Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Alabama
Hair salons in the Cullman, AL area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in the Cullman, AL area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #98 of 538 scored small-town markets
#1 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama
- Listings
- 70
- 15 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $29M
- On personal care products and services · $819 a household
- Spending per listing
- $414K
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.8
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 94,009
- +6.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 70 hair salons in the Cullman area. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 19.8 for every 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Cullman area comes to about $29M a year: $819 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $414K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 4% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in the Cullman area classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 5,050 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 198 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Cullman area grew 6.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in the Cullman area is 65 (upper middle), #98 of 538 scored small-town markets and #1 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Cullman 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 | Cullman area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.8 | 23.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $414K | $366K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 5,050 | 2,699 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.7% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $819 | $839 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $62,656 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 38
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $915K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 198Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7015 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 67The 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 Cullman 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 Cullman area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 94,009+6.7% since 2020
- Households
- 35,347
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 735 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 123
- Median household income
- $62,656+39.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,606
- Median home value
- $199,100
- Jobs located here
- 31,045
- Daytime population
- 83,269Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Alabama for hair salons, numbered among those based in Alabama (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Cullman area marked.
Top small-town markets in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cullman, AL | 65 | 70 | 19.8 | $414K | +6.7% | #98 of 538 |
| 2Talladega-Sylacauga, AL | 58 | 49 | 12.9 | $593K | 0.0% | #166 of 538 |
| 3Enterprise, AL | 56 | 42 | 20.0 | $424K | +6.3% | #201 of 538 |
| 4Ozark, AL | 54 | 31 | 15.7 | $485K | +1.3% | #225 of 538 |
| LaGrange, GA-AL | 49 | 101 | 25.0 | $311K | +3.0% | #289 of 538 |
| 5Scottsboro, AL | 48 | 39 | 17.9 | $422K | +3.3% | #295 of 538 |
| 6Albertville, AL | 46 | 102 | 28.0 | $296K | +6.0% | #319 of 538 |
| 7Russellville, AL | 41 | 26 | 21.8 | $341K | +1.1% | #375 of 538 |
| 8Fort Payne, AL | 40 | 50 | 19.1 | $383K | +3.4% | #382 of 538 |
| 9Eufaula, AL-GA | 37 | 16 | 15.7 | $450K | −1.2% | #411 of 538 |
Other business types in the Cullman 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 spas56
- Hair salons65
- Barbershops65
- Nail salons64
- Spas and skin care54
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Cullman, AL area?
The Cullman area has 70 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 15 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 198 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Cullman, AL area spend on personal care products and services?
About $29M a year, or $819 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 70 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $414K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,347 households in the Cullman area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Cullman, AL area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Cullman area has 19.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $414K, 4% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Cullman area would have about 67, against 70 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,050 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Cullman, AL area growing?
Population estimates put the Cullman area at 94,009 people in 2025, up 6.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,347 households. The median household income in the Cullman area is $62,656 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.5% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Cullman area scores 65 for hair salons (upper middle), #98 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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