Beauty and personal care · County · Florida
Hair salons in Seminole County, FL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Seminole County, FL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,955 of 2,339 scored counties
#53 of 63 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 635
- 86 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 203
- +6.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $183.2M
- On personal care products and services · $978 a household
- Spending per listing
- $288K
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 33.9
- 45% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 491,884
- +4.3% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, Seminole County has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #1,955 of 2,339 scored counties and #53 of 63 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $978 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in Seminole County spend about $183.2M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $288K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 33% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 635 hair salons on map listings in Seminole County as of September 2026. 86 of them (14%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 33.9 for every 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 203 businesses with payroll in Seminole County classed as beauty salons, up 6.8% from 2019. That is one for every 922 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $2.7M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Seminole County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Seminole County grew 4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Seminole 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 | Seminole County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 33.9 | 27.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $288K | $333K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 922 | 1,162 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +6.8% | +15.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.3% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $978 | $911 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $85,761 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 190 → 203+6.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 686
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,452Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 63586 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 426The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $2.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Seminole 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 Seminole County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 491,884+4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 187,248
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 309 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,556
- Median household income
- $85,761+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $114,520
- Median home value
- $386,900
- Jobs located here
- 227,139
- Daytime population
- 473,582Residents 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 |
| 53Seminole County, FL | 33 | 635 | 33.9 | $288K | +4.3% | #1,955 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Seminole 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 spas32
- Hair salons33
- Barbershops44
- Nail salons39
- Spas and skin care31
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Seminole County, FL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 635 hair salons in Seminole County. 86 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 203 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 6.8% from 2019. Official counts also show 1,452 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Seminole County, FL spend on personal care products and services?
About $183.2M a year, or $978 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 635 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $288K 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 187,248 households in Seminole County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Seminole County, FL compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Seminole County has 33.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $288K, 33% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Seminole County would have about 426, against 635 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 922 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Seminole County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Seminole County at 491,884 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 187,248 households. Median household income in Seminole County is $85,761, 6% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.5%, 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. Seminole County scores 33 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,955 of 2,339 scored counties.
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