Beauty and personal care · County · Georgia
Hair salons in Bulloch County, GA
How Bulloch 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 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,982 of 2,339 scored counties
#91 of 119 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 89
- 14 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $24.6M
- On personal care products and services · $796 a household
- Spending per listing
- $276K
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 28.8
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 86,949
- +8.8% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, Bulloch County has a Groundwork market score of 32 (lower middle): #1,982 of 2,339 scored counties and #91 of 119 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Bulloch County spend about $24.6M a year on personal care products and services, or $796 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $276K per salon, 36% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Bulloch County has 89 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 28.8 for every 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Bulloch County was 20 in 2023. That is one for every 1,543 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bulloch County grew 8.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Bulloch 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.
| Measure | Bulloch County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 28.8 | 29.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $276K | $314K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,543 | 1,590 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.8% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $796 | $926 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $58,810 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 20
- Employees, 2023
- 59
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 330Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8914 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 57The 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 Bulloch 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 Bulloch County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 86,949+8.8% since 2020
- Households
- 30,856
- Median age
- 34.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 53%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 676 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 122
- Median household income
- $58,810+29.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,460
- Median home value
- $222,500
- Jobs located here
- 27,528
- Daytime population
- 78,673Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Harris County, GA | 92 | 12 | 9.2 | $1.1M | +6.8% | #4 of 2,339 |
| 2Monroe County, GA | 84 | 16 | 15.2 | $632K | +14.1% | #45 of 2,339 |
| 3Greene County, GA | 82 | 13 | 15.9 | $623K | +12.3% | #63 of 2,339 |
| 4Effingham County, GA | 80 | 45 | 18.5 | $521K | +14.1% | #83 of 2,339 |
| 5Long County, GA | 78 | 5 | 8.1 | $973K | +32.6% | #95 of 2,339 |
| 6Jasper County, GA | 78 | 7 | 11.7 | $714K | +20.2% | #100 of 2,339 |
| 7Lee County, GA | 78 | 18 | 14.6 | $640K | +2.9% | #104 of 2,339 |
| 8Madison County, GA | 77 | 10 | 8.9 | $909K | +8.8% | #111 of 2,339 |
| 9Paulding County, GA | 76 | 105 | 17.5 | $578K | +12.7% | #144 of 2,339 |
| 10Newton County, GA | 76 | 69 | 16.7 | $528K | +11.2% | #148 of 2,339 |
| 91Bulloch County, GA | 32 | 89 | 28.8 | $276K | +8.8% | #1,982 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Bulloch 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 spas34
- Hair salons32
- Barbershops39
- Nail salons52
- Spas and skin care54
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Bulloch County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 89 hair salons in Bulloch County. 14 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 330 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Bulloch County, GA spend on personal care products and services?
About $24.6M a year, or $796 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 89 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $276K 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 30,856 households in Bulloch County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bulloch County, GA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Bulloch County has 28.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $276K, 36% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Bulloch County would have about 57, against 89 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,543 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Bulloch County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Bulloch County at 86,949 people in 2025, up 8.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,856 households. Median household income in Bulloch County is $58,810, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.1%, 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. Bulloch County scores 32 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,982 of 2,339 scored counties.
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