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Beauty and personal care · County · North Dakota

Hair salons in Rolette County, ND

How Rolette 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 21 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,199 of 2,339 scored counties
#13 of 14 scored counties in North Dakota

Listings
10
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3.3M
On personal care products and services · $883 a household
Spending per listing
$333K
23% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
26.5
13% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
11,688
−4.1% 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

For hair salons, Rolette County has a Groundwork market score of 21 (low): #2,199 of 2,339 scored counties and #13 of 14 scored counties in North Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 hair salons in Rolette County. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 26.5 for every 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Rolette County comes to about $3.3M a year: $883 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 10 hair salons, that is $333K per salon, 23% 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Rolette County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Rolette County declined 4.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Rolette 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 Rolette County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureRolette CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households26.523.823.4
Spending per listing$333K$421K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,3791,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.6%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.1%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$883$1,002$1,005
Median household income$59,517$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market score2137

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
13Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
100 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Rolette 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 Rolette County

Population, 2025 estimate
11,688−4.1% since 2020
Households
3,769
Median age
33.7
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
903 sq. mi.
People per square mile
13
Median household income
$59,517+37.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,773
Median home value
$103,800
Jobs located here
4,280
Daytime population
12,010Residents 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 Rolette 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
13Rolette County, ND211026.5$333K−4.1%#2,199 of 2,339

Other business types in Rolette County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Rolette County, ND?

There are 10 hair salons on map listings in Rolette County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Rolette County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 13 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $3.3M a year, or $883 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $333K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,769 households in Rolette County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Rolette County has 26.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $333K, 23% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Rolette County would have about 8, against 10 on map listings.

How fast is Rolette County, ND growing?

Population estimates put Rolette County at 11,688 people in 2025, down 4.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,769 households. The median household income in Rolette County is $59,517 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.9% 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. Rolette County scores 21 for hair salons (low), #2,199 of 2,339 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for hair salons · All 56 business types in Rolette County

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