Beauty and personal care · County · Florida
Hair salons in Hardee County, FL
How Hardee 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 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,607 of 2,339 scored counties
#38 of 63 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 18
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.5M
- On personal care products and services · $790 a household
- Spending per listing
- $361K
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.9
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,932
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Hardee County spend about $6.5M a year on personal care products and services, or $790 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 18 hair salons, that is $361K per salon, 16% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 18 hair salons on map listings in Hardee County as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. That is 21.9 per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Hardee County in 2023. That is one for every 2,740 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 44 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show Hardee County grew 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Hardee County has a Groundwork market score of 41 (lower middle): #1,607 of 2,339 scored counties and #38 of 63 scored counties in Florida.
How Hardee 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 | Hardee County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.9 | 27.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $361K | $333K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,740 | 1,162 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $790 | $911 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $60,489 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 6
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $83K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 44Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 181 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Hardee 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 Hardee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,932+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 8,219
- Median age
- 35.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 638 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 40
- Median household income
- $60,489+56.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,981
- Median home value
- $153,600
- Jobs located here
- 6,991
- Daytime population
- 22,490Residents 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 |
| 38Hardee County, FL | 41 | 18 | 21.9 | $361K | +2.4% | #1,607 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Hardee 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 spas48
- Hair salons41
- Barbershops24
- Nail salons
- 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 Hardee County, FL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 18 hair salons in Hardee County. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 44 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Hardee County, FL spend on personal care products and services?
About $6.5M a year, or $790 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $361K 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 8,219 households in Hardee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hardee County, FL compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Hardee County has 21.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $361K, 16% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Hardee County would have about 15, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,740 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Hardee County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Hardee County at 25,932 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,219 households. Median household income in Hardee County is $60,489, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 56.4%, 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. Hardee County scores 41 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,607 of 2,339 scored counties.
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