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Hair salons in Thomas County, NE

How Thomas 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
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$259K
On personal care products and services · $853 a household
Spending per listing
$259K
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
32.9
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
639
−4.8% 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 1 hair salon in Thomas County. That is 32.9 per 10,000 households.

At $853 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Thomas County spend about $259K a year on personal care products and services. That is about $259K of household spending for each salon on map listings. 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 Thomas County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Thomas County declined 4.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Thomas 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 Thomas County, NE compared with Nebraska and the U.S.
MeasureThomas CountyNebraskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households32.921.823.4
Spending per listing$259K$460K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,3391,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−3.1%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.8%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$853$1,004$1,005
Median household income$65,000$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
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
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 Thomas 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 Thomas County

Population, 2025 estimate
639−4.8% since 2020
Households
304
Median age
53.3
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
713 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1
Median household income
$65,000
Average household income
$67,952
Median home value
$109,200
Jobs located here
267
Daytime population
550Residents 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 Thomas 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
Thomas County, NENot scored132.9$259K−4.8%

Other business types in Thomas 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 Thomas County, NE?

Thomas County has 1 hair salon on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Thomas County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $259K a year, or $853 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 hair salon on map listings, it comes to $259K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 304 households in Thomas County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Thomas County has 1 hair salon on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending.

How fast is Thomas County, NE growing?

Population estimates put Thomas County at 639 people in 2025, down 4.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 304 households. The median household income in Thomas County is $65,000 a year, 19% 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 Thomas County

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