Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Georgia
Hair salons in the Albany, GA metro area
How the Albany, GA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #381 of 387 scored metro areas
#13 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 157
- 17 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $44.4M
- On personal care products and services · $770 a household
- Spending per listing
- $283K
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 27.2
- 16% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 145,510
- −1.8% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, the Albany metro area has a Groundwork market score of 24 (low): #381 of 387 scored metro areas and #13 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 157 hair salons in the Albany metro area. Of those, 17 are chain locations, or 11%, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 27.2 for every 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $770 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in the Albany metro area spend about $44.4M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $283K per salon, 34% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Albany metro area was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 3,393 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $123K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Albany metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Albany metro area declined 1.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Albany metro area compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Albany metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 27.2 | 29.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $283K | $314K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,393 | 1,590 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.8% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $770 | $926 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $56,906 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17
- Employees, 2023
- 32
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,214Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 15717 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 103The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $123K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Albany 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 Albany metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 145,510−1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 57,689
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 56%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,591 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 92
- Median household income
- $56,906+26.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,184
- Median home value
- $157,300
- Jobs located here
- 56,961
- Daytime population
- 147,829Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for hair salons, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Albany metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dalton, GA | 52 | 111 | 21.3 | $390K | +3.5% | #161 of 387 |
| 2Athens-Clarke County, GA | 48 | 168 | 19.5 | $441K | +3.9% | #200 of 387 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 46 | 602 | 26.0 | $342K | +5.3% | #230 of 387 |
| 3Gainesville, GA | 45 | 178 | 24.2 | $390K | +11.4% | #238 of 387 |
| 4Hinesville, GA | 44 | 70 | 23.2 | $339K | +12.6% | #252 of 387 |
| 5Warner Robins, GA | 44 | 218 | 29.3 | $308K | +8.2% | #255 of 387 |
| 6Rome, GA | 42 | 88 | 23.9 | $351K | +2.8% | #270 of 387 |
| 7Macon-Bibb County, GA | 40 | 202 | 22.8 | $356K | +2.1% | #298 of 387 |
| 8Savannah, GA | 40 | 428 | 26.5 | $344K | +8.1% | #300 of 387 |
| 9Valdosta, GA | 38 | 127 | 22.4 | $346K | +3.3% | #313 of 387 |
| 13Albany, GA | 24 | 157 | 27.2 | $283K | −1.8% | #381 of 387 |
Other business types in the Albany 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 spas27
- Hair salons24
- Barbershops5
- Nail salons29
- Spas and skin care40
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Albany, GA metro area?
The Albany metro area has 157 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 17 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 1,214 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Albany, GA metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $44.4M a year, or $770 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 157 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $283K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 57,689 households in the Albany metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Albany, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Albany metro area has 27.2 hair salons per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $283K, 34% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Albany metro area would have about 103, against 157 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,393 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Albany, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Albany metro area at 145,510 people in 2025, down 1.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 57,689 households. The median household income in the Albany metro area is $56,906 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.9% 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. The Albany metro area scores 24 for hair salons (low), #381 of 387 scored metro areas.
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