Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Florida
Hair salons in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 84 out of 100: High
Ranked #2 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 66
- 13 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $62.9M
- On personal care products and services · $895 a household
- Spending per listing
- $953K
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.4
- 60% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 157,772
- +21.1% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, the Wildwood-The Villages metro area has a Groundwork market score of 84 (high): #2 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for hair salons.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 66 hair salons in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.4, 60% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area comes to about $62.9M a year: $895 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $953K per salon, 2.2 times 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 18 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area in 2023. That is one for every 3,907 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Wildwood-The Villages metro area grew 21.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Wildwood-The Villages metro area 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 | Wildwood-The Villages metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.4 | 27.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $953K | $333K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,907 | 1,162 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +21.1% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $895 | $911 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $76,508 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 84 | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18
- Employees, 2023
- 115
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 191Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6613 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 146The 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 the Wildwood-The Villages metro area, 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 the Wildwood-The Villages metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 157,772+21.1% since 2020
- Households
- 70,318
- Median age
- 62.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 88%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 557 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 257
- Median household income
- $76,508
- Average household income
- $98,339
- Median home value
- $385,400
- Jobs located here
- 37,385
- Daytime population
- 146,480Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Florida for hair salons, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Wildwood-The Villages metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 84 | 66 | 9.4 | $953K | +21.1% | #2 of 387 |
| 2Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 61 | 533 | 18.4 | $456K | +19.8% | #94 of 387 |
| 3Gainesville, FL | 45 | 296 | 20.8 | $403K | +5.4% | #234 of 387 |
| 4Ocala, FL | 45 | 336 | 20.4 | $392K | +17.3% | #237 of 387 |
| 5Punta Gorda, FL | 45 | 206 | 22.8 | $379K | +15.5% | #239 of 387 |
| 6Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 43 | 494 | 24.5 | $368K | +6.5% | #257 of 387 |
| 7Sebring, FL | 43 | 109 | 23.3 | $327K | +9.7% | #261 of 387 |
| 8Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | 43 | 238 | 27.0 | $325K | +15.7% | #262 of 387 |
| 9North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 42 | 958 | 24.6 | $386K | +13.2% | #269 of 387 |
| 10Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 41 | 675 | 22.9 | $380K | +11.2% | #285 of 387 |
Other business types in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area
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 spas85
- Hair salons84
- Barbershops81
- Nail salons74
- Spas and skin care85
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area?
There are 66 hair salons on map listings in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area as of September 2026. 13 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 191 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $62.9M a year, or $895 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 66 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $953K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 70,318 households in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Wildwood-The Villages metro area has 9.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $953K, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Wildwood-The Villages metro area would have about 146, against 66 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,907 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Wildwood-The Villages metro area at 157,772 people in 2025, up 21.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 70,318 households. The median household income in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area is $76,508 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Wildwood-The Villages metro area scores 84 for hair salons (high), #2 of 387 scored metro areas.
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