Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · South Dakota
Hair salons in the Vermillion, SD area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in the Vermillion, SD area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #310 of 538 scored small-town markets
#8 of 9 scored small-town markets based in South Dakota
- Listings
- 12
- 5 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.9M
- On personal care products and services · $884 a household
- Spending per listing
- $409K
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.6
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,031
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 hair salons in the Vermillion area. Chain locations make up 42% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 21.6, 8% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Vermillion area comes to about $4.9M a year: $884 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $409K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 5% 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 the Vermillion area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 22 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the Vermillion area grew 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, the Vermillion area has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #310 of 538 scored small-town markets and #8 of 9 scored small-town markets based in South Dakota.
How the Vermillion area 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 | Vermillion area | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.6 | 20.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $409K | $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 | +0.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $884 | $983 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $56,850 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 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
- 22Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 125 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 the Vermillion area, 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 the Vermillion area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,031+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 5,547
- Median age
- 31.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 412 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $56,850+12.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,631
- Median home value
- $232,300
- Jobs located here
- 5,728
- Daytime population
- 14,972Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Huron, SD | 83 | 8 | 10.6 | $865K | +2.4% | #6 of 538 |
| 2Brookings, SD | 71 | 22 | 15.9 | $601K | +9.6% | #47 of 538 |
| 3Yankton, SD | 68 | 20 | 20.6 | $465K | +1.5% | #73 of 538 |
| 4Pierre, SD | 65 | 13 | 15.2 | $662K | −0.5% | #88 of 538 |
| 5Spearfish, SD | 60 | 28 | 23.2 | $408K | +14.0% | #155 of 538 |
| 6Aberdeen, SD | 57 | 43 | 24.0 | $400K | −1.5% | #193 of 538 |
| 7Mitchell, SD | 50 | 27 | 24.6 | $379K | +0.6% | #280 of 538 |
| 8Vermillion, SD | 47 | 12 | 21.6 | $409K | +0.2% | #310 of 538 |
| 9Watertown, SD | 37 | 39 | 31.1 | $301K | +4.3% | #420 of 538 |
Other business types in the Vermillion area
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 spas45
- Hair salons47
- 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 the Vermillion, SD area?
The Vermillion area has 12 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in the Vermillion area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 22 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Vermillion, SD area spend on personal care products and services?
About $4.9M a year, or $884 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $409K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,547 households in the Vermillion area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Vermillion, SD area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Vermillion area has 21.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $409K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Vermillion area would have about 11, against 12 on map listings.
How fast is the Vermillion, SD area growing?
Population estimates put the Vermillion area at 15,031 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,547 households. The median household income in the Vermillion area is $56,850 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 12.1% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Vermillion area scores 47 for hair salons (lower middle), #310 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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