Beauty and personal care · County · Montana
Hair salons in Lake County, MT
How Lake County, MT compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 83 out of 100: High
Ranked #51 of 2,339 scored counties
#2 of 18 scored counties in Montana
- Listings
- 15
- 5 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.4M
- On personal care products and services · $906 a household
- Spending per listing
- $759K
- 76% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.9
- 49% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,392
- +6.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Lake County is 83 (high), #51 of 2,339 scored counties and #2 of 18 scored counties in Montana. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Lake County comes to about $11.4M a year: $906 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $759K per salon, 76% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Lake County has 15 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 33%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.9, 49% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Lake County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 4,192 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Population estimates show Lake County grew 6.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lake 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 | Lake County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.9 | 22.8 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $759K | $423K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,192 | 2,048 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.7% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $906 | $964 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $63,360 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 83 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 4
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $74K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 83Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 155 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The 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 Lake 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 Lake County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,392+6.9% since 2020
- Households
- 12,576
- Median age
- 44.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 1,491 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $63,360+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,243
- Median home value
- $421,800
- Jobs located here
- 9,693
- Daytime population
- 30,848Residents 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 Lake 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 spas81
- Hair salons83
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care70
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Lake County, MT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 hair salons in Lake County. 5 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 83 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lake County, MT spend on personal care products and services?
About $11.4M a year, or $906 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $759K 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 12,576 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lake County, MT compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Lake County has 11.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $759K, 76% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Lake County would have about 27, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,192 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Lake County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Lake County at 33,392 people in 2025, up 6.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,576 households. Median household income in Lake County is $63,360, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.8%, 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. Lake County scores 83 for hair salons (high), #51 of 2,339 scored counties.
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