Beauty and personal care · County · Missouri
Hair salons in St. Francois County, MO
How St. Francois 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #608 of 2,339 scored counties
#27 of 81 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 47
- 8 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $21.4M
- On personal care products and services · $861 a household
- Spending per listing
- $455K
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.9
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 67,809
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 47 hair salons in St. Francois County. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 17%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 18.9 per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $861 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in St. Francois County spend about $21.4M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $455K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 6% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in St. Francois County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 6,204 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 136 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in St. Francois County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). St. Francois County scores 62 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #608 of 2,339 scored counties and #27 of 81 scored counties in Missouri.
How St. Francois 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. Francois County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.9 | 21.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $455K | $463K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 6,204 | 2,029 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $861 | $970 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $57,477 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 37
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $877K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 136Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 478 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 50The 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 St. Francois 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. Francois County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 67,809+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 24,816
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 452 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 148
- Median household income
- $57,477+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,389
- Median home value
- $169,300
- Jobs located here
- 22,334
- Daytime population
- 62,711Residents 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 |
| 27St. Francois County, MO | 62 | 47 | 18.9 | $455K | +2.1% | #608 of 2,339 |
Other business types in St. Francois 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 spas46
- Hair salons62
- Barbershops45
- Nail salons45
- Spas and skin care34
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in St. Francois County, MO?
There are 47 hair salons on map listings in St. Francois County as of September 2026. 8 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 136 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in St. Francois County, MO spend on personal care products and services?
About $21.4M a year, or $861 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 47 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $455K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,816 households in St. Francois County and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Francois County, MO compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
St. Francois County has 18.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $455K, 6% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, St. Francois County would have about 50, against 47 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,204 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is St. Francois County, MO growing?
Population estimates put St. Francois County at 67,809 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,816 households. The median household income in St. Francois County is $57,477 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.7% 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. Francois County scores 62 for hair salons (upper middle), #608 of 2,339 scored counties.
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