Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Alabama
Hair salons in the Anniston-Oxford, AL metro area
How the Anniston-Oxford, AL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #369 of 387 scored metro areas
#12 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama
- Listings
- 128
- 24 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $34.4M
- On personal care products and services · $764 a household
- Spending per listing
- $269K
- 38% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 28.4
- 21% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 115,834
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in the Anniston-Oxford metro area is 28 (lower middle), #369 of 387 scored metro areas and #12 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the Anniston-Oxford metro area spend about $34.4M a year on personal care products and services, or $764 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Spread across 128 hair salons, that is $269K per salon, 38% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 128 hair salons on map listings in the Anniston-Oxford metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 24 are chain locations, or 19%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 28.4, 21% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Anniston-Oxford metro area in 2023. That is one for every 4,092 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Anniston-Oxford metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Anniston-Oxford metro area compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the hair salons 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 | Anniston-Oxford metro area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 28.4 | 23.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $269K | $366K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,092 | 2,699 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $764 | $839 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $55,029 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 49
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 307Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12824 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 80The 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 beauty salons in the Anniston-Oxford metro 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 Anniston-Oxford metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 115,834−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 45,015
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 606 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 192
- Median household income
- $55,029+16.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,223
- Median home value
- $156,600
- Jobs located here
- 42,167
- Daytime population
- 116,114Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Auburn-Opelika, AL | 69 | 119 | 15.5 | $536K | +7.1% | #37 of 387 |
| 2Huntsville, AL | 52 | 575 | 27.9 | $347K | +12.5% | #162 of 387 |
| 3Tuscaloosa, AL | 48 | 197 | 18.6 | $440K | +2.9% | #201 of 387 |
| 4Decatur, AL | 46 | 140 | 22.3 | $381K | +2.5% | #229 of 387 |
| 5Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 44 | 285 | 28.9 | $317K | +14.8% | #254 of 387 |
| 6Montgomery, AL | 41 | 317 | 20.9 | $398K | +0.9% | #280 of 387 |
| 7Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 40 | 161 | 25.3 | $321K | +3.5% | #302 of 387 |
| 8Birmingham, AL | 36 | 1,160 | 24.9 | $357K | +1.4% | #331 of 387 |
| 9Dothan, AL | 35 | 145 | 23.8 | $333K | +3.4% | #341 of 387 |
| 10Gadsden, AL | 31 | 101 | 25.6 | $295K | +0.4% | #363 of 387 |
| 12Anniston-Oxford, AL | 28 | 128 | 28.4 | $269K | −0.3% | #369 of 387 |
Other business types in the Anniston-Oxford metro 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 spas27
- Hair salons28
- Barbershops11
- Nail salons14
- Spas and skin care37
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Anniston-Oxford, AL metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 128 hair salons in the Anniston-Oxford metro area. 24 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 307 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Anniston-Oxford, AL metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $34.4M a year, or $764 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 128 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $269K per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 45,015 households in the Anniston-Oxford metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Anniston-Oxford, AL metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Anniston-Oxford metro area has 28.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $269K, 38% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Anniston-Oxford metro area would have about 80, against 128 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,092 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Anniston-Oxford, AL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Anniston-Oxford metro area at 115,834 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 45,015 households. Median household income in the Anniston-Oxford metro area is $55,029, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.5%, 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. The Anniston-Oxford metro area scores 28 for hair salons (lower middle), #369 of 387 scored metro areas.
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