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Hair salons in Hamilton County, FL

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #853 of 2,339 scored counties
#12 of 63 scored counties in Florida

Listings
5
1 chain location (20%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3M
On personal care products and services · $690 a household
Spending per listing
$591K
37% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.7
50% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
14,180
+3.3% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on personal care products and services in Hamilton County comes to about $3M a year: $690 per household, 31% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 hair salons, that is $591K per salon, 37% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

Hamilton County has 5 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. That is 11.7 per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Hamilton County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 32 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Hamilton County grew 3.3% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Hamilton County scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #853 of 2,339 scored counties and #12 of 63 scored counties in Florida.

How Hamilton 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 Hamilton County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureHamilton CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.727.323.4
Spending per listing$591K$333K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,1621,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.0%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.3%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$690$911$1,005
Median household income$50,144$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score5627

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
32Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
51 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Hamilton 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 Hamilton County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,180+3.3% since 2020
Households
4,281
Median age
40.4
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
514 sq. mi.
People per square mile
26
Median household income
$50,144+30.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$58,597
Median home value
$111,200
Jobs located here
2,582
Daytime population
11,652Residents 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 Hamilton 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
12Hamilton County, FL56511.7$591K+3.3%#853 of 2,339

Other business types in Hamilton County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Hamilton County, FL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 hair salons in Hamilton County. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Hamilton County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 32 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $3M a year, or $690 per household. That is 31% below the U.S. average (an index of 69, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $591K 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 4,281 households in Hamilton County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Hamilton County has 11.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $591K, 37% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Hamilton County would have about 7, against 5 on map listings.

How fast is Hamilton County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Hamilton County at 14,180 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,281 households. Median household income in Hamilton County is $50,144, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.0%, 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. Hamilton County scores 56 for hair salons (upper middle), #853 of 2,339 scored counties.

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