Beauty and personal care · County · Alabama
Hair salons in Pickens County, AL
How Pickens 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 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,893 of 2,339 scored counties
#39 of 61 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5M
- On personal care products and services · $737 a household
- Spending per listing
- $499K
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.8
- 37% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,221
- −3.9% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, Pickens County has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #1,893 of 2,339 scored counties and #39 of 61 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 hair salons in Pickens County. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 14.8 per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Pickens County comes to about $5M a year: $737 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. That works out to $499K per salon, 16% above 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 Pickens County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pickens County declined 3.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Pickens 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 | Pickens County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.8 | 23.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $499K | $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 | −3.9% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $737 | $839 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $46,274 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 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
- 85Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Pickens 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 Pickens County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,221−3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 6,764
- Median age
- 42.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 881 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 21
- Median household income
- $46,274+16.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,757
- Median home value
- $123,900
- Jobs located here
- 3,396
- Daytime population
- 14,114Residents 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 |
| 39Pickens County, AL | 34 | 10 | 14.8 | $499K | −3.9% | #1,893 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Pickens 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 spas32
- Hair salons34
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care23
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Pickens County, AL?
Pickens County has 10 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Pickens County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 85 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Pickens County, AL spend on personal care products and services?
About $5M a year, or $737 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $499K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,764 households in Pickens County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pickens County, AL compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Pickens County has 14.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $499K, 16% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Pickens County would have about 12, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Pickens County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Pickens County at 18,221 people in 2025, down 3.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,764 households. The median household income in Pickens County is $46,274 a year, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.1% 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. Pickens County scores 34 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,893 of 2,339 scored counties.
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