Beauty and personal care · County · South Dakota
Hair salons in Beadle County, SD
The hair salons in Beadle County, SD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 76 out of 100: High
Ranked #128 of 2,339 scored counties
#4 of 16 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 8
- 2 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.9M
- On personal care products and services · $918 a household
- Spending per listing
- $865K
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.6
- 55% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,624
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Beadle County scores 76 (high) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #128 of 2,339 scored counties and #4 of 16 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 hair salons in Beadle County. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 10.6 per 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $918 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Beadle County spend about $6.9M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $865K per salon, twice 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 Beadle County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Beadle County grew 2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Beadle County compares
The same measures for South 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 | Beadle County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.6 | 20.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $865K | $492K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,285 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $918 | $983 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $67,681 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 76 | 71 |
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
- 46Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 82 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 Beadle 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 Beadle County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,624+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 7,536
- Median age
- 37.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,259 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $67,681+29.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,374
- Median home value
- $175,100
- Jobs located here
- 8,288
- Daytime population
- 18,287Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, SD | 86 | 10 | 13.7 | $796K | +3.3% | #33 of 2,339 |
| 2Butte County, SD | 80 | 7 | 16.3 | $601K | +5.5% | #79 of 2,339 |
| 3Meade County, SD | 79 | 17 | 14.2 | $701K | +2.7% | #92 of 2,339 |
| 4Beadle County, SD | 76 | 8 | 10.6 | $865K | +2.4% | #128 of 2,339 |
| 5Lincoln County, SD | 76 | 62 | 22.2 | $512K | +17.5% | #149 of 2,339 |
| 6Brookings County, SD | 67 | 22 | 15.9 | $601K | +9.6% | #388 of 2,339 |
| 7Yankton County, SD | 63 | 20 | 20.6 | $465K | +1.5% | #551 of 2,339 |
| 8Lake County, SD | 62 | 9 | 19.1 | $520K | −0.2% | #590 of 2,339 |
| 9Minnehaha County, SD | 62 | 176 | 20.8 | $487K | +7.6% | #597 of 2,339 |
| 10Pennington County, SD | 60 | 106 | 22.9 | $430K | +6.6% | #697 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Beadle 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 spas69
- Hair salons76
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care43
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Beadle County, SD?
There are 8 hair salons on map listings in Beadle County as of September 2026. 2 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Beadle County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 46 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Beadle County, SD spend on personal care products and services?
About $6.9M a year, or $918 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $865K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,536 households in Beadle County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Beadle County, SD compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Beadle County has 10.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $865K, twice the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Beadle County would have about 16, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Beadle County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Beadle County at 19,624 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,536 households. The median household income in Beadle County is $67,681 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.4% 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. Beadle County scores 76 for hair salons (high), #128 of 2,339 scored counties.
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