Beauty and personal care · County · Nebraska
Hair salons in Lancaster County, NE
How Lancaster County, NE 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 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,067 of 2,339 scored counties
#11 of 26 scored counties in Nebraska
- Listings
- 274
- 58 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 129
- −5.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $132.6M
- On personal care products and services · $989 a household
- Spending per listing
- $484K
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.4
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 334,049
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Lancaster County comes to about $132.6M a year: $989 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $484K per salon, 13% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Lancaster County has 274 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 58 are chain locations, or 21%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.4, 13% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 129 businesses with payroll in Lancaster County classed as beauty salons, down 5.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,040 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 576 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Lancaster County.
Population estimates put the population change in Lancaster County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Lancaster County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #1,067 of 2,339 scored counties and #11 of 26 scored counties in Nebraska.
How Lancaster 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 | Lancaster County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.4 | 21.8 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $484K | $460K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,040 | 1,339 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −5.1% | −3.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $989 | $1,004 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $74,793 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 136 → 129−5.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 370
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 576Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 27458 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 308The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $1.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Lancaster 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 Lancaster County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 334,049+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 134,126
- Median age
- 36.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 59%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 838 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 390
- Median household income
- $74,793+23.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,420
- Median home value
- $275,200
- Jobs located here
- 180,543
- Daytime population
- 346,989Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Nebraska market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Nebraska for hair salons, numbered among those based in Nebraska, with Lancaster County marked.
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 |
| 11Lancaster County, NE | 52 | 274 | 20.4 | $484K | +3.4% | #1,067 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Lancaster 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 spas45
- Hair salons52
- Barbershops67
- Nail salons65
- Spas and skin care39
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Lancaster County, NE?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 274 hair salons in Lancaster County. 58 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 129 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, down 5.1% from 2019. Official counts list 576 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lancaster County, NE spend on personal care products and services?
About $132.6M a year, or $989 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 274 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $484K 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 134,126 households in Lancaster County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lancaster County, NE compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Lancaster County has 20.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $484K, 13% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Lancaster County would have about 308, against 274 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,040 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Lancaster County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Lancaster County at 334,049 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 134,126 households. Median household income in Lancaster County is $74,793, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.6%, 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. Lancaster County scores 52 for hair salons (upper middle), #1,067 of 2,339 scored counties.
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