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Hair salons in Hamilton County, NE

How Hamilton County, NE 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
5
1 chain location (20%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3.7M
On personal care products and services · $1,022 a household
Spending per listing
$742K
72% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.8
41% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
9,678
+2.9% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 5 hair salons in Hamilton County. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.8, 41% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Hamilton County comes to about $3.7M a year: $1,022 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That works out to $742K per salon, 72% above the U.S. figure of $430K. 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 Hamilton County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 19 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Hamilton County grew 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, in step with 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 Hamilton 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.

Hair salons in Hamilton County, NE compared with Nebraska and the U.S.
MeasureHamilton CountyNebraskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.821.823.4
Spending per listing$742K$460K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,3391,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−3.1%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.9%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,022$1,004$1,005
Median household income$83,994$76,475$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored46

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
19Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
51 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 Hamilton 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 Hamilton County

Population, 2025 estimate
9,678+2.9% since 2020
Households
3,628
Median age
41.3
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.5
Land area
542 sq. mi.
People per square mile
17
Median household income
$83,994
Average household income
$100,726
Median home value
$253,700
Jobs located here
3,905
Daytime population
8,597Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Nebraska

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The highest-scoring counties in Nebraska for hair salons, numbered among those based in Nebraska, with Hamilton County marked.

Top counties in Nebraska

Counties in Nebraska ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Saunders County, NE861516.9$641K+6.0%#34 of 2,339
2Sarpy County, NE7811815.9$727K+9.0%#99 of 2,339
3Seward County, NE731116.2$629K+2.3%#205 of 2,339
4Cass County, NE701312.0$915K+3.9%#273 of 2,339
5Colfax County, NE66821.6$467K+3.6%#429 of 2,339
6Platte County, NE622820.5$465K+3.9%#604 of 2,339
7Washington County, NE611315.4$715K+1.8%#619 of 2,339
8Dodge County, NE552919.1$499K+2.6%#910 of 2,339
9Gage County, NE541819.3$476K+0.2%#965 of 2,339
10Saline County, NE541223.3$423K+1.9%#977 of 2,339
Hamilton County, NENot scored513.8$742K+2.9%

Other business types in Hamilton 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 Hamilton County, NE?

Hamilton County has 5 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Hamilton County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 19 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Hamilton County, NE spend on personal care products and services?

About $3.7M a year, or $1,022 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $742K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,628 households in Hamilton County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Hamilton County, NE compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Hamilton County has 13.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $742K, 72% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Hamilton County would have about 9, against 5 on map listings.

How fast is Hamilton County, NE growing?

Population estimates put Hamilton County at 9,678 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,628 households. The median household income in Hamilton County is $83,994 a year, 4% above 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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