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Salons, barbers and spas in Carbon County, UT
How Carbon County, UT 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,848 of 2,385 scored counties
#20 of 21 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 30
- 5 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.9M
- On personal care products and services · $844 a household
- Spending per listing
- $228K
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 36.9
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,680
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Carbon County scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas, ranking #1,848 of 2,385 scored counties and #20 of 21 scored counties in Utah. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 30 salons, barbers and spas in Carbon County. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 17%, against 15% across the U.S. That is 36.9 per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
Households in Carbon County spend about $6.9M a year on personal care products and services, or $844 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $228K per business, 7% above the U.S. figure of $213K.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Carbon County classed as personal care services. That is one for every 1,015 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $271K have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in Carbon County. Population estimates show Carbon County grew 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Carbon County compares
The same measures for Utah 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 | Carbon County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 36.9 | 46.1 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $228K | $238K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,015 | 612 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +45.1% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $844 | $1,100 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $58,377 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 29
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $354K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 105Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 305 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $271K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in Carbon 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 Carbon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,680+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 8,123
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,479 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 14
- Median household income
- $58,377+14.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,548
- Median home value
- $228,500
- Jobs located here
- 7,904
- Daytime population
- 17,852Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Morgan County, UT | 96 | 6 | 15.9 | $811K | +8.1% | #2 of 2,385 |
| 2Juab County, UT | 90 | 11 | 28.5 | $379K | +14.8% | #12 of 2,385 |
| 3Sanpete County, UT | 83 | 20 | 22.5 | $411K | +10.3% | #48 of 2,385 |
| 4Tooele County, UT | 68 | 89 | 37.2 | $304K | +19.2% | #348 of 2,385 |
| 5Emery County, UT | 68 | 11 | 31.9 | $296K | +3.4% | #349 of 2,385 |
| 6San Juan County, UT | 66 | 8 | 17.6 | $499K | +0.1% | #403 of 2,385 |
| 7Box Elder County, UT | 65 | 68 | 34.8 | $290K | +12.7% | #470 of 2,385 |
| 8Wasatch County, UT | 65 | 56 | 43.5 | $288K | +9.9% | #471 of 2,385 |
| 9Cache County, UT | 62 | 142 | 32.0 | $317K | +8.5% | #564 of 2,385 |
| 10Millard County, UT | 62 | 16 | 36.7 | $251K | +7.7% | #581 of 2,385 |
| 20Carbon County, UT | 37 | 30 | 36.9 | $228K | +1.0% | #1,848 of 2,385 |
Other business types in Carbon 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 spas37
- Hair salons34
- Barbershops28
- Nail salons30
- Spas and skin care
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 Carbon County, UT?
There are 30 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in Carbon County as of September 2026. 5 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. Official counts list 105 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Carbon County, UT spend on personal care products and services?
About $6.9M a year, or $844 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $228K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,123 households in Carbon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carbon County, UT compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
Carbon County has 36.9 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $228K, 7% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Carbon County would have about 32, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,015 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.
How fast is Carbon County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Carbon County at 20,680 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,123 households. Median household income in Carbon County is $58,377, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.1%, 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. 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. Carbon County scores 37 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #1,848 of 2,385 scored counties.
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