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Salons, barbers and spas in Cowley County, KS
How Cowley County, KS 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 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,726 of 2,385 scored counties
#30 of 38 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 53
- 13 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.6M
- On personal care products and services · $870 a household
- Spending per listing
- $220K
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 39.6
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,382
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 53 salons, barbers and spas in Cowley County. 13 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 15% across the U.S. That is 39.6 per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
At $870 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Cowley County spend about $11.6M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $220K of household spending for each business on map listings, 3% above the U.S. figure of $213K.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Cowley County classed as personal care services. That is one for every 1,487 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Official counts also show 96 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Cowley County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For salons, barbers and spas, Cowley County has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #1,726 of 2,385 scored counties and #30 of 38 scored counties in Kansas.
How Cowley County compares
The same measures for Kansas 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.
| Measure | Cowley County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 39.6 | 40.5 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $220K | $246K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,487 | 974 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.3% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $870 | $996 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $57,878 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 21
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $435K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 96Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5313 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 55The 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 personal care services in Cowley 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 Cowley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,382−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 13,387
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,126 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $57,878+15.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,245
- Median home value
- $120,900
- Jobs located here
- 13,490
- Daytime population
- 33,626Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Cowley County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pottawatomie County, KS | 79 | 20 | 21.3 | $503K | +6.9% | #82 of 2,385 |
| 2Jackson County, KS | 78 | 7 | 14.0 | $689K | +1.5% | #97 of 2,385 |
| 3Jefferson County, KS | 77 | 12 | 16.2 | $636K | −0.2% | #113 of 2,385 |
| 4Leavenworth County, KS | 70 | 88 | 29.2 | $368K | +3.2% | #283 of 2,385 |
| 5Osage County, KS | 69 | 13 | 20.2 | $465K | −0.3% | #302 of 2,385 |
| 6Miami County, KS | 67 | 51 | 37.1 | $287K | +5.9% | #392 of 2,385 |
| 7Wyandotte County, KS | 66 | 172 | 27.9 | $321K | +1.0% | #424 of 2,385 |
| 8Marion County, KS | 61 | 11 | 23.2 | $391K | −1.3% | #591 of 2,385 |
| 9Butler County, KS | 60 | 99 | 39.1 | $262K | +3.1% | #660 of 2,385 |
| 10Sumner County, KS | 59 | 28 | 31.2 | $295K | −0.1% | #694 of 2,385 |
| 30Cowley County, KS | 40 | 53 | 39.6 | $220K | −0.4% | #1,726 of 2,385 |
Other business types in Cowley 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 spas40
- Hair salons49
- Barbershops33
- Nail salons36
- Spas and skin care36
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many salons, barbers and spas are in Cowley County, KS?
Cowley County has 53 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. 13 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Another 96 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Cowley County, KS spend on personal care products and services?
About $11.6M a year, or $870 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 53 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $220K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,387 households in Cowley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cowley County, KS compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
Cowley County has 39.6 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $220K, 3% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Cowley County would have about 55, against 53 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,487 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.
How fast is Cowley County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Cowley County at 34,382 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,387 households. Median household income in Cowley County is $57,878, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.5%, 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. Cowley County scores 40 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #1,726 of 2,385 scored counties.
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