Beauty and personal care · County · Florida
Hair salons in Holmes County, FL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Holmes County, FL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,509 of 2,339 scored counties
#34 of 63 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 11
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.1M
- On personal care products and services · $721 a household
- Spending per listing
- $460K
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.7
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,119
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 hair salons in Holmes County. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 15.7 per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in Holmes County spend about $5.1M a year on personal care products and services, or $721 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. Spread across 11 hair salons, that is $460K per salon, 7% above 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Holmes County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 44 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Holmes County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Holmes County scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #1,509 of 2,339 scored counties and #34 of 63 scored counties in Florida.
How Holmes 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 | Holmes County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.7 | 27.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $460K | $333K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,162 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $721 | $911 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $49,343 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 27 |
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
- 44Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Holmes 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 Holmes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,119+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 7,011
- Median age
- 43.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 479 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $49,343+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $64,997
- Median home value
- $110,200
- Jobs located here
- 4,295
- Daytime population
- 15,999Residents 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 |
| 34Holmes County, FL | 43 | 11 | 15.7 | $460K | +2.7% | #1,509 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Holmes 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Holmes County, FL?
Holmes County has 11 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Holmes County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 44 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Holmes County, FL spend on personal care products and services?
About $5.1M a year, or $721 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $460K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,011 households in Holmes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Holmes County, FL compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Holmes County has 15.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $460K, 7% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Holmes County would have about 12, against 11 on map listings.
How fast is Holmes County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Holmes County at 20,119 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,011 households. The median household income in Holmes County is $49,343 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.2% 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. Holmes County scores 43 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,509 of 2,339 scored counties.
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