Charles County. 78 of them (26%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.3, 22% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in St. Charles County spend about $189.1M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,172 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. Spread across 295 hair salons, that is $641K per salon, 49% above 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.
Official counts show 98 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in St. Charles County in 2023, down 6.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,646 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $383K have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in St. Charles County. Population estimates put the population change in St. Charles County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How St. Charles 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 | St. Charles County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.3 | 21.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $641K | $463K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,646 | 2,029 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −6.7% | +1.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.9% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,172 | $970 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $104,692 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 105 → 98−6.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 680
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $20.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 909Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 29578 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 440The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $383K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in St. Charles 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 St. Charles County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 426,499+4.9% since 2020
- Households
- 161,311
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 560 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 740
- Median household income
- $104,692+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $129,305
- Median home value
- $320,800
- Jobs located here
- 167,185
- Daytime population
- 365,581Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for hair salons, numbered among those based in Missouri, with St. Charles County marked.
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 |
Other business types in St. Charles 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 spas65
- Hair salons74
- Barbershops77
- Nail salons68
- Spas and skin care62
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in St. Charles County, MO?
There are 295 hair salons on map listings in St. Charles County as of September 2026. 78 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 98 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, down 6.7% from 2019. Another 909 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in St. Charles County, MO spend on personal care products and services?
About $189.1M a year, or $1,172 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 295 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $641K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 161,311 households in St. Charles County and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Charles County, MO compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
St. Charles County has 18.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $641K, 49% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, St. Charles County would have about 440, against 295 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,646 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count fell 6.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is St. Charles County, MO growing?
Population estimates put St. Charles County at 426,499 people in 2025, up 4.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 161,311 households. The median household income in St. Charles County is $104,692 a year, 30% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.2% 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. St. Charles County scores 74 for hair salons (upper middle), #178 of 2,339 scored counties.
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