Beauty and personal care · County · Arizona
Hair salons in Gila County, AZ
How Gila County, AZ 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 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #358 of 2,339 scored counties
#4 of 14 scored counties in Arizona
- Listings
- 34
- 2 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20.6M
- On personal care products and services · $872 a household
- Spending per listing
- $607K
- 41% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.4
- 38% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 53,801
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 hair salons in Gila County. Chain locations make up 6% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 14.4 for every 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $872 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Gila County spend about $20.6M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 34 hair salons, that is $607K per salon, 41% 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.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Gila County in 2023. That is one for every 3,941 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 80 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $18K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Gila County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Gila County grew 0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Gila County is 68 (upper middle), #358 of 2,339 scored counties and #4 of 14 scored counties in Arizona. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Gila County compares
The same measures for Arizona 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 | Gila County | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.4 | 21.2 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $607K | $481K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,941 | 1,669 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $872 | $1,017 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $61,986 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 14
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $394K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 80Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 342 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 48The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $18K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Gila 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 Gila County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 53,801+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 23,645
- Median age
- 49.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 4,758 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $61,986+42.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,972
- Median home value
- $269,400
- Jobs located here
- 13,608
- Daytime population
- 48,361Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for hair salons, numbered among those based in Arizona, with Gila County marked.
Top counties in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pinal County, AZ | 91 | 135 | 8.3 | $1.2M | +25.4% | #7 of 2,339 |
| 2Graham County, AZ | 77 | 15 | 11.8 | $763K | +4.0% | #116 of 2,339 |
| 3Navajo County, AZ | 71 | 54 | 13.5 | $603K | +3.0% | #260 of 2,339 |
| 4Gila County, AZ | 68 | 34 | 14.4 | $607K | +0.9% | #358 of 2,339 |
| 5Yuma County, AZ | 68 | 147 | 18.5 | $471K | +9.2% | #373 of 2,339 |
| 6Santa Cruz County, AZ | 66 | 27 | 15.9 | $521K | +4.8% | #426 of 2,339 |
| 7Pima County, AZ | 63 | 774 | 17.7 | $541K | +2.8% | #534 of 2,339 |
| 8Yavapai County, AZ | 63 | 232 | 20.9 | $451K | +6.5% | #555 of 2,339 |
| 9Mohave County, AZ | 62 | 209 | 20.5 | $418K | +6.5% | #613 of 2,339 |
| 10Coconino County, AZ | 59 | 87 | 15.8 | $620K | −0.6% | #717 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Gila 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 spas68
- Hair salons68
- Barbershops54
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care58
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Gila County, AZ?
There are 34 hair salons on map listings in Gila County as of September 2026. 2 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 80 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Gila County, AZ spend on personal care products and services?
About $20.6M a year, or $872 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $607K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,645 households in Gila County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gila County, AZ compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Gila County has 14.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $607K, 41% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Gila County would have about 48, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,941 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Gila County, AZ growing?
Population estimates put Gila County at 53,801 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,645 households. The median household income in Gila County is $61,986 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 42.4% 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. Gila County scores 68 for hair salons (upper middle), #358 of 2,339 scored counties.
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