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Beauty and personal care · County · Alabama

Hair salons in Morgan County, AL

How Morgan 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,448 of 2,339 scored counties
#27 of 61 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
119
19 chain locations (16%)
Official establishments
18
−14.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$42.2M
On personal care products and services · $861 a household
Spending per listing
$355K
18% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
24.3
4% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
126,483
+2.6% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 119 hair salons in Morgan County. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 24.3 for every 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Morgan County comes to about $42.2M a year: $861 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $355K per salon, 18% 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.

Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Morgan County in 2023, down 14.3% from 2019. That is one for every 2,724 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 328 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Morgan County grew 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Morgan County is 45 (lower middle), #1,448 of 2,339 scored counties and #27 of 61 scored counties in Alabama.

How Morgan 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 Morgan County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureMorgan CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households24.323.023.4
Spending per listing$355K$366K$430K
Households per official establishment2,7242,6991,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−14.3%+4.2%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.6%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$861$839$1,005
Median household income$68,845$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score4545

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
21 → 18−14.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
86
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
328Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
11919 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
98The 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 Morgan 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 Morgan County

Population, 2025 estimate
126,483+2.6% since 2020
Households
49,040
Median age
41.2
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
580 sq. mi.
People per square mile
215
Median household income
$68,845+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,529
Median home value
$212,000
Jobs located here
53,389
Daytime population
125,259Residents 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 Morgan 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
27Morgan County, AL4511924.3$355K+2.6%#1,448 of 2,339

Other business types in Morgan County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Morgan County, AL?

Morgan County has 119 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 19 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, down 14.3% from 2019. Another 328 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $42.2M a year, or $861 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 119 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $355K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 49,040 households in Morgan County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Morgan County has 24.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $355K, 18% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Morgan County would have about 98, against 119 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,724 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count fell 14.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Morgan County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Morgan County at 126,483 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 49,040 households. The median household income in Morgan County is $68,845 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.0% 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. Morgan County scores 45 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,448 of 2,339 scored counties.

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