Beauty and personal care · County · Florida
Hair salons in Alachua County, FL
How Alachua County, FL 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 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,479 of 2,339 scored counties
#33 of 63 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 247
- 34 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 66
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $99.1M
- On personal care products and services · $848 a household
- Spending per listing
- $401K
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.1
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 290,028
- +3.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Alachua County comes to about $99.1M a year: $848 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $401K per salon, 7% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 247 hair salons on map listings in Alachua County as of September 2026. 34 of them (14%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 21.1 per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Alachua County was 66 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,769 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 681 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $116K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Alachua County.
Population estimates put the population change in Alachua County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Alachua County has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #1,479 of 2,339 scored counties and #33 of 63 scored counties in Florida.
How Alachua County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Alachua County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.1 | 27.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $401K | $333K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,769 | 1,162 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +15.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.7% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $848 | $911 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $61,949 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 66 → 660.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 248
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 681Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 24734 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 230The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $116K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Alachua 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 Alachua County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 290,028+3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 116,786
- Median age
- 36.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 876 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 326
- Median household income
- $61,949+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,386
- Median home value
- $288,800
- Jobs located here
- 139,721
- Daytime population
- 316,161Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sumter County, FL | 86 | 66 | 9.4 | $953K | +21.1% | #30 of 2,339 |
| 2Wakulla County, FL | 70 | 21 | 16.5 | $550K | +12.3% | #289 of 2,339 |
| 3Glades County, FL | 68 | 5 | 11.1 | $661K | +9.9% | #348 of 2,339 |
| 4St. Johns County, FL | 65 | 250 | 21.6 | $515K | +25.0% | #453 of 2,339 |
| 5Putnam County, FL | 64 | 38 | 12.1 | $604K | +5.9% | #484 of 2,339 |
| 6Santa Rosa County, FL | 63 | 160 | 22.0 | $446K | +11.7% | #556 of 2,339 |
| 7Gadsden County, FL | 61 | 14 | 8.3 | $870K | +2.0% | #618 of 2,339 |
| 8Polk County, FL | 60 | 533 | 18.4 | $456K | +19.8% | #690 of 2,339 |
| 9Suwannee County, FL | 60 | 30 | 18.6 | $415K | +10.6% | #700 of 2,339 |
| 10Gilchrist County, FL | 59 | 13 | 18.2 | $460K | +14.5% | #748 of 2,339 |
| 33Alachua County, FL | 44 | 247 | 21.1 | $401K | +3.7% | #1,479 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Alachua 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 spas35
- Hair salons44
- Barbershops48
- Nail salons45
- Spas and skin care39
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Alachua County, FL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 247 hair salons in Alachua County. 34 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 66 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts list 681 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Alachua County, FL spend on personal care products and services?
About $99.1M a year, or $848 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 247 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $401K 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 116,786 households in Alachua County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Alachua County, FL compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Alachua County has 21.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $401K, 7% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Alachua County would have about 230, against 247 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,769 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Alachua County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Alachua County at 290,028 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 116,786 households. Median household income in Alachua County is $61,949, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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. Alachua County scores 44 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,479 of 2,339 scored counties.
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