Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Nebraska
Salons, barbers and spas in the Lexington, NE area
How the Lexington, 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #149 of 538 scored small-town markets
#5 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska
- Listings
- 35
- 6 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.5M
- On personal care products and services · $954 a household
- Spending per listing
- $272K
- 28% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 35.1
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,255
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 35 salons, barbers and spas in the Lexington area. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 15% across the U.S. That comes to 35.1 for every 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
Households in the Lexington area spend about $9.5M a year on personal care products and services, or $954 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 35 salons, barbers and spas, that is $272K per business, 28% above the U.S. figure of $213K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in the Lexington area was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 1,248 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Official counts also show 90 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the Lexington area grew 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For salons, barbers and spas, the Lexington area has a Groundwork market score of 60 (upper middle): #149 of 538 scored small-town markets and #5 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska.
How the Lexington 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.
| Measure | Lexington area | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 35.1 | 39.6 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $272K | $253K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,248 | 868 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.8% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $954 | $1,004 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $70,652 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 14
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $207K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 90Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 356 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 45The 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 Lexington 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 Lexington area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,255+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 9,981
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 1,472 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 18
- Median household income
- $70,652+29.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,728
- Median home value
- $169,200
- Jobs located here
- 12,857
- Daytime population
- 25,770Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Nebraska market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Nebraska for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Nebraska, with the Lexington area marked.
Top small-town markets in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Columbus, NE | 71 | 53 | 30.5 | $316K | +3.8% | #47 of 538 |
| 2Beatrice, NE | 64 | 33 | 35.4 | $260K | +0.2% | #100 of 538 |
| 3Hastings, NE | 61 | 56 | 32.8 | $288K | −0.2% | #131 of 538 |
| 4Norfolk, NE | 61 | 64 | 32.6 | $285K | +1.1% | #133 of 538 |
| 5Lexington, NE | 60 | 35 | 35.1 | $272K | +1.1% | #149 of 538 |
| 6Fremont, NE | 58 | 51 | 33.6 | $284K | +2.6% | #164 of 538 |
| 7North Platte, NE | 54 | 53 | 34.9 | $260K | −3.6% | #221 of 538 |
| 8Kearney, NE | 46 | 104 | 45.6 | $215K | +1.9% | #324 of 538 |
| 9Scottsbluff, NE | 37 | 78 | 50.7 | $177K | −1.2% | #422 of 538 |
Other business types in the Lexington area
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 spas60
- Hair salons51
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care73
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 the Lexington, NE area?
There are 35 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in the Lexington area as of September 2026. 6 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Another 90 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Lexington, NE area spend on personal care products and services?
About $9.5M a year, or $954 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $272K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,981 households in the Lexington area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lexington, NE area compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
The Lexington area has 35.1 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $272K, 28% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Lexington area would have about 45, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,248 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.
How fast is the Lexington, NE area growing?
Population estimates put the Lexington area at 26,255 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,981 households. Median household income in the Lexington area is $70,652, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.1%, 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 Lexington area scores 60 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #149 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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