Beauty and personal care · County · Washington
Hair salons in Stevens County, WA
The hair salons in Stevens County, WA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 84 out of 100: High
Ranked #46 of 2,339 scored counties
#5 of 34 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 29
- 6 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.1M
- On personal care products and services · $937 a household
- Spending per listing
- $626K
- 45% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.0
- 36% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 49,668
- +6.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Stevens County is 84 (high), #46 of 2,339 scored counties and #5 of 34 scored counties in Washington. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 hair salons in Stevens County. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 15.0 for every 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $937 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Stevens County spend about $18.1M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $626K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 45% 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 3 businesses with payroll in Stevens County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 6,458 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Population estimates show Stevens County grew 6.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Stevens County compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Stevens County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.0 | 20.7 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $626K | $548K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 6,458 | 1,414 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.6% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $937 | $1,137 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $69,327 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 84 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 5
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $100K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 92Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 296 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 42The 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 Stevens 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 Stevens County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 49,668+6.6% since 2020
- Households
- 19,374
- Median age
- 47.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 2,477 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $69,327+33.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,796
- Median home value
- $350,600
- Jobs located here
- 10,412
- Daytime population
- 40,113Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mason County, WA | 90 | 28 | 10.8 | $948K | +7.8% | #12 of 2,339 |
| 2Klickitat County, WA | 88 | 10 | 10.1 | $959K | +6.6% | #20 of 2,339 |
| 3Douglas County, WA | 87 | 13 | 8.2 | $1.3M | +8.0% | #23 of 2,339 |
| 4Lincoln County, WA | 87 | 5 | 10.4 | $906K | +9.7% | #25 of 2,339 |
| 5Stevens County, WA | 84 | 29 | 15.0 | $626K | +6.6% | #46 of 2,339 |
| 6Pend Oreille County, WA | 83 | 7 | 11.8 | $792K | +7.1% | #49 of 2,339 |
| 7Franklin County, WA | 81 | 43 | 14.4 | $729K | +5.6% | #68 of 2,339 |
| 8San Juan County, WA | 80 | 12 | 13.3 | $796K | +4.2% | #73 of 2,339 |
| 9Jefferson County, WA | 79 | 19 | 11.6 | $848K | +2.7% | #87 of 2,339 |
| 10Pacific County, WA | 79 | 12 | 10.9 | $840K | +3.6% | #88 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Stevens 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 spas86
- Hair salons84
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care79
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Stevens County, WA?
There are 29 hair salons on map listings in Stevens County as of September 2026. 6 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 92 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Stevens County, WA spend on personal care products and services?
About $18.1M a year, or $937 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $626K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,374 households in Stevens County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Stevens County, WA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Stevens County has 15.0 hair salons per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $626K, 45% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Stevens County would have about 42, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,458 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Stevens County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Stevens County at 49,668 people in 2025, up 6.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,374 households. The median household income in Stevens County is $69,327 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.9% 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. Stevens County scores 84 for hair salons (high), #46 of 2,339 scored counties.
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