Beauty and personal care · County · Minnesota
Salons, barbers and spas in Lake County, MN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for salons, barbers and spas in Lake County, MN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #404 of 2,385 scored counties
#30 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 10
- 2 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.7M
- On personal care products and services · $952 a household
- Spending per listing
- $471K
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.2
- 57% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,746
- −1.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $952 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in Lake County spend about $4.7M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $471K of household spending for each business on map listings, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $213K.
Lake County has 10 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 20%, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.2, 57% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Lake County classed as personal care services. That is one for every 1,647 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Official counts also show 22 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lake County declined 1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For salons, barbers and spas, Lake County has a Groundwork market score of 66 (upper middle): #404 of 2,385 scored counties and #30 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Lake 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 | Lake County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.2 | 35.3 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $471K | $310K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,647 | 814 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.5% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $952 | $1,091 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $75,541 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 3
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $84K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 22Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 102 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 Lake 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 Lake County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,746−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 4,942
- Median age
- 49.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,109 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $75,541+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,384
- Median home value
- $241,300
- Jobs located here
- 3,658
- Daytime population
- 9,997Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 30Lake County, MN | 66 | 10 | 20.2 | $471K | −1.6% | #404 of 2,385 |
Other business types in Lake 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 spas66
- Hair salons50
- 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 Lake County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 salons, barbers and spas in Lake County. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Another 22 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Lake County, MN spend on personal care products and services?
About $4.7M a year, or $952 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $471K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,942 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lake County, MN compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
Lake County has 20.2 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $471K, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Lake County would have about 22, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,647 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.
How fast is Lake County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Lake County at 10,746 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,942 households. The median household income in Lake County is $75,541 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.9% 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. Lake County scores 66 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #404 of 2,385 scored counties.
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