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Salons, barbers and spas in Mower County, MN

How Mower 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 68 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #331 of 2,385 scored counties
#28 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota

Listings
40
11 chain locations (28%)
Official establishments
12
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$15.2M
On personal care products and services · $967 a household
Spending per listing
$380K
79% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
25.4
46% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
40,971
+2.3% 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

At $967 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Mower County spend about $15.2M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 40 salons, barbers and spas, that is $380K per business, 79% above the U.S. figure of $213K.

There are 40 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in Mower County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 28% of them, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 25.4, 46% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.

Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in Mower County in 2023. That is one for every 1,310 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Another 91 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show Mower County grew 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas in Mower County is 68 (upper middle), #331 of 2,385 scored counties and #28 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Mower 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 Mower County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureMower CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households25.435.347.2
Spending per listing$380K$310K$213K
Households per official establishment1,310814804
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.5%+14.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.3%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$967$1,091$1,005
Median household income$73,074$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score6867

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13 → 12
Employees, 2023
78
Annual payroll, 2023
$2M
One-person businesses, 2023
91Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4011 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
72The 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 Mower 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 Mower County

Population, 2025 estimate
40,971+2.3% since 2020
Households
15,719
Median age
39.6
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
711 sq. mi.
People per square mile
57
Median household income
$73,074+34.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,253
Median home value
$185,200
Jobs located here
15,578
Daytime population
36,121Residents 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 Mower 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
28Mower County, MN684025.4$380K+2.3%#331 of 2,385

Other business types in Mower County

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

Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 40 salons, barbers and spas in Mower County. 11 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Official counts list 91 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $15.2M a year, or $967 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $380K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,719 households in Mower County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Mower County has 25.4 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $380K, 79% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Mower County would have about 72, against 40 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 Mower County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Mower County at 40,971 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,719 households. The median household income in Mower County is $73,074 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.6% 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. Mower County scores 68 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #331 of 2,385 scored counties.

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