Beauty and personal care · County · Missouri
Hair salons in Stoddard County, MO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Stoddard County, MO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,418 of 2,339 scored counties
#49 of 81 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 20
- 5 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9.9M
- On personal care products and services · $851 a household
- Spending per listing
- $493K
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.3
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,284
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Stoddard County spend about $9.9M a year on personal care products and services, or $851 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $493K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 15% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Stoddard County has 20 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.3, 26% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Stoddard County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 61 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Stoddard County declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Stoddard County is 45 (lower middle), #1,418 of 2,339 scored counties and #49 of 81 scored counties in Missouri.
How Stoddard 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 | Stoddard County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.3 | 21.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $493K | $463K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,029 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $851 | $970 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $57,957 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 53 |
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
- 61Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 205 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The 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 Stoddard 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 Stoddard County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,284−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 11,585
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 823 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $57,957+41.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,528
- Median home value
- $143,300
- Jobs located here
- 10,266
- Daytime population
- 26,787Residents 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 |
| 49Stoddard County, MO | 45 | 20 | 17.3 | $493K | −1.3% | #1,418 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Stoddard 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 spas53
- Hair salons45
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care28
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Stoddard County, MO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 hair salons in Stoddard County. 5 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Stoddard County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 61 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Stoddard County, MO spend on personal care products and services?
About $9.9M a year, or $851 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $493K 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 11,585 households in Stoddard County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Stoddard County, MO compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Stoddard County has 17.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $493K, 15% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Stoddard County would have about 23, against 20 on map listings.
How fast is Stoddard County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Stoddard County at 28,284 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,585 households. Median household income in Stoddard County is $57,957, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 41.2%, 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. Stoddard County scores 45 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,418 of 2,339 scored counties.
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