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Beauty and personal care · County · North Dakota

Hair salons in McKenzie County, ND

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in McKenzie County, ND, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 76 out of 100: High

Ranked #131 of 2,339 scored counties
#1 of 14 scored counties in North Dakota

Listings
9
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$6.9M
On personal care products and services · $1,158 a household
Spending per listing
$772K
79% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.0
36% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
15,192
+2.8% 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

McKenzie County scores 76 (high) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #131 of 2,339 scored counties and #1 of 14 scored counties in North Dakota. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 hair salons in McKenzie County. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.0, 36% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Household spending on personal care products and services in McKenzie County comes to about $6.9M a year: $1,158 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. Spread across 9 hair salons, that is $772K per salon, 79% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in McKenzie County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 1,999 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of McKenzie County grew 2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How McKenzie 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.

Hair salons in McKenzie County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureMcKenzie CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.023.823.4
Spending per listing$772K$421K$430K
Households per official establishment1,9991,3791,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.6%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.8%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,158$1,002$1,005
Median household income$93,404$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market score7637

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3
Employees, 2023
10
Annual payroll, 2023
$166K
One-person businesses, 2023
20Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
90 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The 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 McKenzie 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 McKenzie County

Population, 2025 estimate
15,192+2.8% since 2020
Households
5,997
Median age
32.9
Homes lived in by their owners
53%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
2,760 sq. mi.
People per square mile
5
Median household income
$93,404+20.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$136,028
Median home value
$349,600
Jobs located here
10,556
Daytime population
18,249Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across North Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in North Dakota for hair salons, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with McKenzie County marked.

Top counties in North Dakota

Counties in North Dakota ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1McKenzie County, ND76915.0$772K+2.8%#131 of 2,339
2Williams County, ND632818.5$584K+1.4%#528 of 2,339
3Richland County, ND621420.4$486K+1.2%#598 of 2,339
4Morton County, ND563222.9$442K+3.8%#890 of 2,339
5Barnes County, ND55816.3$567K−2.7%#902 of 2,339
6Grand Forks County, ND547122.7$420K+1.9%#978 of 2,339
7Walsh County, ND50613.6$698K−3.3%#1,148 of 2,339
8Ramsey County, ND45916.6$547K−0.4%#1,413 of 2,339
9Ward County, ND456723.5$433K−2.4%#1,427 of 2,339
10Burleigh County, ND4511728.4$376K+4.7%#1,443 of 2,339

Other business types in McKenzie County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many hair salons are in McKenzie County, ND?

There are 9 hair salons on map listings in McKenzie County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 20 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in McKenzie County, ND spend on personal care products and services?

About $6.9M a year, or $1,158 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $772K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,997 households in McKenzie County and national spending patterns by income.

How does McKenzie County, ND compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

McKenzie County has 15.0 hair salons per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $772K, 79% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, McKenzie County would have about 16, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,999 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.

How fast is McKenzie County, ND growing?

Population estimates put McKenzie County at 15,192 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,997 households. The median household income in McKenzie County is $93,404 a year, 16% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.0% 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. McKenzie County scores 76 for hair salons (high), #131 of 2,339 scored counties.

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