Beauty and personal care · County · Alabama
Hair salons in Chambers County, AL
How Chambers County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,144 of 2,339 scored counties
#52 of 61 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 25
- 8 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9.8M
- On personal care products and services · $732 a household
- Spending per listing
- $393K
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.6
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,253
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Chambers County is 24 (low), #2,144 of 2,339 scored counties and #52 of 61 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 hair salons in Chambers County. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 32%, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 18.6 for every 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $732 per household (27% below the U.S. average), households in Chambers County spend about $9.8M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 25 hair salons, that is $393K per salon, 9% below the U.S. figure of $430K. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Chambers County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates show Chambers County declined 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Chambers 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.
| Measure | Chambers County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.6 | 23.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $393K | $366K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,699 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $732 | $839 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $49,656 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 160Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 258 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The 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 Chambers 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 Chambers County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,253−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 13,434
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 597 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 57
- Median household income
- $49,656+17.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $65,288
- Median home value
- $135,800
- Jobs located here
- 8,841
- Daytime population
- 28,412Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Limestone County, AL | 80 | 67 | 16.4 | $582K | +18.0% | #80 of 2,339 |
| 2Elmore County, AL | 77 | 43 | 13.1 | $681K | +4.2% | #119 of 2,339 |
| 3Henry County, AL | 73 | 7 | 9.9 | $804K | +7.1% | #197 of 2,339 |
| 4Chilton County, AL | 71 | 21 | 11.7 | $687K | +5.9% | #255 of 2,339 |
| 5St. Clair County, AL | 69 | 57 | 16.2 | $540K | +7.1% | #330 of 2,339 |
| 6Autauga County, AL | 68 | 43 | 18.8 | $478K | +5.1% | #372 of 2,339 |
| 7Blount County, AL | 66 | 34 | 15.3 | $533K | +1.8% | #424 of 2,339 |
| 8Lee County, AL | 64 | 115 | 16.6 | $511K | +8.6% | #500 of 2,339 |
| 9Shelby County, AL | 62 | 191 | 22.0 | $472K | +6.5% | #602 of 2,339 |
| 10Cullman County, AL | 60 | 70 | 19.8 | $414K | +6.7% | #701 of 2,339 |
| 52Chambers County, AL | 24 | 25 | 18.6 | $393K | −0.9% | #2,144 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Chambers 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 spas40
- Hair salons24
- Barbershops7
- Nail salons35
- Spas and skin care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Chambers County, AL?
There are 25 hair salons on map listings in Chambers County as of September 2026. 8 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Chambers County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 160 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Chambers County, AL spend on personal care products and services?
About $9.8M a year, or $732 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $393K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,434 households in Chambers County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Chambers County, AL compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Chambers County has 18.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $393K, 9% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Chambers County would have about 23, against 25 on map listings.
How fast is Chambers County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Chambers County at 34,253 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,434 households. The median household income in Chambers County is $49,656 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.4% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Chambers County scores 24 for hair salons (low), #2,144 of 2,339 scored counties.
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