Beauty and personal care · County · Missouri
Hair salons in Wright County, MO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Wright County, MO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,883 of 2,339 scored counties
#73 of 81 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 18
- 2 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.7M
- On personal care products and services · $795 a household
- Spending per listing
- $317K
- 26% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.0
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,671
- +8.0% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, Wright County has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #1,883 of 2,339 scored counties and #73 of 81 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $795 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in Wright County spend about $5.7M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $317K per salon, 26% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Wright County has 18 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 25.0 for every 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Wright County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $187K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Wright County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wright County grew 8.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Wright 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 | Wright County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.0 | 21.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $317K | $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 | +8.0% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $795 | $970 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $47,909 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 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
- 46Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 182 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $187K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Wright 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 Wright County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,671+8.0% since 2020
- Households
- 7,187
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 682 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 28
- Median household income
- $47,909+37.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,326
- Median home value
- $160,100
- Jobs located here
- 4,308
- Daytime population
- 17,030Residents 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 |
| 73Wright County, MO | 35 | 18 | 25.0 | $317K | +8.0% | #1,883 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Wright 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 spas34
- Hair salons35
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care31
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Wright County, MO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 hair salons in Wright County. 2 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Wright County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 46 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Wright County, MO spend on personal care products and services?
About $5.7M a year, or $795 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $317K 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 7,187 households in Wright County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wright County, MO compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Wright County has 25.0 hair salons per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $317K, 26% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Wright County would have about 13, against 18 on map listings.
How fast is Wright County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Wright County at 19,671 people in 2025, up 8.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,187 households. Median household income in Wright County is $47,909, 41% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.8%, 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. Wright County scores 35 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,883 of 2,339 scored counties.
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