Beauty and personal care · County · Wisconsin
Hair salons in Dunn County, WI
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Dunn County, WI, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #390 of 2,339 scored counties
#14 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 29
- 6 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17M
- On personal care products and services · $973 a household
- Spending per listing
- $585K
- 36% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.6
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 46,223
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $973 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in Dunn County spend about $17M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $585K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 36% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Dunn County has 29 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 16.6 per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Dunn County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 2,180 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 46 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Dunn County grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Dunn County is 67 (upper middle), #390 of 2,339 scored counties and #14 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Dunn County compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Dunn County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.6 | 25.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $585K | $399K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,180 | 1,557 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −6.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $973 | $1,007 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $74,824 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 36
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $890K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 46Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 296 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 39The 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 Dunn 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 Dunn County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 46,223+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 17,440
- Median age
- 38.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 850 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $74,824+27.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,785
- Median home value
- $243,200
- Jobs located here
- 19,544
- Daytime population
- 43,071Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oconto County, WI | 86 | 19 | 11.3 | $866K | +2.9% | #32 of 2,339 |
| 2Adams County, WI | 79 | 7 | 7.4 | $1.2M | +5.2% | #84 of 2,339 |
| 3Sawyer County, WI | 75 | 11 | 12.5 | $714K | +4.0% | #155 of 2,339 |
| 4Burnett County, WI | 74 | 10 | 13.9 | $652K | +3.9% | #177 of 2,339 |
| 5Calumet County, WI | 73 | 35 | 16.4 | $650K | +2.9% | #204 of 2,339 |
| 6Vernon County, WI | 73 | 22 | 17.7 | $539K | +2.4% | #213 of 2,339 |
| 7Marquette County, WI | 72 | 8 | 11.4 | $786K | +2.1% | #227 of 2,339 |
| 8Juneau County, WI | 71 | 11 | 10.0 | $895K | −0.5% | #250 of 2,339 |
| 9Green Lake County, WI | 71 | 12 | 14.5 | $650K | +1.5% | #258 of 2,339 |
| 10Pierce County, WI | 70 | 29 | 18.3 | $590K | +3.1% | #286 of 2,339 |
| 14Dunn County, WI | 67 | 29 | 16.6 | $585K | +1.7% | #390 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Dunn 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 salons67
- Barbershops
- Nail salons69
- Spas and skin care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Dunn County, WI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 hair salons in Dunn County. 6 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 46 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Dunn County, WI spend on personal care products and services?
About $17M a year, or $973 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $585K per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,440 households in Dunn County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dunn County, WI compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Dunn County has 16.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $585K, 36% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Dunn County would have about 39, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,180 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Dunn County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Dunn County at 46,223 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,440 households. Median household income in Dunn County is $74,824, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.3%, 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. Dunn County scores 67 for hair salons (upper middle), #390 of 2,339 scored counties.
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