Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Nebraska
Hair salons in the Hastings, NE area
The hair salons in the Hastings, NE area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #227 of 538 scored small-town markets
#5 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska
- Listings
- 35
- 10 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.1M
- On personal care products and services · $944 a household
- Spending per listing
- $460K
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.5
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 40,577
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 35 hair salons in the Hastings area. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 20.5 per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $944 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in the Hastings area spend about $16.1M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $460K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 7% 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.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Hastings area in 2023. That is one for every 1,895 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 95 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the Hastings area declined 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Hastings area scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #227 of 538 scored small-town markets and #5 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska.
How the Hastings area 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 | Hastings area | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.5 | 21.8 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $460K | $460K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,895 | 1,339 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $944 | $1,004 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $69,510 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 19
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $790K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 95Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3510 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 37The 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 the Hastings area, 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 the Hastings area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 40,577−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 17,059
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,711 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $69,510
- Average household income
- $91,112
- Median home value
- $175,200
- Jobs located here
- 18,629
- Daytime population
- 39,802Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Nebraska market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Nebraska for hair salons, numbered among those based in Nebraska, with the Hastings area marked.
Top small-town markets in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Columbus, NE | 67 | 36 | 20.7 | $465K | +3.8% | #79 of 538 |
| 2Fremont, NE | 61 | 29 | 19.1 | $499K | +2.6% | #138 of 538 |
| 3Beatrice, NE | 59 | 18 | 19.3 | $476K | +0.2% | #162 of 538 |
| 4Norfolk, NE | 55 | 40 | 20.4 | $456K | +1.1% | #213 of 538 |
| 5Hastings, NE | 54 | 35 | 20.5 | $460K | −0.2% | #227 of 538 |
| 6Lexington, NE | 51 | 22 | 22.0 | $433K | +1.1% | #265 of 538 |
| 7North Platte, NE | 42 | 34 | 22.4 | $405K | −3.6% | #355 of 538 |
| 8Kearney, NE | 40 | 67 | 29.4 | $334K | +1.9% | #387 of 538 |
| 9Scottsbluff, NE | 37 | 52 | 33.8 | $265K | −1.2% | #422 of 538 |
Other business types in the Hastings area
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 spas61
- Hair salons54
- Barbershops72
- Nail salons71
- Spas and skin care62
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Hastings, NE area?
The Hastings area has 35 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 95 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Hastings, NE area spend on personal care products and services?
About $16.1M a year, or $944 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $460K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,059 households in the Hastings area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Hastings, NE area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Hastings area has 20.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $460K, 7% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Hastings area would have about 37, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,895 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Hastings, NE area growing?
Population estimates put the Hastings area at 40,577 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 17,059 households. The median household income in the Hastings area is $69,510 a year, 14% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Hastings area scores 54 for hair salons (upper middle), #227 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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