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Salons, barbers and spas in Barren County, KY
How Barren County, KY 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,485 of 2,385 scored counties
#43 of 96 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 66
- 12 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.5M
- On personal care products and services · $752 a household
- Spending per listing
- $205K
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 36.6
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,641
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 66 salons, barbers and spas in Barren County. 12 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 15% across the U.S. That is 36.6 per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Barren County comes to about $13.5M a year: $752 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That is about $205K of household spending for each business on map listings, 4% below the U.S. figure of $213K.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in Barren County in 2023. That is one for every 2,574 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Another 157 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Barren County grew 2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For salons, barbers and spas, Barren County has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #1,485 of 2,385 scored counties and #43 of 96 scored counties in Kentucky.
How Barren County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Barren County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 36.6 | 38.2 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $205K | $218K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,574 | 1,551 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.8% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $752 | $833 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $50,628 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 41
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $693K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 157Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6612 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 64The 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 Barren 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 Barren County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,641+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 18,017
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 487 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 92
- Median household income
- $50,628+22.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,460
- Median home value
- $178,000
- Jobs located here
- 15,309
- Daytime population
- 41,898Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Spencer County, KY | 83 | 11 | 15.1 | $672K | +7.7% | #46 of 2,385 |
| 2Oldham County, KY | 76 | 64 | 27.8 | $416K | +4.9% | #135 of 2,385 |
| 3Todd County, KY | 75 | 6 | 13.2 | $624K | +5.6% | #157 of 2,385 |
| 4Shelby County, KY | 71 | 62 | 33.5 | $278K | +6.2% | #275 of 2,385 |
| 5Henry County, KY | 70 | 11 | 17.9 | $448K | +4.8% | #278 of 2,385 |
| 6Garrard County, KY | 69 | 14 | 20.9 | $376K | +7.3% | #313 of 2,385 |
| 7Anderson County, KY | 69 | 26 | 26.9 | $323K | +5.5% | #320 of 2,385 |
| 8Meade County, KY | 67 | 27 | 24.5 | $365K | +2.2% | #375 of 2,385 |
| 9Scott County, KY | 66 | 84 | 37.1 | $258K | +8.2% | #440 of 2,385 |
| 10Bath County, KY | 65 | 9 | 19.2 | $404K | +3.6% | #450 of 2,385 |
| 43Barren County, KY | 45 | 66 | 36.6 | $205K | +2.6% | #1,485 of 2,385 |
Other business types in Barren 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 spas45
- Hair salons47
- Barbershops21
- Nail salons38
- Spas and skin care47
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 Barren County, KY?
There are 66 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in Barren County as of September 2026. 12 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Official counts list 157 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Barren County, KY spend on personal care products and services?
About $13.5M a year, or $752 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 66 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $205K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,017 households in Barren County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Barren County, KY compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
Barren County has 36.6 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $205K, 4% below the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Barren County would have about 64, against 66 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,574 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.
How fast is Barren County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Barren County at 45,641 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,017 households. Median household income in Barren County is $50,628, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.1%, 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. Barren County scores 45 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #1,485 of 2,385 scored counties.
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