Beauty and personal care · County · North Dakota
Hair salons in Grand Forks County, ND
How Grand Forks County, ND 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #978 of 2,339 scored counties
#6 of 14 scored counties in North Dakota
- Listings
- 71
- 12 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $29.8M
- On personal care products and services · $953 a household
- Spending per listing
- $420K
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.7
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 74,501
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 71 hair salons in Grand Forks County. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.7, 3% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $953 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in Grand Forks County spend about $29.8M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 71 hair salons, that is $420K per salon, 2% below 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Grand Forks County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 2,407 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 103 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Grand Forks County grew 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Grand Forks County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #978 of 2,339 scored counties and #6 of 14 scored counties in North Dakota.
How Grand Forks 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 | Grand Forks County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.7 | 23.8 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $420K | $421K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,407 | 1,379 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $953 | $1,002 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $68,075 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 66
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 103Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7112 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 69The 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 Grand Forks 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 Grand Forks County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 74,501+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 31,295
- Median age
- 33.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 52%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,436 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 51
- Median household income
- $68,075+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,591
- Median home value
- $252,700
- Jobs located here
- 38,188
- Daytime population
- 77,655Residents 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 Grand Forks 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 Grand Forks 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 salons54
- Barbershops57
- Nail salons56
- Spas and skin care52
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Grand Forks County, ND?
There are 71 hair salons on map listings in Grand Forks County as of September 2026. 12 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 103 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Grand Forks County, ND spend on personal care products and services?
About $29.8M a year, or $953 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 71 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $420K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 31,295 households in Grand Forks County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Grand Forks County, ND compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Grand Forks County has 22.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $420K, 2% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Grand Forks County would have about 69, against 71 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,407 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Grand Forks County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Grand Forks County at 74,501 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,295 households. The median household income in Grand Forks County is $68,075 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.0% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Grand Forks County scores 54 for hair salons (upper middle), #978 of 2,339 scored counties.
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