Beauty and personal care · County · Nebraska
Hair salons in Buffalo County, NE
The hair salons in Buffalo County, NE, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,922 of 2,339 scored counties
#22 of 26 scored counties in Nebraska
- Listings
- 62
- 12 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19.6M
- On personal care products and services · $979 a household
- Spending per listing
- $315K
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 31.0
- 32% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 51,172
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Buffalo County is 34 (lower middle), #1,922 of 2,339 scored counties and #22 of 26 scored counties in Nebraska. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Buffalo County comes to about $19.6M a year: $979 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $315K per salon, 27% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 62 hair salons on map listings in Buffalo County as of September 2026. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 19%, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 31.0 for every 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Buffalo County was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 1,249 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $250K have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Buffalo County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Buffalo County grew 1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Buffalo County compares
The same measures for Nebraska 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 | Buffalo County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 31.0 | 21.8 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $315K | $460K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,249 | 1,339 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $979 | $1,004 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $75,911 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 49
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 155Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6212 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 46The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $250K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Buffalo 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 Buffalo County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 51,172+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 19,984
- Median age
- 36.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 968 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 52
- Median household income
- $75,911+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,897
- Median home value
- $246,400
- Jobs located here
- 27,301
- Daytime population
- 53,561Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Saunders County, NE | 86 | 15 | 16.9 | $641K | +6.0% | #34 of 2,339 |
| 2Sarpy County, NE | 78 | 118 | 15.9 | $727K | +9.0% | #99 of 2,339 |
| 3Seward County, NE | 73 | 11 | 16.2 | $629K | +2.3% | #205 of 2,339 |
| 4Cass County, NE | 70 | 13 | 12.0 | $915K | +3.9% | #273 of 2,339 |
| 5Colfax County, NE | 66 | 8 | 21.6 | $467K | +3.6% | #429 of 2,339 |
| 6Platte County, NE | 62 | 28 | 20.5 | $465K | +3.9% | #604 of 2,339 |
| 7Washington County, NE | 61 | 13 | 15.4 | $715K | +1.8% | #619 of 2,339 |
| 8Dodge County, NE | 55 | 29 | 19.1 | $499K | +2.6% | #910 of 2,339 |
| 9Gage County, NE | 54 | 18 | 19.3 | $476K | +0.2% | #965 of 2,339 |
| 10Saline County, NE | 54 | 12 | 23.3 | $423K | +1.9% | #977 of 2,339 |
| 22Buffalo County, NE | 34 | 62 | 31.0 | $315K | +1.9% | #1,922 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Buffalo 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 spas37
- Hair salons34
- Barbershops72
- Nail salons63
- Spas and skin care38
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Buffalo County, NE?
As of September 2026, map listings count 62 hair salons in Buffalo County. 12 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 155 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Buffalo County, NE spend on personal care products and services?
About $19.6M a year, or $979 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 62 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $315K 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 19,984 households in Buffalo County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Buffalo County, NE compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Buffalo County has 31.0 hair salons per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $315K, 27% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Buffalo County would have about 46, against 62 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,249 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Buffalo County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Buffalo County at 51,172 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,984 households. Median household income in Buffalo County is $75,911, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.7%, 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. Buffalo County scores 34 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,922 of 2,339 scored counties.
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