Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Kansas
Salons, barbers and spas in the Salina, KS area
How the Salina, KS area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #396 of 538 scored small-town markets
#9 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas
- Listings
- 98
- 22 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- −11.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $22.8M
- On personal care products and services · $913 a household
- Spending per listing
- $232K
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 39.3
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 59,121
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 98 salons, barbers and spas in the Salina area. 22 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 39.3, 17% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
At $913 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the Salina area spend about $22.8M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $232K of household spending for each business on map listings, 9% above the U.S. figure of $213K.
In 2023, official counts showed 24 businesses with payroll in the Salina area classed as personal care services, down 11.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,039 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Another 185 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in the Salina area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For salons, barbers and spas, the Salina area has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #396 of 538 scored small-town markets and #9 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas.
How the Salina area 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 | Salina area | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 39.3 | 40.5 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $232K | $246K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,039 | 974 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −11.1% | +15.3% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $913 | $996 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $65,745 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24−11.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 147
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 185Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9822 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 107The 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 the Salina 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 Salina area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 59,121−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 24,931
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,441 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $65,745+25.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,150
- Median home value
- $178,200
- Jobs located here
- 30,161
- Daytime population
- 61,857Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kansas for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Kansas, with the Salina area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1McPherson, KS | 61 | 39 | 32.1 | $304K | −0.4% | #129 of 538 |
| 2Ottawa, KS | 61 | 35 | 33.6 | $282K | +1.1% | #135 of 538 |
| 3Atchison, KS | 57 | 18 | 31.4 | $279K | −0.9% | #177 of 538 |
| 4Emporia, KS | 54 | 40 | 27.3 | $314K | +0.4% | #217 of 538 |
| 5Pittsburg, KS | 43 | 51 | 32.2 | $257K | +0.1% | #357 of 538 |
| 6Arkansas City-Winfield, KS | 43 | 53 | 39.6 | $220K | −0.4% | #358 of 538 |
| 7Great Bend, KS | 43 | 42 | 40.5 | $214K | −2.5% | #360 of 538 |
| 8Hutchinson, KS | 41 | 101 | 39.5 | $222K | −0.6% | #378 of 538 |
| 9Salina, KS | 39 | 98 | 39.3 | $232K | −1.4% | #396 of 538 |
| 10Liberal, KS | 38 | 38 | 52.4 | $173K | −3.6% | #407 of 538 |
Other business types in the Salina 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 spas39
- Hair salons34
- Barbershops57
- Nail salons46
- Spas and skin care46
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 the Salina, KS area?
There are 98 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in the Salina area as of September 2026. 22 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023, down 11.1% from 2019. Official counts list 185 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Salina, KS area spend on personal care products and services?
About $22.8M a year, or $913 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 98 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $232K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,931 households in the Salina area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Salina, KS area compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
The Salina area has 39.3 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $232K, 9% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Salina area would have about 107, against 98 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,039 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. The official count fell 11.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +14.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Salina, KS area growing?
Population estimates put the Salina area at 59,121 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 24,931 households. Median household income in the Salina area is $65,745, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.5%, 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. 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 Salina area scores 39 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #396 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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