Beauty and personal care · County · Missouri
Salons, barbers and spas in Stone County, MO
How Stone County, MO 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 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #241 of 2,385 scored counties
#11 of 84 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 42
- 7 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.1M
- On personal care products and services · $894 a household
- Spending per listing
- $288K
- 35% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 31.0
- 34% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 32,503
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 42 salons, barbers and spas in Stone County. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 31.0, 34% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Stone County comes to about $12.1M a year: $894 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $288K per business, 35% above the U.S. figure of $213K.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Stone County classed as personal care services. That is one for every 4,510 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Official counts list 126 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $15K has gone to businesses classed as personal care services in Stone County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Stone County grew 4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For salons, barbers and spas, Stone County has a Groundwork market score of 72 (upper middle): #241 of 2,385 scored counties and #11 of 84 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Stone County 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.
| Measure | Stone County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 31.0 | 40.5 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $288K | $240K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,510 | 1,086 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.7% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $894 | $970 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $63,520 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 6
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $67K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 126Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 427 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 57The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $15K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in Stone 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 Stone County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 32,503+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 13,530
- Median age
- 52.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 464 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 69
- Median household income
- $63,520+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,807
- Median home value
- $249,000
- Jobs located here
- 7,170
- Daytime population
- 25,642Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Stone County marked.
Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, MO | 92 | 47 | 20.6 | $499K | +11.4% | #5 of 2,385 |
| 2Warren County, MO | 80 | 30 | 21.7 | $471K | +9.2% | #66 of 2,385 |
| 3Newton County, MO | 79 | 54 | 24.4 | $379K | +6.1% | #88 of 2,385 |
| 4Andrew County, MO | 78 | 8 | 11.4 | $854K | +0.7% | #95 of 2,385 |
| 5Osage County, MO | 78 | 12 | 22.7 | $426K | +2.7% | #108 of 2,385 |
| 6Callaway County, MO | 78 | 39 | 23.7 | $401K | +3.2% | #109 of 2,385 |
| 7Jefferson County, MO | 74 | 264 | 29.9 | $341K | +2.7% | #187 of 2,385 |
| 8Cass County, MO | 74 | 140 | 32.4 | $327K | +7.1% | #191 of 2,385 |
| 9Webster County, MO | 74 | 48 | 34.4 | $271K | +10.4% | #198 of 2,385 |
| 10Ste. Genevieve County, MO | 72 | 17 | 23.8 | $400K | +1.1% | #230 of 2,385 |
| 11Stone County, MO | 72 | 42 | 31.0 | $288K | +4.1% | #241 of 2,385 |
Other business types in Stone 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 spas72
- Hair salons63
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care63
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 Stone County, MO?
Stone County has 42 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (17%) 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 also show 126 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Stone County, MO spend on personal care products and services?
About $12.1M a year, or $894 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 42 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $288K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,530 households in Stone County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Stone County, MO compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
Stone County has 31.0 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $288K, 35% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Stone County would have about 57, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,510 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.
How fast is Stone County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Stone County at 32,503 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,530 households. Median household income in Stone County is $63,520, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.9%, 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. Stone County scores 72 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #241 of 2,385 scored counties.
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