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Hair salons in Brantley County, GA

How Brantley County, GA compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #909 of 2,339 scored counties
#39 of 119 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
10
3 chain locations (30%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5.1M
On personal care products and services · $767 a household
Spending per listing
$506K
18% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.2
35% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
18,936
+4.9% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 hair salons in Brantley County. 3 of them (30%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.2, 35% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Households in Brantley County spend about $5.1M a year on personal care products and services, or $767 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $506K per salon, 18% 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Brantley County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 42 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Brantley County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Brantley County scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #909 of 2,339 scored counties and #39 of 119 scored counties in Georgia.

How Brantley County 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 Brantley County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureBrantley CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.229.523.4
Spending per listing$506K$314K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,5901,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+13.6%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.9%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$767$926$1,005
Median household income$58,239$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score5531

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
42Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
103 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The 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 Brantley 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 Brantley County

Population, 2025 estimate
18,936+4.9% since 2020
Households
6,599
Median age
38.9
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
443 sq. mi.
People per square mile
41
Median household income
$58,239+49.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,681
Median home value
$99,600
Jobs located here
2,290
Daytime population
13,544Residents 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 counties in Georgia for hair salons, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Brantley County marked.

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Harris County, GA92129.2$1.1M+6.8%#4 of 2,339
2Monroe County, GA841615.2$632K+14.1%#45 of 2,339
3Greene County, GA821315.9$623K+12.3%#63 of 2,339
4Effingham County, GA804518.5$521K+14.1%#83 of 2,339
5Long County, GA7858.1$973K+32.6%#95 of 2,339
6Jasper County, GA78711.7$714K+20.2%#100 of 2,339
7Lee County, GA781814.6$640K+2.9%#104 of 2,339
8Madison County, GA77108.9$909K+8.8%#111 of 2,339
9Paulding County, GA7610517.5$578K+12.7%#144 of 2,339
10Newton County, GA766916.7$528K+11.2%#148 of 2,339
39Brantley County, GA551015.2$506K+4.9%#909 of 2,339

Other business types in Brantley County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Brantley County, GA?

There are 10 hair salons on map listings in Brantley County as of September 2026. 3 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Brantley County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 42 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Brantley County, GA spend on personal care products and services?

About $5.1M a year, or $767 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $506K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,599 households in Brantley County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Brantley County, GA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Brantley County has 15.2 hair salons per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $506K, 18% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Brantley County would have about 12, against 10 on map listings.

How fast is Brantley County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Brantley County at 18,936 people in 2025, up 4.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,599 households. The median household income in Brantley County is $58,239 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 49.9% 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. Brantley County scores 55 for hair salons (upper middle), #909 of 2,339 scored counties.

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