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Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Nebraska

Salons, barbers and spas in the Beatrice, NE area

How the Beatrice, NE 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 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #100 of 538 scored small-town markets
#2 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska

Listings
33
6 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$8.6M
On personal care products and services · $919 a household
Spending per listing
$260K
22% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
35.4
25% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
21,711
+0.2% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 salons, barbers and spas in the Beatrice area. 6 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 15% across the U.S. That is 35.4 per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.

At $919 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in the Beatrice area spend about $8.6M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $260K per business, 22% above the U.S. figure of $213K.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Beatrice area classed as personal care services. That is one for every 2,332 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Official counts list 76 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show the Beatrice area grew 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Beatrice area scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas, ranking #100 of 538 scored small-town markets and #2 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.

How the Beatrice area compares

The same measures for Nebraska 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 Beatrice, NE area compared with Nebraska and the U.S.
MeasureBeatrice areaNebraskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households35.439.647.2
Spending per listing$260K$253K$213K
Households per official establishment2,332868804
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.8%+14.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.2%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$919$1,004$1,005
Median household income$67,247$76,475$80,734
Groundwork market score6461

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
12
Annual payroll, 2023
$394K
One-person businesses, 2023
76Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
336 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
40The 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 the Beatrice 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 Beatrice area

Population, 2025 estimate
21,711+0.2% since 2020
Households
9,327
Median age
43.4
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
852 sq. mi.
People per square mile
25
Median household income
$67,247+26.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,338
Median home value
$174,000
Jobs located here
8,371
Daytime population
18,346Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Salons, barbers and spas across Nebraska

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Nebraska for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Nebraska, with the Beatrice area marked.

Top small-town markets in Nebraska

Small-town markets in Nebraska ranked for salons, barbers and spas by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Columbus, NE715330.5$316K+3.8%#47 of 538
2Beatrice, NE643335.4$260K+0.2%#100 of 538
3Hastings, NE615632.8$288K−0.2%#131 of 538
4Norfolk, NE616432.6$285K+1.1%#133 of 538
5Lexington, NE603535.1$272K+1.1%#149 of 538
6Fremont, NE585133.6$284K+2.6%#164 of 538
7North Platte, NE545334.9$260K−3.6%#221 of 538
8Kearney, NE4610445.6$215K+1.9%#324 of 538
9Scottsbluff, NE377850.7$177K−1.2%#422 of 538

Other business types in the Beatrice 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 Beatrice, NE area?

There are 33 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in the Beatrice area as of September 2026. 6 of them (18%) 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 76 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $8.6M a year, or $919 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $260K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,327 households in the Beatrice area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Beatrice area has 35.4 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $260K, 22% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Beatrice area would have about 40, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,332 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.

How fast is the Beatrice, NE area growing?

Population estimates put the Beatrice area at 21,711 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,327 households. Median household income in the Beatrice area is $67,247, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.6%, 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 Beatrice area scores 64 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #100 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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