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Salons, barbers and spas in Yellow Medicine County, MN
How Yellow Medicine 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
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 11
- 3 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4M
- On personal care products and services · $976 a household
- Spending per listing
- $361K
- 70% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 27.0
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 9,477
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 salons, barbers and spas in Yellow Medicine County. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 15% across the U.S. That is 27.0 per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Yellow Medicine County comes to about $4M a year: $976 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That is about $361K of household spending for each business on map listings, 70% above the U.S. figure of $213K.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in Yellow Medicine County in 2023. That is one for every 1,357 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Another 36 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Yellow Medicine County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Yellow Medicine 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 | Yellow Medicine County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 27.0 | 35.3 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $361K | $310K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,357 | 814 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.5% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $976 | $1,091 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $74,000 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 4
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $76K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 36Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 113 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Yellow Medicine 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 Yellow Medicine County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,477−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 4,070
- Median age
- 42.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 759 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 12
- Median household income
- $74,000
- Average household income
- $94,525
- Median home value
- $154,700
- Jobs located here
- 3,872
- Daytime population
- 8,566Residents 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 |
| Yellow Medicine County, MN | Not scored | 11 | 27.0 | $361K | −0.2% |
Other business types in Yellow Medicine County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
- Salons, barbers and spas
- Hair salons
- 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 Yellow Medicine County, MN?
There are 11 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in Yellow Medicine County as of September 2026. 3 of them (27%) 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. Official counts list 36 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Yellow Medicine County, MN spend on personal care products and services?
About $4M a year, or $976 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $361K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,070 households in Yellow Medicine County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Yellow Medicine County, MN compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
Yellow Medicine County has 27.0 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $361K, 70% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Yellow Medicine County would have about 19, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,357 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.
How fast is Yellow Medicine County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Yellow Medicine County at 9,477 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,070 households. Median household income in Yellow Medicine County is $74,000, 8% 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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