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Salons, barbers and spas in Le Sueur County, MN

The salons, barbers and spas in Le Sueur County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 87 out of 100: High

Ranked #22 of 2,385 scored counties
#1 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota

Listings
24
5 chain locations (21%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12.6M
On personal care products and services · $1,081 a household
Spending per listing
$525K
2.5 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.6
56% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
29,453
+2.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas in Le Sueur County is 87 (high), #22 of 2,385 scored counties and #1 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for salons, barbers and spas.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Le Sueur County comes to about $12.6M a year: $1,081 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. Spread across 24 salons, barbers and spas, that is $525K per business, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $213K.

Le Sueur County has 24 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.6, 56% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in Le Sueur County in 2023. That is one for every 2,913 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $20K has gone to businesses classed as personal care services in Le Sueur County. Population estimates put the population change in Le Sueur County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Le Sueur 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.

Salons, barbers and spas in Le Sueur County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureLe Sueur CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.635.347.2
Spending per listing$525K$310K$213K
Households per official establishment2,913814804
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.5%+14.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.9%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,081$1,091$1,005
Median household income$94,968$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score8767

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 4
Employees, 2023
14
Annual payroll, 2023
$279K
One-person businesses, 2023
74Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
245 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
59The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$20K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in Le Sueur 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 Le Sueur County

Population, 2025 estimate
29,453+2.9% since 2020
Households
11,650
Median age
41.9
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
449 sq. mi.
People per square mile
65
Median household income
$94,968+33.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$112,026
Median home value
$316,500
Jobs located here
8,789
Daytime population
21,598Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Salons, barbers and spas across Minnesota

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The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Le Sueur County marked.

Top counties in Minnesota

Counties in Minnesota ranked for salons, barbers and spas by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Le Sueur County, MN872420.6$525K+2.9%#22 of 2,385
2Cass County, MN862418.6$508K+4.2%#28 of 2,385
3Kanabec County, MN821015.2$622K+3.6%#50 of 2,385
4Sibley County, MN801627.0$374K+3.6%#69 of 2,385
5Watonwan County, MN79716.6$583K+2.0%#77 of 2,385
6Dodge County, MN791619.8$552K+2.3%#80 of 2,385
7Hubbard County, MN792224.5$388K+4.6%#87 of 2,385
8Pine County, MN793528.4$329K+5.5%#92 of 2,385
9Nicollet County, MN782620.0$521K−0.7%#102 of 2,385
10Todd County, MN781817.6$520K+3.0%#103 of 2,385

Other business types in Le Sueur County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many salons, barbers and spas are in Le Sueur County, MN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 salons, barbers and spas in Le Sueur County. 5 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Official counts also show 74 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Le Sueur County, MN spend on personal care products and services?

About $12.6M a year, or $1,081 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $525K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,650 households in Le Sueur County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Le Sueur County, MN compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?

Le Sueur County has 20.6 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $525K, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Le Sueur County would have about 59, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,913 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.

How fast is Le Sueur County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Le Sueur County at 29,453 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,650 households. The median household income in Le Sueur County is $94,968 a year, 18% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.6% 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. Le Sueur County scores 87 for salons, barbers and spas (high), #22 of 2,385 scored counties.

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