Beauty and personal care · County · Florida
Hair salons in Polk County, FL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Polk County, FL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #690 of 2,339 scored counties
#8 of 63 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 533
- 65 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 127
- +39.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $243M
- On personal care products and services · $840 a household
- Spending per listing
- $456K
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.4
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 874,790
- +19.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 533 hair salons in Polk County. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 18.4 per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Polk County comes to about $243M a year: $840 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 533 hair salons, that is $456K per salon, 6% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Polk County was 127 in 2023, up 39.6% from 2019. That is one for every 2,279 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 2,450 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Polk County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Polk County grew 19.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Polk County scores 60 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #690 of 2,339 scored counties and #8 of 63 scored counties in Florida.
How Polk 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 | Polk County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.4 | 27.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $456K | $333K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,279 | 1,162 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +39.6% | +15.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +19.8% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $840 | $911 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $65,978 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 91 → 127+39.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 420
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 2,450Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 53365 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 565The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $1.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Polk 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 Polk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 874,790+19.8% since 2020
- Households
- 289,425
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,799 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 440
- Median household income
- $65,978+30.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,487
- Median home value
- $266,500
- Jobs located here
- 284,856
- Daytime population
- 728,367Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Florida for hair salons, numbered among those based in Florida, with Polk County marked.
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 |
Other business types in Polk 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 spas46
- Hair salons60
- Barbershops44
- Nail salons54
- Spas and skin care54
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Polk County, FL?
There are 533 hair salons on map listings in Polk County as of September 2026. 65 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 127 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 39.6% from 2019. Another 2,450 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Polk County, FL spend on personal care products and services?
About $243M a year, or $840 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 533 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $456K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 289,425 households in Polk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Polk County, FL compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Polk County has 18.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $456K, 6% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Polk County would have about 565, against 533 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,279 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 39.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Polk County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Polk County at 874,790 people in 2025, up 19.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 289,425 households. The median household income in Polk County is $65,978 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.4% 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. Polk County scores 60 for hair salons (upper middle), #690 of 2,339 scored counties.
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