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Hair salons in Duval County, FL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Duval County, FL, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,980 of 2,339 scored counties
#54 of 63 scored counties in Florida

Listings
1,253
145 chain locations (12%)
Official establishments
340
+10.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$365.5M
On personal care products and services · $880 a household
Spending per listing
$292K
32% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
30.2
29% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,062,963
+6.5% 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

For hair salons, Duval County has a Groundwork market score of 32 (lower middle): #1,980 of 2,339 scored counties and #54 of 63 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,253 hair salons in Duval County. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 30.2 for every 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.

At $880 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Duval County spend about $365.5M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $292K per salon, 32% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Duval County was 340 in 2023, up 10.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,221 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Duval County. Population estimates put the population change in Duval County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Duval 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.

Hair salons in Duval County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureDuval CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households30.227.323.4
Spending per listing$292K$333K$430K
Households per official establishment1,2211,1621,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+10.0%+15.0%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.5%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$880$911$1,005
Median household income$71,277$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score3227

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
309 → 340+10.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,220
Annual payroll, 2023
$39.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
4,504Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1,253145 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
849The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
10
Amount
$1.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Duval 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 Duval County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,062,963+6.5% since 2020
Households
415,128
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
58%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
763 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,341
Median household income
$71,277+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,654
Median home value
$303,500
Jobs located here
590,497
Daytime population
1,135,453Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Florida

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The highest-scoring counties in Florida for hair salons, numbered among those based in Florida, with Duval County marked.

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sumter County, FL86669.4$953K+21.1%#30 of 2,339
2Wakulla County, FL702116.5$550K+12.3%#289 of 2,339
3Glades County, FL68511.1$661K+9.9%#348 of 2,339
4St. Johns County, FL6525021.6$515K+25.0%#453 of 2,339
5Putnam County, FL643812.1$604K+5.9%#484 of 2,339
6Santa Rosa County, FL6316022.0$446K+11.7%#556 of 2,339
7Gadsden County, FL61148.3$870K+2.0%#618 of 2,339
8Polk County, FL6053318.4$456K+19.8%#690 of 2,339
9Suwannee County, FL603018.6$415K+10.6%#700 of 2,339
10Gilchrist County, FL591318.2$460K+14.5%#748 of 2,339
54Duval County, FL321,25330.2$292K+6.5%#1,980 of 2,339

Other business types in Duval County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Duval County, FL?

There are 1,253 hair salons on map listings in Duval County as of September 2026. 145 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 340 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 10.0% from 2019. Another 4,504 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Duval County, FL spend on personal care products and services?

About $365.5M a year, or $880 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,253 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $292K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 415,128 households in Duval County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Duval County, FL compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Duval County has 30.2 hair salons per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $292K, 32% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Duval County would have about 849, against 1,253 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,221 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Duval County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Duval County at 1,062,963 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 415,128 households. The median household income in Duval County is $71,277 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.7% 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. Duval County scores 32 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,980 of 2,339 scored counties.

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