Beauty and personal care · County · North Dakota
Hair salons in Barnes County, ND
The hair salons in Barnes County, ND, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #902 of 2,339 scored counties
#5 of 14 scored counties in North Dakota
- Listings
- 8
- 2 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.5M
- On personal care products and services · $925 a household
- Spending per listing
- $567K
- 32% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.3
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,573
- −2.7% since 2020
See the hair salons around any address in Barnes County
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What this means
At $925 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Barnes County spend about $4.5M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $567K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 32% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Barnes County has 8 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 25%, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 16.3 for every 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Barnes County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 20 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Barnes County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Barnes County is 55 (upper middle), #902 of 2,339 scored counties and #5 of 14 scored counties in North Dakota.
How Barnes County compares
The same measures for North Dakota 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 | Barnes County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.3 | 23.8 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $567K | $421K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,379 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.7% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $925 | $1,002 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $68,038 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 37 |
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
- 20Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 82 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Barnes 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 Barnes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,573−2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 4,908
- Median age
- 43.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,492 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7
- Median household income
- $68,038+16.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,055
- Median home value
- $173,700
- Jobs located here
- 4,766
- Daytime population
- 10,084Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in North Dakota for hair salons, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with Barnes County marked.
Top counties in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1McKenzie County, ND | 76 | 9 | 15.0 | $772K | +2.8% | #131 of 2,339 |
| 2Williams County, ND | 63 | 28 | 18.5 | $584K | +1.4% | #528 of 2,339 |
| 3Richland County, ND | 62 | 14 | 20.4 | $486K | +1.2% | #598 of 2,339 |
| 4Morton County, ND | 56 | 32 | 22.9 | $442K | +3.8% | #890 of 2,339 |
| 5Barnes County, ND | 55 | 8 | 16.3 | $567K | −2.7% | #902 of 2,339 |
| 6Grand Forks County, ND | 54 | 71 | 22.7 | $420K | +1.9% | #978 of 2,339 |
| 7Walsh County, ND | 50 | 6 | 13.6 | $698K | −3.3% | #1,148 of 2,339 |
| 8Ramsey County, ND | 45 | 9 | 16.6 | $547K | −0.4% | #1,413 of 2,339 |
| 9Ward County, ND | 45 | 67 | 23.5 | $433K | −2.4% | #1,427 of 2,339 |
| 10Burleigh County, ND | 45 | 117 | 28.4 | $376K | +4.7% | #1,443 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Barnes 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Barnes County, ND?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 hair salons in Barnes County. 2 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Barnes County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 20 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Barnes County, ND spend on personal care products and services?
About $4.5M a year, or $925 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $567K 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 4,908 households in Barnes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Barnes County, ND compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Barnes County has 16.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $567K, 32% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Barnes County would have about 11, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Barnes County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Barnes County at 10,573 people in 2025, down 2.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,908 households. Median household income in Barnes County is $68,038, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.6%, 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. Barnes County scores 55 for hair salons (upper middle), #902 of 2,339 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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