Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Minnesota
Salons, barbers and spas in the Detroit Lakes, MN area
How the Detroit Lakes, MN 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #210 of 538 scored small-town markets
#13 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 58
- 10 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14M
- On personal care products and services · $968 a household
- Spending per listing
- $241K
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 40.2
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 35,497
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 58 salons, barbers and spas in the Detroit Lakes area. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 40.2, 15% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
At $968 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in the Detroit Lakes area spend about $14M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 58 salons, barbers and spas, that is $241K per business, 13% above the U.S. figure of $213K.
In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in the Detroit Lakes area classed as personal care services. That is one for every 1,310 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Official counts also show 106 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the Detroit Lakes area grew 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Detroit Lakes area scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas, ranking #210 of 538 scored small-town markets and #13 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota.
How the Detroit Lakes area compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Detroit Lakes area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 40.2 | 35.3 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $241K | $310K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,310 | 814 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.5% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $968 | $1,091 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $71,388 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 17
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $374K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 106Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5810 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 Detroit Lakes 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 Detroit Lakes area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 35,497+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 14,410
- Median age
- 43.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,315 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $71,388
- Average household income
- $100,022
- Median home value
- $291,000
- Jobs located here
- 13,787
- Daytime population
- 33,123Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Minnesota for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Minnesota (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Detroit Lakes area marked.
Top small-town markets in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Faribault-Northfield, MN | 76 | 70 | 29.8 | $347K | +4.2% | #21 of 538 |
| 2Austin, MN | 73 | 40 | 25.4 | $380K | +2.3% | #32 of 538 |
| Wahpeton, ND-MN | 72 | 28 | 29.5 | $332K | 0.0% | #36 of 538 |
| 3Fergus Falls, MN | 71 | 72 | 28.6 | $338K | +1.6% | #45 of 538 |
| 4Hutchinson, MN | 70 | 46 | 30.2 | $333K | −0.3% | #48 of 538 |
| 5Red Wing, MN | 68 | 59 | 29.9 | $340K | +1.3% | #62 of 538 |
| 6Grand Rapids, MN | 66 | 55 | 29.7 | $316K | +0.9% | #79 of 538 |
| 7Bemidji, MN | 63 | 58 | 31.9 | $297K | +1.8% | #107 of 538 |
| 8Willmar, MN | 63 | 62 | 35.2 | $280K | +2.3% | #109 of 538 |
| 9Brainerd, MN | 63 | 159 | 37.6 | $257K | +4.3% | #113 of 538 |
| 13Detroit Lakes, MN | 55 | 58 | 40.2 | $241K | +0.9% | #210 of 538 |
Other business types in the Detroit Lakes 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 spas55
- Hair salons66
- Barbershops74
- Nail salons60
- Spas and skin care49
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 Detroit Lakes, MN area?
There are 58 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in the Detroit Lakes area as of September 2026. 10 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Another 106 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Detroit Lakes, MN area spend on personal care products and services?
About $14M a year, or $968 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 58 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $241K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,410 households in the Detroit Lakes area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Detroit Lakes, MN area compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
The Detroit Lakes area has 40.2 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $241K, 13% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Detroit Lakes area would have about 66, against 58 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,310 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.
How fast is the Detroit Lakes, MN area growing?
Population estimates put the Detroit Lakes area at 35,497 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,410 households. Median household income in the Detroit Lakes area is $71,388, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Detroit Lakes area scores 55 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #210 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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