Beauty and personal care · County · Montana
Hair salons in Flathead County, MT
The hair salons in Flathead County, MT, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,209 of 2,339 scored counties
#12 of 18 scored counties in Montana
- Listings
- 125
- 20 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 26
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $43.2M
- On personal care products and services · $976 a household
- Spending per listing
- $345K
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 28.3
- 21% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 115,429
- +10.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $976 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in Flathead County spend about $43.2M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $345K per salon, 20% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Flathead County has 125 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 20 are chain locations, or 16%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 28.3, 21% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 26 businesses with payroll in Flathead County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 1,701 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 333 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $3.7M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Flathead County.
Population estimates put the population change in Flathead County from 2020 to 2025 at +10.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Flathead County has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #1,209 of 2,339 scored counties and #12 of 18 scored counties in Montana.
How Flathead 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 | Flathead County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 28.3 | 22.8 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $345K | $423K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,701 | 2,048 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.7% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $976 | $964 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $73,925 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 26
- Employees, 2023
- 71
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 333Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12520 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 100The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $3.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Flathead 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 Flathead County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 115,429+10.1% since 2020
- Households
- 44,233
- Median age
- 43.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 5,087 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $73,925+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,728
- Median home value
- $535,500
- Jobs located here
- 49,504
- Daytime population
- 110,772Residents 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 |
| 12Flathead County, MT | 50 | 125 | 28.3 | $345K | +10.1% | #1,209 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Flathead 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 spas43
- Hair salons50
- Barbershops67
- Nail salons74
- Spas and skin care37
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Flathead County, MT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 125 hair salons in Flathead County. 20 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 333 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Flathead County, MT spend on personal care products and services?
About $43.2M a year, or $976 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 125 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $345K 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 44,233 households in Flathead County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Flathead County, MT compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Flathead County has 28.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $345K, 20% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Flathead County would have about 100, against 125 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,701 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Flathead County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Flathead County at 115,429 people in 2025, up 10.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,233 households. Median household income in Flathead County is $73,925, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.6%, 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. Flathead County scores 50 for hair salons (upper middle), #1,209 of 2,339 scored counties.
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