Beauty and personal care · County · Kentucky
Salons, barbers and spas in McCreary County, KY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for salons, barbers and spas in McCreary County, KY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,259 of 2,385 scored counties
#87 of 96 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 18
- 3 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.5M
- On personal care products and services · $602 a household
- Spending per listing
- $196K
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 30.7
- 35% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,124
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
For salons, barbers and spas, McCreary County has a Groundwork market score of 23 (low): #2,259 of 2,385 scored counties and #87 of 96 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in McCreary County comes to about $3.5M a year: $602 per household, 40% below the U.S. average. That works out to $196K per business, 8% below the U.S. figure of $213K.
McCreary County has 18 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (17%) are chain locations, against 15% across the U.S. That is 30.7 per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for personal care services in McCreary County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in McCreary County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How McCreary 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 | McCreary County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 30.7 | 38.2 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $196K | $218K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,551 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.8% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $602 | $833 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $33,750 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 46 |
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
- 49Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 183 chain locations
- 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 McCreary 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 McCreary County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,124+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 5,861
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 427 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 40
- Median household income
- $33,750+20.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $46,528
- Median home value
- $85,300
- Jobs located here
- 2,342
- Daytime population
- 14,241Residents 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 |
| 87McCreary County, KY | 23 | 18 | 30.7 | $196K | +1.7% | #2,259 of 2,385 |
Other business types in McCreary 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 spas23
- Hair salons19
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care
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 McCreary County, KY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 salons, barbers and spas in McCreary County. 3 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. No official count is published for personal care services in McCreary County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 49 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in McCreary County, KY spend on personal care products and services?
About $3.5M a year, or $602 per household. That is 40% below the U.S. average (an index of 60, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $196K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,861 households in McCreary County and national spending patterns by income.
How does McCreary County, KY compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
McCreary County has 30.7 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $196K, 8% below the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, McCreary County would have about 17, against 18 on map listings.
How fast is McCreary County, KY growing?
Population estimates put McCreary County at 17,124 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,861 households. The median household income in McCreary County is $33,750 a year, 58% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.1% 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. McCreary County scores 23 for salons, barbers and spas (low), #2,259 of 2,385 scored counties.
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