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Salons, barbers and spas in Elbert County, CO

How Elbert County, CO compares with other counties and the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 90 out of 100: Very high

Ranked #9 of 2,385 scored counties
#1 of 36 scored counties in Colorado

Listings
21
3 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$13M
On personal care products and services · $1,297 a household
Spending per listing
$618K
2.9 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
21.0
56% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
30,534
+16.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For salons, barbers and spas, Elbert County has a Groundwork market score of 90 (very high): #9 of 2,385 scored counties and #1 of 36 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for salons, barbers and spas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 salons, barbers and spas in Elbert County. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 15% across the U.S. That comes to 21.0 for every 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.

Households in Elbert County spend about $13M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,297 per household, 29% above the U.S. average. Spread across 21 salons, barbers and spas, that is $618K per business, 2.9 times the U.S. figure of $213K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in Elbert County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 1,667 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $41K have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in Elbert County. Population estimates show Elbert County grew 16.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Elbert County compares

The same measures for Colorado and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the salons, barbers and spas counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Salons, barbers and spas in Elbert County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureElbert CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households21.049.647.2
Spending per listing$618K$226K$213K
Households per official establishment1,667616804
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+21.5%+14.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+16.5%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,297$1,118$1,005
Median household income$132,685$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score9048

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 6
Employees, 2023
12
Annual payroll, 2023
$304K
One-person businesses, 2023
107Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
213 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
61The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$41K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in Elbert 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 Elbert County

Population, 2025 estimate
30,534+16.5% since 2020
Households
10,004
Median age
45.2
Homes lived in by their owners
95%
Vehicles per household
2.8
Land area
1,851 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$132,685+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$161,186
Median home value
$709,800
Jobs located here
4,921
Daytime population
17,161Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Salons, barbers and spas across Colorado

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The highest-scoring counties in Colorado for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Elbert County marked.

Top counties in Colorado

Counties in Colorado ranked for salons, barbers and spas by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Elbert County, CO902121.0$618K+16.5%#9 of 2,385
2Weld County, CO7244135.5$308K+14.2%#237 of 2,385
3Grand County, CO671925.4$416K+4.8%#367 of 2,385
4Adams County, CO6374739.6$277K+6.6%#539 of 2,385
5Broomfield County, CO6113642.8$299K+6.3%#614 of 2,385
6Teller County, CO603832.0$323K0.0%#638 of 2,385
7Morgan County, CO584641.6$217K+4.2%#763 of 2,385
8Chaffee County, CO585151.7$199K+6.9%#765 of 2,385
9Montezuma County, CO574439.0$231K+3.0%#810 of 2,385
10Douglas County, CO5677255.2$252K+10.9%#850 of 2,385

Other business types in Elbert County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many salons, barbers and spas are in Elbert County, CO?

There are 21 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in Elbert County as of September 2026. 3 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Official counts list 107 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Elbert County, CO spend on personal care products and services?

About $13M a year, or $1,297 per household. That is 29% above the U.S. average (an index of 129, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $618K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,004 households in Elbert County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Elbert County, CO compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?

Elbert County has 21.0 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $618K, 2.9 times the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Elbert County would have about 61, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,667 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.

How fast is Elbert County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Elbert County at 30,534 people in 2025, up 16.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,004 households. Median household income in Elbert County is $132,685, 64% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.8%, 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. Elbert County scores 90 for salons, barbers and spas (very high), #9 of 2,385 scored counties.

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