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Beauty and personal care · County · Montana

Hair salons in Big Horn County, MT

The hair salons in Big Horn County, MT, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3.2M
On personal care products and services · $825 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
5.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
12,752
−2.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Big Horn County spend about $3.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $825 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.6M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

Big Horn County has 2 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. That is 5.2 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Big Horn County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $13K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Big Horn County.

Population estimates put the population change in Big Horn County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 hair salons on map listings, Big Horn County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Big Horn County compares

The same measures for Montana 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.

Hair salons in Big Horn County, MT compared with Montana and the U.S.
MeasureBig Horn CountyMontanaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.222.823.4
Spending per listing$1.6M$423K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a2,0481,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+16.7%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.5%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$825$964$1,005
Median household income$58,750$72,509$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored53

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
4Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$13K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Big Horn 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 Big Horn County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,752−2.5% since 2020
Households
3,827
Median age
32.4
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
4,998 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3
Median household income
$58,750+17.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$73,454
Median home value
$143,400
Jobs located here
3,877
Daytime population
13,017Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Montana

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The highest-scoring counties in Montana for hair salons, numbered among those based in Montana, with Big Horn County marked.

Top counties in Montana

Counties in Montana ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Jefferson County, MT95510.0$1.1M+9.8%#3 of 2,339
2Lake County, MT831511.9$759K+6.9%#51 of 2,339
3Sanders County, MT78611.0$763K+12.9%#98 of 2,339
4Carbon County, MT78919.3$519K+9.1%#108 of 2,339
5Park County, MT641922.7$425K+5.7%#509 of 2,339
6Fergus County, MT60917.0$511K+3.1%#681 of 2,339
7Lewis and Clark County, MT577323.4$430K+5.8%#837 of 2,339
8Ravalli County, MT574725.2$373K+9.4%#843 of 2,339
9Missoula County, MT5610319.6$503K+4.4%#870 of 2,339
10Gallatin County, MT5214227.7$399K+7.7%#1,085 of 2,339
Big Horn County, MTNot scored25.2$1.6M−2.5%

Other business types in Big Horn County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many hair salons are in Big Horn County, MT?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 hair salons in Big Horn County. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Big Horn County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Big Horn County, MT spend on personal care products and services?

About $3.2M a year, or $825 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 3,827 households in Big Horn County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Big Horn County, MT compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Big Horn County has 2 hair salons on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Big Horn County would have about 7, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Big Horn County, MT growing?

Population estimates put Big Horn County at 12,752 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,827 households. Median household income in Big Horn County is $58,750, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.8%, 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. Big Horn County has no market score for hair salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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