Beauty and personal care · County · Alabama
Hair salons in Cherokee County, AL
The hair salons in Cherokee County, AL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,559 of 2,339 scored counties
#29 of 61 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 20
- 7 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.9M
- On personal care products and services · $779 a household
- Spending per listing
- $397K
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.6
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,413
- +5.8% since 2020
See the hair salons around any address in Cherokee County
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 20 hair salons in Cherokee County. 7 of them (35%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 19.6 per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Cherokee County comes to about $7.9M a year: $779 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That works out to $397K per salon, 8% 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 Cherokee County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 70 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Cherokee County grew 5.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Cherokee County is 42 (lower middle), #1,559 of 2,339 scored counties and #29 of 61 scored counties in Alabama.
How Cherokee 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 | Cherokee County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.6 | 23.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $397K | $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 | +5.8% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $779 | $839 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $53,863 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 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
- 70Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 207 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Cherokee 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 Cherokee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,413+5.8% since 2020
- Households
- 10,192
- Median age
- 47.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 554 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 46
- Median household income
- $53,863+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,789
- Median home value
- $179,700
- Jobs located here
- 5,279
- Daytime population
- 21,170Residents 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 |
| 29Cherokee County, AL | 42 | 20 | 19.6 | $397K | +5.8% | #1,559 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Cherokee 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 spas57
- Hair salons42
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care57
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Cherokee County, AL?
Cherokee County has 20 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Cherokee County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 70 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Cherokee County, AL spend on personal care products and services?
About $7.9M a year, or $779 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $397K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,192 households in Cherokee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cherokee County, AL compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Cherokee County has 19.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $397K, 8% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Cherokee County would have about 19, against 20 on map listings.
How fast is Cherokee County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Cherokee County at 26,413 people in 2025, up 5.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,192 households. The median household income in Cherokee County is $53,863 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% 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. Cherokee County scores 42 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,559 of 2,339 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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