Beauty and personal care · County · Georgia
Hair salons in Chattooga County, GA
How Chattooga 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 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,164 of 2,339 scored counties
#106 of 119 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 19
- 6 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.5M
- On personal care products and services · $714 a household
- Spending per listing
- $344K
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.8
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,300
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, Chattooga County has a Groundwork market score of 23 (low): #2,164 of 2,339 scored counties and #106 of 119 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $714 per household (29% below the U.S. average), households in Chattooga County spend about $6.5M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $344K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 20% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 19 hair salons on map listings in Chattooga County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 32% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 20.8 for every 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Chattooga County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Chattooga County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Chattooga 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 | Chattooga County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.8 | 29.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $344K | $314K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,590 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $714 | $926 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $50,285 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 31 |
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
- 53Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 196 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Chattooga 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 Chattooga County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,300+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 9,154
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 313 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 80
- Median household income
- $50,285+36.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,112
- Median home value
- $115,600
- Jobs located here
- 4,787
- Daytime population
- 19,276Residents 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 |
| 106Chattooga County, GA | 23 | 19 | 20.8 | $344K | +1.5% | #2,164 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Chattooga 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 spas25
- Hair salons23
- Barbershops
- Nail salons22
- Spas and skin care37
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Chattooga County, GA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 19 hair salons in Chattooga County. 6 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Chattooga County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 53 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Chattooga County, GA spend on personal care products and services?
About $6.5M a year, or $714 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $344K 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 9,154 households in Chattooga County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Chattooga County, GA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Chattooga County has 20.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $344K, 20% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Chattooga County would have about 15, against 19 on map listings.
How fast is Chattooga County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Chattooga County at 25,300 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,154 households. Median household income in Chattooga County is $50,285, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.6%, 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. Chattooga County scores 23 for hair salons (low), #2,164 of 2,339 scored counties.
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