Beauty and personal care · County · North Dakota
Hair salons in Ramsey County, ND
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Ramsey County, ND, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,413 of 2,339 scored counties
#8 of 14 scored counties in North Dakota
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.9M
- On personal care products and services · $910 a household
- Spending per listing
- $547K
- 27% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.6
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,530
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 hair salons in Ramsey County. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 16.6 per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $910 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Ramsey County spend about $4.9M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $547K per salon, 27% 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 5 businesses with payroll in Ramsey County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 1,082 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 14 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ramsey County declined 0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For hair salons, Ramsey County has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #1,413 of 2,339 scored counties and #8 of 14 scored counties in North Dakota.
How Ramsey 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 | Ramsey County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.6 | 23.8 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $547K | $421K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,082 | 1,379 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $910 | $1,002 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $61,006 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 18
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $515K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 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 Ramsey 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 Ramsey County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,530−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 5,410
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 55%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,185 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 10
- Median household income
- $61,006+3.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,482
- Median home value
- $199,300
- Jobs located here
- 5,171
- Daytime population
- 11,239Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 Ramsey 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 Ramsey County, ND?
There are 9 hair salons on map listings in Ramsey County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ramsey County, ND spend on personal care products and services?
About $4.9M a year, or $910 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $547K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,410 households in Ramsey County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ramsey County, ND compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Ramsey County has 16.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $547K, 27% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Ramsey County would have about 11, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,082 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Ramsey County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Ramsey County at 11,530 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,410 households. The median household income in Ramsey County is $61,006 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 3.6% 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. Ramsey County scores 45 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,413 of 2,339 scored counties.
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