Beauty and personal care · County · Minnesota
Salons, barbers and spas in Freeborn County, MN
How Freeborn County, MN compares with other counties and the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,165 of 2,385 scored counties
#57 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 45
- 13 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.1M
- On personal care products and services · $945 a household
- Spending per listing
- $270K
- 27% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 35.0
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,440
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 45 salons, barbers and spas in Freeborn County. 13 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 35.0, 26% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Freeborn County comes to about $12.1M a year: $945 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $270K per business, 27% above the U.S. figure of $213K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in Freeborn County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 1,285 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Official counts also show 82 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Freeborn County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For salons, barbers and spas, Freeborn County has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #1,165 of 2,385 scored counties and #57 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Freeborn County 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 | Freeborn County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 35.0 | 35.3 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $270K | $310K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,285 | 814 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.5% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $945 | $1,091 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $71,023 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 33
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $681K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 82Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4513 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 57The 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 Freeborn 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 Freeborn County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,440−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 12,846
- Median age
- 45.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 707 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 43
- Median household income
- $71,023+32.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,926
- Median home value
- $171,100
- Jobs located here
- 11,051
- Daytime population
- 27,708Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Freeborn County marked.
Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Le Sueur County, MN | 87 | 24 | 20.6 | $525K | +2.9% | #22 of 2,385 |
| 2Cass County, MN | 86 | 24 | 18.6 | $508K | +4.2% | #28 of 2,385 |
| 3Kanabec County, MN | 82 | 10 | 15.2 | $622K | +3.6% | #50 of 2,385 |
| 4Sibley County, MN | 80 | 16 | 27.0 | $374K | +3.6% | #69 of 2,385 |
| 5Watonwan County, MN | 79 | 7 | 16.6 | $583K | +2.0% | #77 of 2,385 |
| 6Dodge County, MN | 79 | 16 | 19.8 | $552K | +2.3% | #80 of 2,385 |
| 7Hubbard County, MN | 79 | 22 | 24.5 | $388K | +4.6% | #87 of 2,385 |
| 8Pine County, MN | 79 | 35 | 28.4 | $329K | +5.5% | #92 of 2,385 |
| 9Nicollet County, MN | 78 | 26 | 20.0 | $521K | −0.7% | #102 of 2,385 |
| 10Todd County, MN | 78 | 18 | 17.6 | $520K | +3.0% | #103 of 2,385 |
| 57Freeborn County, MN | 50 | 45 | 35.0 | $270K | −1.5% | #1,165 of 2,385 |
Other business types in Freeborn 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 spas50
- Hair salons50
- Barbershops
- Nail salons41
- Spas and skin care61
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 Freeborn County, MN?
There are 45 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in Freeborn County as of September 2026. 13 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Another 82 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Freeborn County, MN spend on personal care products and services?
About $12.1M a year, or $945 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $270K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,846 households in Freeborn County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Freeborn County, MN compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
Freeborn County has 35.0 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $270K, 27% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Freeborn County would have about 57, against 45 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,285 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.
How fast is Freeborn County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Freeborn County at 30,440 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,846 households. Median household income in Freeborn County is $71,023, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.4%, 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. Freeborn County scores 50 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #1,165 of 2,385 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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