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Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Georgia

Hair salons in the Americus, GA area

How the Americus, GA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #498 of 538 scored small-town markets
#20 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Georgia

Listings
30
4 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$9.1M
On personal care products and services · $724 a household
Spending per listing
$305K
29% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
23.8
2% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
33,394
−1.9% 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 Americus area scores 25 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #498 of 538 scored small-town markets and #20 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Household spending on personal care products and services in the Americus area comes to about $9.1M a year: $724 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. Spread across 30 hair salons, that is $305K per salon, 29% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

There are 30 hair salons on map listings in the Americus area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 23.8 per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Americus area was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 3,156 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Americus area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Americus 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.

Hair salons in Americus, GA area compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureAmericus areaGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households23.829.523.4
Spending per listing$305K$314K$430K
Households per official establishment3,1561,5901,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+13.6%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.9%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$724$926$1,005
Median household income$43,688$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score2531

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
7
Annual payroll, 2023
$187K
One-person businesses, 2023
164Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
304 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
21The 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 Americus 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 Americus area

Population, 2025 estimate
33,394−1.9% since 2020
Households
12,625
Median age
39.3
Homes lived in by their owners
60%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
650 sq. mi.
People per square mile
52
Median household income
$43,688+14.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$69,698
Median home value
$122,400
Jobs located here
10,904
Daytime population
31,703Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Georgia

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Georgia for hair salons, numbered among those based in Georgia, with the Americus area marked.

Top small-town markets in Georgia

Small-town markets in Georgia ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Moultrie, GA632716.1$469K+3.3%#122 of 538
2Kingsland, GA613717.1$512K+9.5%#137 of 538
3Jefferson, GA576723.6$415K+29.3%#191 of 538
4Douglas, GA543217.2$423K+2.9%#231 of 538
5Thomasville, GA536221.5$371K+1.3%#249 of 538
6Cornelia, GA513822.7$373K+9.3%#268 of 538
7Dublin, GA514922.5$342K+2.8%#270 of 538
8LaGrange, GA-AL4910125.0$311K+3.0%#289 of 538
9Thomaston, GA481817.0$456K+2.7%#291 of 538
10Toccoa, GA482120.0$373K+3.8%#297 of 538
20Americus, GA253023.8$305K−1.9%#498 of 538

Other business types in the Americus area

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in the Americus, GA area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 30 hair salons in the Americus area. 4 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 164 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Americus, GA area spend on personal care products and services?

About $9.1M a year, or $724 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $305K 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 12,625 households in the Americus area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Americus, GA area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

The Americus area has 23.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $305K, 29% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Americus area would have about 21, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,156 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.

How fast is the Americus, GA area growing?

Population estimates put the Americus area at 33,394 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,625 households. Median household income in the Americus area is $43,688, 46% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.5%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Americus area scores 25 for hair salons (lower middle), #498 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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