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Salons, barbers and spas in Lewis County, KY

How Lewis 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

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
1 chain location (33%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3.6M
On personal care products and services · $723 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
5.7 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.0
87% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,901
−1.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 salons, barbers and spas in Lewis County. That is 6.0 per 10,000 households, 87% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Lewis County comes to about $3.6M a year: $723 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. Spread across 3 salons, barbers and spas, that is $1.2M per business, 5.7 times the U.S. figure of $213K.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in Lewis County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 27 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Lewis County declined 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, Lewis County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Lewis 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 Lewis County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureLewis CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.038.247.2
Spending per listing$1.2M$218K$213K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,551804
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.8%+14.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.4%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$723$833$1,005
Median household income$46,838$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored46

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
27Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
31 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The 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 Lewis 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 Lewis County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,901−1.4% since 2020
Households
5,019
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
483 sq. mi.
People per square mile
27
Median household income
$46,838+50.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$65,354
Median home value
$96,000
Jobs located here
1,960
Daytime population
10,439Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Salons, barbers and spas across Kentucky

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

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
Lewis County, KYNot scored36.0$1.2M−1.4%

Other business types in Lewis County

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

Questions

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

There are 3 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in Lewis County as of September 2026. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. No official count is published for personal care services in Lewis County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 27 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $3.6M a year, or $723 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,019 households in Lewis County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lewis County has 6.0 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 87% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $1.2M, 5.7 times the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Lewis County would have about 17, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is Lewis County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Lewis County at 12,901 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,019 households. Median household income in Lewis County is $46,838, 42% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 50.4%, 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. Lewis County has no market score for salons, barbers and spas: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for salons, barbers and spas · All 56 business types in Lewis County

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