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Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Missouri

Salons, barbers and spas in the Rolla, MO area

How the Rolla, MO area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #192 of 538 scored small-town markets
#4 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Missouri

Listings
70
17 chain locations (24%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$15.1M
On personal care products and services · $870 a household
Spending per listing
$215K
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
40.4
14% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
45,247
+1.6% 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

Household spending on personal care products and services in the Rolla area comes to about $15.1M a year: $870 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 70 salons, barbers and spas, that is $215K per business, in line with the U.S. figure of $213K.

There are 70 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in the Rolla area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 15% across the U.S. That comes to 40.4 for every 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in the Rolla area in 2023. That is one for every 2,888 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Official counts list 126 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $300K have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in the Rolla area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Rolla area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas in the Rolla area is 57 (upper middle), #192 of 538 scored small-town markets and #4 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Missouri.

How the Rolla area compares

The same measures for Missouri 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 Rolla, MO area compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureRolla areaMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households40.440.547.2
Spending per listing$215K$240K$213K
Households per official establishment2,8881,086804
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.7%+14.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.6%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$870$970$1,005
Median household income$58,396$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score5751

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
12
Annual payroll, 2023
$347K
One-person businesses, 2023
126Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
7017 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
71The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$300K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in the Rolla area, 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 the Rolla area

Population, 2025 estimate
45,247+1.6% since 2020
Households
17,329
Median age
37.8
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
672 sq. mi.
People per square mile
67
Median household income
$58,396+32.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,261
Median home value
$206,500
Jobs located here
19,214
Daytime population
46,987Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Salons, barbers and spas across Missouri

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Missouri for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Missouri (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Rolla area marked.

Top small-town markets in Missouri

Small-town markets in Missouri ranked for salons, barbers and spas by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hannibal, MO734126.8$329K+0.4%#33 of 538
2Sikeston, MO616532.8$263K−0.3%#137 of 538
3Warrensburg, MO607535.6$259K+4.9%#152 of 538
4Rolla, MO577040.4$215K+1.6%#192 of 538
5Mexico, MO562324.9$343K−1.0%#194 of 538
6Marshall, MO542733.5$256K−0.3%#223 of 538
Quincy, IL-MO5210533.8$270K−2.0%#241 of 538
7Kirksville, MO513331.6$276K+1.9%#255 of 538
8Farmington, MO4910743.1$200K+2.1%#294 of 538
9Fort Leonard Wood, MO487846.3$194K+0.8%#302 of 538

Other business types in the Rolla area

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

Questions

How many salons, barbers and spas are in the Rolla, MO area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 70 salons, barbers and spas in the Rolla area. 17 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Official counts also show 126 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Rolla, MO area spend on personal care products and services?

About $15.1M a year, or $870 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 70 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $215K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,329 households in the Rolla area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Rolla, MO area compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?

The Rolla area has 40.4 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $215K, in line with the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Rolla area would have about 71, against 70 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,888 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.

How fast is the Rolla, MO area growing?

Population estimates put the Rolla area at 45,247 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,329 households. The median household income in the Rolla area is $58,396 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.3% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Rolla area scores 57 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #192 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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