Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Kentucky
Salons, barbers and spas in the Madisonville, KY area
How the Madisonville, KY 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 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #455 of 538 scored small-town markets
#13 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 79
- 16 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14M
- On personal care products and services · $759 a household
- Spending per listing
- $177K
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 42.9
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,127
- −0.5% since 2020
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What this means
For salons, barbers and spas, the Madisonville area has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #455 of 538 scored small-town markets and #13 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 79 salons, barbers and spas in the Madisonville area. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 15% across the U.S. That comes to 42.9 for every 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
Households in the Madisonville area spend about $14M a year on personal care products and services, or $759 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That is about $177K of household spending for each business on map listings, 17% below the U.S. figure of $213K.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in the Madisonville area classed as personal care services. That is one for every 2,300 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Madisonville area declined 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Madisonville area 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 | Madisonville area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 42.9 | 38.2 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $177K | $218K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,300 | 1,551 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.8% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.5% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $759 | $833 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $56,815 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 33
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $820K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 158Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7916 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 66The 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 Madisonville 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 Madisonville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,127−0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 18,397
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 542 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 83
- Median household income
- $56,815+20.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,892
- Median home value
- $142,800
- Jobs located here
- 16,599
- Daytime population
- 43,041Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Frankfort, KY | 62 | 104 | 32.1 | $265K | +3.1% | #120 of 538 |
| 2Mount Sterling, KY | 61 | 59 | 32.5 | $235K | +3.1% | #140 of 538 |
| 3Richmond-Berea, KY | 61 | 172 | 34.7 | $231K | +7.0% | #142 of 538 |
| 4Mayfield, KY | 57 | 42 | 29.7 | $255K | +1.4% | #182 of 538 |
| 5Glasgow, KY | 57 | 68 | 30.7 | $243K | +2.6% | #185 of 538 |
| 6Henderson, KY | 49 | 75 | 32.0 | $246K | −0.9% | #283 of 538 |
| 7Somerset, KY | 47 | 102 | 38.9 | $192K | +3.5% | #318 of 538 |
| 8Franklin, KY | 46 | 31 | 38.6 | $206K | +5.9% | #326 of 538 |
| 9Murray, KY | 45 | 55 | 36.1 | $209K | +4.9% | #335 of 538 |
| 10Corbin, KY | 42 | 207 | 36.6 | $193K | +0.1% | #368 of 538 |
| 13Madisonville, KY | 34 | 79 | 42.9 | $177K | −0.5% | #455 of 538 |
Other business types in the Madisonville 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 spas34
- Hair salons28
- Barbershops19
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care38
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 Madisonville, KY area?
There are 79 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in the Madisonville area as of September 2026. 16 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Official counts list 158 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Madisonville, KY area spend on personal care products and services?
About $14M a year, or $759 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 79 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $177K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,397 households in the Madisonville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Madisonville, KY area compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
The Madisonville area has 42.9 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $177K, 17% below the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Madisonville area would have about 66, against 79 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,300 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.
How fast is the Madisonville, KY area growing?
Population estimates put the Madisonville area at 45,127 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,397 households. Median household income in the Madisonville area is $56,815, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.5%, 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 Madisonville area scores 34 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #455 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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