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Salons, barbers and spas in Dawson County, NE
How Dawson County, NE 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #995 of 2,385 scored counties
#12 of 26 scored counties in Nebraska
- Listings
- 34
- 6 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.7M
- On personal care products and services · $953 a household
- Spending per listing
- $256K
- 21% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 37.2
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 24,452
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Dawson County comes to about $8.7M a year: $953 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That works out to $256K per business, 21% above the U.S. figure of $213K.
Dawson County has 34 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 37.2, 21% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in Dawson County in 2023. That is one for every 1,306 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Another 82 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Dawson County grew 1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Dawson County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas, ranking #995 of 2,385 scored counties and #12 of 26 scored counties in Nebraska.
How Dawson County 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.
| Measure | Dawson County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 37.2 | 39.6 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $256K | $253K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,306 | 868 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.8% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $953 | $1,004 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $69,880 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 14
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $199K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 82Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 346 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 41The 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 Dawson 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 Dawson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 24,452+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 9,145
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 1,014 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $69,880+30.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,897
- Median home value
- $166,200
- Jobs located here
- 12,382
- Daytime population
- 24,113Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Saunders County, NE | 89 | 22 | 24.7 | $437K | +6.0% | #17 of 2,385 |
| 2Colfax County, NE | 82 | 9 | 24.3 | $415K | +3.6% | #55 of 2,385 |
| 3Cass County, NE | 78 | 21 | 19.4 | $567K | +3.9% | #100 of 2,385 |
| 4Seward County, NE | 76 | 17 | 25.0 | $407K | +2.3% | #136 of 2,385 |
| 5Sarpy County, NE | 76 | 230 | 31.0 | $373K | +9.0% | #142 of 2,385 |
| 6Washington County, NE | 63 | 21 | 24.9 | $443K | +1.8% | #517 of 2,385 |
| 7Platte County, NE | 62 | 44 | 32.2 | $296K | +3.9% | #570 of 2,385 |
| 8Custer County, NE | 61 | 13 | 28.9 | $320K | 0.0% | #603 of 2,385 |
| 9Otoe County, NE | 59 | 21 | 32.9 | $306K | +3.9% | #688 of 2,385 |
| 10Gage County, NE | 58 | 33 | 35.4 | $260K | +0.2% | #756 of 2,385 |
| 12Dawson County, NE | 53 | 34 | 37.2 | $256K | +1.5% | #995 of 2,385 |
Other business types in Dawson 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 spas53
- Hair salons45
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care64
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 Dawson County, NE?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 salons, barbers and spas in Dawson County. 6 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Official counts list 82 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Dawson County, NE spend on personal care products and services?
About $8.7M a year, or $953 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $256K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,145 households in Dawson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dawson County, NE compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
Dawson County has 37.2 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $256K, 21% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Dawson County would have about 41, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,306 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.
How fast is Dawson County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Dawson County at 24,452 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,145 households. The median household income in Dawson County is $69,880 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.1% 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. Dawson County scores 53 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #995 of 2,385 scored counties.
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