Beauty and personal care · County · Florida
Hair salons in Bradford County, FL
The hair salons in Bradford County, FL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,743 of 2,339 scored counties
#45 of 63 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 21
- 5 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.3M
- On personal care products and services · $792 a household
- Spending per listing
- $350K
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.6
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,307
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Bradford County spend about $7.3M a year on personal care products and services, or $792 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 21 hair salons, that is $350K per salon, 19% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Bradford County has 21 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.6, 3% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Bradford County in 2023. That is one for every 3,093 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 68 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Bradford County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Bradford County is 38 (lower middle), #1,743 of 2,339 scored counties and #45 of 63 scored counties in Florida.
How Bradford 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 | Bradford County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.6 | 27.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $350K | $333K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,093 | 1,162 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $792 | $911 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $63,050 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 7
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $145K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 68Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 215 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 Bradford 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 Bradford County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,307+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 9,278
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 294 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 95
- Median household income
- $63,050+37.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,307
- Median home value
- $212,500
- Jobs located here
- 5,848
- Daytime population
- 23,100Residents 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 |
| 45Bradford County, FL | 38 | 21 | 22.6 | $350K | +0.3% | #1,743 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Bradford 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 spas40
- Hair salons38
- Barbershops
- Nail salons28
- Spas and skin care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Bradford County, FL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 hair salons in Bradford County. 5 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 68 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Bradford County, FL spend on personal care products and services?
About $7.3M a year, or $792 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $350K 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 9,278 households in Bradford County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bradford County, FL compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Bradford County has 22.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $350K, 19% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Bradford County would have about 17, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,093 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Bradford County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Bradford County at 28,307 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,278 households. Median household income in Bradford County is $63,050, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.3%, 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. Bradford County scores 38 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,743 of 2,339 scored counties.
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