Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Minnesota
Salons, barbers and spas in the Duluth, MN-WI metro area
The salons, barbers and spas in the Duluth, MN-WI metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #32 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 5 scored metro areas based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 345
- 69 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 98
- +11.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $115.7M
- On personal care products and services · $961 a household
- Spending per listing
- $335K
- 58% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 28.7
- 39% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 281,219
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas in the Duluth metro area is 68 (upper middle), #32 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 5 scored metro areas based in Minnesota. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for salons, barbers and spas.
Households in the Duluth metro area spend about $115.7M a year on personal care products and services, or $961 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 345 salons, barbers and spas, that is $335K per business, 58% above the U.S. figure of $213K.
The Duluth metro area has 345 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. 69 of them (20%) are chain locations, against 15% across the U.S. That is 28.7 per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
In 2023, official counts showed 98 businesses with payroll in the Duluth metro area classed as personal care services, up 11.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,228 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $435K have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in the Duluth metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Duluth metro area grew 0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Duluth metro 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 | Duluth metro area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 28.7 | 35.3 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $335K | $310K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,228 | 814 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.4% | +3.5% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $961 | $1,091 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $71,769 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 98+11.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 591
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 499Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 34569 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 544The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $435K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in the Duluth metro 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 Duluth metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 281,219+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 120,365
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 8,414 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $71,769
- Average household income
- $93,302
- Median home value
- $222,400
- Jobs located here
- 128,505
- Daytime population
- 284,674Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas 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 Duluth metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rochester, MN | 71 | 339 | 36.5 | $305K | +2.0% | #19 of 387 |
| Sioux Falls, SD-MN | 71 | 481 | 39.3 | $264K | +9.5% | #22 of 387 |
| 2Duluth, MN-WI | 68 | 345 | 28.7 | $335K | +0.2% | #32 of 387 |
| 3Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 66 | 5,543 | 37.5 | $308K | +2.6% | #44 of 387 |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | 63 | 160 | 36.7 | $261K | +0.8% | #64 of 387 |
| 4Mankato, MN | 62 | 154 | 37.9 | $261K | +1.2% | #66 of 387 |
| 5St. Cloud, MN | 57 | 307 | 39.3 | $252K | +3.0% | #119 of 387 |
| La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 56 | 280 | 38.9 | $252K | +0.4% | #129 of 387 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 49 | 523 | 47.4 | $212K | +7.7% | #209 of 387 |
Other business types in the Duluth metro 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 spas68
- Hair salons61
- Barbershops68
- Nail salons72
- Spas and skin care64
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 Duluth, MN-WI metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 345 salons, barbers and spas in the Duluth metro area. 69 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 98 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023, up 11.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 499 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Duluth, MN-WI metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $115.7M a year, or $961 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 345 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $335K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 120,365 households in the Duluth metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Duluth, MN-WI metro area compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
The Duluth metro area has 28.7 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $335K, 58% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Duluth metro area would have about 544, against 345 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,228 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +14.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Duluth, MN-WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Duluth metro area at 281,219 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 120,365 households. The median household income in the Duluth metro area is $71,769 a year, 11% 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. 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 Duluth metro area scores 68 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #32 of 387 scored metro areas.
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