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Beauty and personal care · County · Alabama

Hair salons in Blount County, AL

The hair salons in Blount County, AL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #424 of 2,339 scored counties
#7 of 61 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
34
6 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$18.1M
On personal care products and services · $817 a household
Spending per listing
$533K
24% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.3
35% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
60,156
+1.8% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on personal care products and services in Blount County comes to about $18.1M a year: $817 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $533K per salon, 24% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

There are 34 hair salons on map listings in Blount County as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 18%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 15.3 per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Blount County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 7,393 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 125 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Blount County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Blount County has a Groundwork market score of 66 (upper middle): #424 of 2,339 scored counties and #7 of 61 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Blount County 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.

Hair salons in Blount County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureBlount CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.323.023.4
Spending per listing$533K$366K$430K
Households per official establishment7,3932,6991,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.2%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.8%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$817$839$1,005
Median household income$64,190$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score6645

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 3
Employees, 2023
10
Annual payroll, 2023
$214K
One-person businesses, 2023
125Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
346 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
42The 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 Blount 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 Blount County

Population, 2025 estimate
60,156+1.8% since 2020
Households
22,180
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
645 sq. mi.
People per square mile
92
Median household income
$64,190+30.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,889
Median home value
$175,200
Jobs located here
9,571
Daytime population
43,189Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Alabama

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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for hair salons, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Blount County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Limestone County, AL806716.4$582K+18.0%#80 of 2,339
2Elmore County, AL774313.1$681K+4.2%#119 of 2,339
3Henry County, AL7379.9$804K+7.1%#197 of 2,339
4Chilton County, AL712111.7$687K+5.9%#255 of 2,339
5St. Clair County, AL695716.2$540K+7.1%#330 of 2,339
6Autauga County, AL684318.8$478K+5.1%#372 of 2,339
7Blount County, AL663415.3$533K+1.8%#424 of 2,339
8Lee County, AL6411516.6$511K+8.6%#500 of 2,339
9Shelby County, AL6219122.0$472K+6.5%#602 of 2,339
10Cullman County, AL607019.8$414K+6.7%#701 of 2,339

Other business types in Blount County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many hair salons are in Blount County, AL?

As of September 2026, map listings count 34 hair salons in Blount County. 6 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 125 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Blount County, AL spend on personal care products and services?

About $18.1M a year, or $817 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $533K 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 22,180 households in Blount County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Blount County, AL compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Blount County has 15.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $533K, 24% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Blount County would have about 42, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,393 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.

How fast is Blount County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Blount County at 60,156 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,180 households. Median household income in Blount County is $64,190, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.1%, 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. Blount County scores 66 for hair salons (upper middle), #424 of 2,339 scored counties.

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