Beauty and personal care · County · Utah
Salons, barbers and spas in Iron County, UT
How Iron 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,475 of 2,385 scored counties
#16 of 21 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 86
- 15 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.8M
- On personal care products and services · $931 a household
- Spending per listing
- $218K
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 42.7
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 67,141
- +16.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 86 salons, barbers and spas in Iron County. 15 of them (17%) are chain locations, against 15% across the U.S. That is 42.7 per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
At $931 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Iron County spend about $18.8M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $218K of household spending for each business on map listings, 3% above the U.S. figure of $213K.
Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in Iron County in 2023. That is one for every 630 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Official counts list 267 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $559K have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in Iron County.
Population estimates put the population change in Iron County from 2020 to 2025 at +16.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Iron County scores 45 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas, ranking #1,475 of 2,385 scored counties and #16 of 21 scored counties in Utah.
How Iron 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 | Iron County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 42.7 | 46.1 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $218K | $238K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 630 | 612 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +45.1% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +16.4% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $931 | $1,100 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $66,247 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 32
- Employees, 2023
- 71
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 267Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8615 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 88The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $559K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in Iron 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 Iron County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 67,141+16.4% since 2020
- Households
- 20,157
- Median age
- 31.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 3,296 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $66,247+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,495
- Median home value
- $379,000
- Jobs located here
- 23,946
- Daytime population
- 58,964Residents 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 |
| 16Iron County, UT | 45 | 86 | 42.7 | $218K | +16.4% | #1,475 of 2,385 |
Other business types in Iron 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 spas45
- Hair salons55
- Barbershops54
- Nail salons52
- Spas and skin care42
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 Iron County, UT?
There are 86 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in Iron County as of September 2026. 15 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Official counts also show 267 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Iron County, UT spend on personal care products and services?
About $18.8M a year, or $931 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 86 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $218K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,157 households in Iron County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Iron County, UT compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
Iron County has 42.7 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $218K, 3% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Iron County would have about 88, against 86 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 630 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.
How fast is Iron County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Iron County at 67,141 people in 2025, up 16.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,157 households. Median household income in Iron County is $66,247, 18% 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. Iron County scores 45 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #1,475 of 2,385 scored counties.
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