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Hair salons in Orange County, FL

The hair salons in Orange County, FL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,804 of 2,339 scored counties
#48 of 63 scored counties in Florida

Listings
1,581
179 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
474
+17.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$496.4M
On personal care products and services · $941 a household
Spending per listing
$314K
27% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
30.0
28% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,528,002
+6.7% 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

The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Orange County is 37 (lower middle), #1,804 of 2,339 scored counties and #48 of 63 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 1,581 hair salons in Orange County. Of those, 179 are chain locations, or 11%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 30.0 per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Households in Orange County spend about $496.4M a year on personal care products and services, or $941 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 1,581 hair salons, that is $314K per salon, 27% 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.

Official counts show 474 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Orange County in 2023, up 17.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,113 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 16 SBA-backed loans worth $5.4M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Orange County. Population estimates put the population change in Orange County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Orange 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 Orange County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureOrange CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households30.027.323.4
Spending per listing$314K$333K$430K
Households per official establishment1,1131,1621,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+17.3%+15.0%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.7%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$941$911$1,005
Median household income$79,719$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score3727

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
404 → 474+17.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,081
Annual payroll, 2023
$63.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
5,295Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1,581179 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1,154The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
16
Amount
$5.4M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
1,528,002+6.7% since 2020
Households
527,776
Median age
37.8
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
903 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,630
Median household income
$79,719+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$111,351
Median home value
$390,100
Jobs located here
1,016,060
Daytime population
1,785,933Residents 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 Orange 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
48Orange County, FL371,58130.0$314K+6.7%#1,804 of 2,339

Other business types in Orange County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Orange County, FL?

Orange County has 1,581 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 179 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 474 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 17.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 5,295 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $496.4M a year, or $941 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,581 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $314K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 527,776 households in Orange County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Orange County has 30.0 hair salons per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $314K, 27% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Orange County would have about 1,154, against 1,581 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,113 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 17.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Orange County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Orange County at 1,528,002 people in 2025, up 6.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 527,776 households. The median household income in Orange County is $79,719 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.9% 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. Orange County scores 37 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,804 of 2,339 scored counties.

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