Beauty and personal care · County · Alabama
Hair salons in Crenshaw County, AL
How Crenshaw 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 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,009 of 2,339 scored counties
#44 of 61 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 9
- 2 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.8M
- On personal care products and services · $727 a household
- Spending per listing
- $423K
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.2
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,175
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Crenshaw County is 30 (lower middle), #2,009 of 2,339 scored counties and #44 of 61 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Crenshaw County spend about $3.8M a year on personal care products and services, or $727 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. That works out to $423K per salon, 2% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 9 hair salons on map listings in Crenshaw County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 17.2 for every 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Crenshaw County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Crenshaw County from 2020 to 2025 at 0.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Crenshaw 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 | Crenshaw County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.2 | 23.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $423K | $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 | 0.0% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $727 | $839 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $48,560 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 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
- 40Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 92 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Crenshaw 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 Crenshaw County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,1750.0% since 2020
- Households
- 5,233
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 609 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $48,560+12.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,390
- Median home value
- $114,000
- Jobs located here
- 3,583
- Daytime population
- 10,763Residents 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 |
| 44Crenshaw County, AL | 30 | 9 | 17.2 | $423K | 0.0% | #2,009 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Crenshaw 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Crenshaw County, AL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 hair salons in Crenshaw County. 2 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Crenshaw County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 40 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Crenshaw County, AL spend on personal care products and services?
About $3.8M a year, or $727 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $423K 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 5,233 households in Crenshaw County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Crenshaw County, AL compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Crenshaw County has 17.2 hair salons per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $423K, 2% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending.
How fast is Crenshaw County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Crenshaw County at 13,175 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,233 households. Median household income in Crenshaw County is $48,560, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 12.5%, 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. Crenshaw County scores 30 for hair salons (lower middle), #2,009 of 2,339 scored counties.
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