Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Georgia
Hair salons in the Cordele, GA area
The hair salons in the Cordele, GA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 3 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #537 of 538 scored small-town markets
#23 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Georgia
- Listings
- 26
- 4 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.8M
- On personal care products and services · $736 a household
- Spending per listing
- $224K
- 48% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 32.9
- 41% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,237
- −4.1% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, the Cordele area has a Groundwork market score of 3 (very low): #537 of 538 scored small-town markets and #23 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 hair salons in the Cordele area. 4 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 32.9, 41% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in the Cordele area spend about $5.8M a year on personal care products and services, or $736 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. That works out to $224K per salon, 48% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Cordele area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Cordele area declined 4.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Cordele 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 | Cordele area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 32.9 | 29.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $224K | $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 | −4.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $736 | $926 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $45,105 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 3 | 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
- 126Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 264 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Cordele 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 Cordele area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,237−4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 7,908
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 56%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 273 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 73
- Median household income
- $45,105+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,845
- Median home value
- $140,200
- Jobs located here
- 8,405
- Daytime population
- 20,304Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Georgia for hair salons, numbered among those based in Georgia, with the Cordele area marked.
Top small-town markets in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Moultrie, GA | 63 | 27 | 16.1 | $469K | +3.3% | #122 of 538 |
| 2Kingsland, GA | 61 | 37 | 17.1 | $512K | +9.5% | #137 of 538 |
| 3Jefferson, GA | 57 | 67 | 23.6 | $415K | +29.3% | #191 of 538 |
| 4Douglas, GA | 54 | 32 | 17.2 | $423K | +2.9% | #231 of 538 |
| 5Thomasville, GA | 53 | 62 | 21.5 | $371K | +1.3% | #249 of 538 |
| 6Cornelia, GA | 51 | 38 | 22.7 | $373K | +9.3% | #268 of 538 |
| 7Dublin, GA | 51 | 49 | 22.5 | $342K | +2.8% | #270 of 538 |
| 8LaGrange, GA-AL | 49 | 101 | 25.0 | $311K | +3.0% | #289 of 538 |
| 9Thomaston, GA | 48 | 18 | 17.0 | $456K | +2.7% | #291 of 538 |
| 10Toccoa, GA | 48 | 21 | 20.0 | $373K | +3.8% | #297 of 538 |
| 23Cordele, GA | 3 | 26 | 32.9 | $224K | −4.1% | #537 of 538 |
Other business types in the Cordele 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 spas23
- Hair salons3
- Barbershops10
- Nail salons6
- Spas and skin care29
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Cordele, GA area?
There are 26 hair salons on map listings in the Cordele area as of September 2026. 4 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in the Cordele area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 126 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Cordele, GA area spend on personal care products and services?
About $5.8M a year, or $736 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $224K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,908 households in the Cordele area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Cordele, GA area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Cordele area has 32.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $224K, 48% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Cordele area would have about 14, against 26 on map listings.
How fast is the Cordele, GA area growing?
Population estimates put the Cordele area at 19,237 people in 2025, down 4.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,908 households. The median household income in the Cordele area is $45,105 a year, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.2% 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. 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 Cordele area scores 3 for hair salons (very low), #537 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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