Beauty and personal care · County · Georgia
Hair salons in Dooly County, GA
The hair salons in Dooly County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,156 of 2,339 scored counties
#46 of 119 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.2M
- On personal care products and services · $806 a household
- Spending per listing
- $542K
- 26% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.9
- 36% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,156
- −0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Dooly County spend about $3.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $806 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 hair salons, that is $542K per salon, 26% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Dooly County has 6 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.9, 36% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Dooly County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 46 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Dooly County declined 0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Dooly County is 50 (upper middle), #1,156 of 2,339 scored counties and #46 of 119 scored counties in Georgia.
How Dooly 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 | Dooly County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.9 | 29.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $542K | $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 | −0.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $806 | $926 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $60,987 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 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
- 46Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Dooly 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 Dooly County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,156−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 4,031
- Median age
- 47.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 393 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 28
- Median household income
- $60,987+63.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,968
- Median home value
- $107,400
- Jobs located here
- 3,244
- Daytime population
- 10,868Residents 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 |
| 46Dooly County, GA | 50 | 6 | 14.9 | $542K | −0.1% | #1,156 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Dooly 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Dooly County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 hair salons in Dooly County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Dooly County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 46 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Dooly County, GA spend on personal care products and services?
About $3.2M a year, or $806 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $542K 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 4,031 households in Dooly County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dooly County, GA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Dooly County has 14.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $542K, 26% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Dooly County would have about 8, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Dooly County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Dooly County at 11,156 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,031 households. Median household income in Dooly County is $60,987, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 63.3%, 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. Dooly County scores 50 for hair salons (upper middle), #1,156 of 2,339 scored counties.
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