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Salons, barbers and spas in Daviess County, KY

How Daviess 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,009 of 2,385 scored counties
#31 of 96 scored counties in Kentucky

Listings
148
28 chain locations (19%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$35M
On personal care products and services · $841 a household
Spending per listing
$237K
11% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
35.5
25% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
104,898
+1.5% 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

At $841 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Daviess County spend about $35M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $237K per business, 11% above the U.S. figure of $213K.

Daviess County has 148 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. 28 of them (19%) are chain locations, against 15% across the U.S. That is 35.5 per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 16 businesses with payroll in Daviess County classed as personal care services. That is one for every 2,602 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Official counts also show 429 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $245K have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in Daviess County.

Population estimates show Daviess County grew 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Daviess County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas, ranking #1,009 of 2,385 scored counties and #31 of 96 scored counties in Kentucky.

How Daviess 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.

Salons, barbers and spas in Daviess County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureDaviess CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households35.538.247.2
Spending per listing$237K$218K$213K
Households per official establishment2,6021,551804
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.8%+14.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.5%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$841$833$1,005
Median household income$68,214$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score5346

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18 → 16
Employees, 2023
94
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
429Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
14828 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
165The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$245K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
104,898+1.5% since 2020
Households
41,639
Median age
39.0
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
458 sq. mi.
People per square mile
226
Median household income
$68,214+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,502
Median home value
$199,900
Jobs located here
46,939
Daytime population
106,028Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Salons, barbers and spas across Kentucky

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Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for salons, barbers and spas by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Spencer County, KY831115.1$672K+7.7%#46 of 2,385
2Oldham County, KY766427.8$416K+4.9%#135 of 2,385
3Todd County, KY75613.2$624K+5.6%#157 of 2,385
4Shelby County, KY716233.5$278K+6.2%#275 of 2,385
5Henry County, KY701117.9$448K+4.8%#278 of 2,385
6Garrard County, KY691420.9$376K+7.3%#313 of 2,385
7Anderson County, KY692626.9$323K+5.5%#320 of 2,385
8Meade County, KY672724.5$365K+2.2%#375 of 2,385
9Scott County, KY668437.1$258K+8.2%#440 of 2,385
10Bath County, KY65919.2$404K+3.6%#450 of 2,385
31Daviess County, KY5314835.5$237K+1.5%#1,009 of 2,385

Other business types in Daviess County

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

Questions

How many salons, barbers and spas are in Daviess County, KY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 148 salons, barbers and spas in Daviess County. 28 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Another 429 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Daviess County, KY spend on personal care products and services?

About $35M a year, or $841 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 148 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $237K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 41,639 households in Daviess County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Daviess County has 35.5 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $237K, 11% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Daviess County would have about 165, against 148 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,602 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.

How fast is Daviess County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Daviess County at 104,898 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 41,639 households. The median household income in Daviess County is $68,214 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.0% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Daviess County scores 53 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #1,009 of 2,385 scored counties.

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