Beauty and personal care · County · Montana
Hair salons in Carbon County, MT
The hair salons in Carbon County, MT, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #108 of 2,339 scored counties
#4 of 18 scored counties in Montana
- Listings
- 9
- 1 chain location (11%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.7M
- On personal care products and services · $1,002 a household
- Spending per listing
- $519K
- 21% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.3
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,466
- +9.1% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, Carbon County has a Groundwork market score of 78 (high): #108 of 2,339 scored counties and #4 of 18 scored counties in Montana. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.
At $1,002 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Carbon County spend about $4.7M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 9 hair salons, that is $519K per salon, 21% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 9 hair salons on map listings in Carbon County as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.3, 18% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Carbon County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Carbon County grew 9.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Carbon 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.
| Measure | Carbon County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.3 | 22.8 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $519K | $423K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,048 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.7% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,002 | $964 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $80,261 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 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
- 34Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 91 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Carbon 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 Carbon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,466+9.1% since 2020
- Households
- 4,664
- Median age
- 51.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 2,048 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $80,261+36.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,457
- Median home value
- $420,800
- Jobs located here
- 3,093
- Daytime population
- 9,712Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson County, MT | 95 | 5 | 10.0 | $1.1M | +9.8% | #3 of 2,339 |
| 2Lake County, MT | 83 | 15 | 11.9 | $759K | +6.9% | #51 of 2,339 |
| 3Sanders County, MT | 78 | 6 | 11.0 | $763K | +12.9% | #98 of 2,339 |
| 4Carbon County, MT | 78 | 9 | 19.3 | $519K | +9.1% | #108 of 2,339 |
| 5Park County, MT | 64 | 19 | 22.7 | $425K | +5.7% | #509 of 2,339 |
| 6Fergus County, MT | 60 | 9 | 17.0 | $511K | +3.1% | #681 of 2,339 |
| 7Lewis and Clark County, MT | 57 | 73 | 23.4 | $430K | +5.8% | #837 of 2,339 |
| 8Ravalli County, MT | 57 | 47 | 25.2 | $373K | +9.4% | #843 of 2,339 |
| 9Missoula County, MT | 56 | 103 | 19.6 | $503K | +4.4% | #870 of 2,339 |
| 10Gallatin County, MT | 52 | 142 | 27.7 | $399K | +7.7% | #1,085 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Carbon 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Carbon County, MT?
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 hair salons in Carbon County. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Carbon County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 34 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Carbon County, MT spend on personal care products and services?
About $4.7M a year, or $1,002 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $519K 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 4,664 households in Carbon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carbon County, MT compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Carbon County has 19.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $519K, 21% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Carbon County would have about 11, against 9 on map listings.
How fast is Carbon County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Carbon County at 11,466 people in 2025, up 9.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,664 households. Median household income in Carbon County is $80,261, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.7%, 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. Carbon County scores 78 for hair salons (high), #108 of 2,339 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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