Beauty and personal care · County · North Dakota
Hair salons in Walsh County, ND
How Walsh 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,148 of 2,339 scored counties
#7 of 14 scored counties in North Dakota
- Listings
- 6
- 2 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.2M
- On personal care products and services · $951 a household
- Spending per listing
- $698K
- 62% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.6
- 42% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,179
- −3.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 hair salons in Walsh County. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.6, 42% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $951 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in Walsh County spend about $4.2M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $698K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 62% 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 4 businesses with payroll in Walsh County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 1,100 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Walsh County declined 3.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Walsh County is 50 (upper middle), #1,148 of 2,339 scored counties and #7 of 14 scored counties in North Dakota.
How Walsh 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 | Walsh County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.6 | 23.8 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $698K | $421K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,100 | 1,379 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.3% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $951 | $1,002 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $71,944 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 4
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $36K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 62 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Walsh 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 Walsh County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,179−3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 4,400
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,282 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 8
- Median household income
- $71,944+29.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,230
- Median home value
- $132,700
- Jobs located here
- 4,797
- Daytime population
- 10,251Residents 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 Walsh 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 Walsh County, ND?
Walsh County has 6 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Walsh County, ND spend on personal care products and services?
About $4.2M a year, or $951 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $698K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,400 households in Walsh County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Walsh County, ND compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Walsh County has 13.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $698K, 62% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Walsh County would have about 10, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,100 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Walsh County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Walsh County at 10,179 people in 2025, down 3.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,400 households. The median household income in Walsh County is $71,944 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.2% 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. Walsh County scores 50 for hair salons (upper middle), #1,148 of 2,339 scored counties.
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