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Hair salons in Prairie County, MT

How Prairie County, MT compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$449K
On personal care products and services · $824 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
1,112
+1.7% 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

There are no hair salons on map listings in Prairie County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Prairie County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

Households in Prairie County spend about $449K a year on personal care products and services, or $824 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Prairie County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Prairie County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Prairie 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 Prairie County, MT compared with Montana and the U.S.
MeasurePrairie CountyMontanaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.022.823.4
Spending per listingn/a$423K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a2,0481,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+16.7%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.7%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$824$964$1,005
Median household income$51,250$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
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Prairie 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 Prairie County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,112+1.7% since 2020
Households
545
Median age
57.8
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
1,737 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1
Median household income
$51,250
Average household income
$74,488
Median home value
$165,700
Jobs located here
280
Daytime population
1,149Residents 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 Prairie 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
Prairie County, MTNot scored00.0n/a+1.7%

Other business types in Prairie County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many hair salons are in Prairie County, MT?

Map listings as of September 2026 show no hair salons in Prairie County. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Prairie County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $449K a year, or $824 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 545 households in Prairie County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Prairie County has no hair salons on map listings. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Prairie County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

How fast is Prairie County, MT growing?

Population estimates put Prairie County at 1,112 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 545 households. The median household income in Prairie County is $51,250 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for hair salons · All 56 business types in Prairie County

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