Beauty and personal care · County · Georgia
Hair salons in Dougherty County, GA
How Dougherty 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 21 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,214 of 2,339 scored counties
#109 of 119 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 129
- 11 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $24.5M
- On personal care products and services · $715 a household
- Spending per listing
- $190K
- 56% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 37.6
- 61% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 82,616
- −3.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Dougherty County is 21 (low), #2,214 of 2,339 scored counties and #109 of 119 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Dougherty County comes to about $24.5M a year: $715 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. That is about $190K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 56% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 129 hair salons on map listings in Dougherty County as of September 2026. Of those, 11 are chain locations, or 9%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 37.6, 61% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Dougherty County in 2023. That is one for every 2,857 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $123K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Dougherty County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Dougherty County declined 3.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Dougherty 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 | Dougherty County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 37.6 | 29.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $190K | $314K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,857 | 1,590 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $715 | $926 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $49,044 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 21 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 19
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $568K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 893Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12911 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
- 1
- Amount
- $123K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Dougherty 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 Dougherty County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 82,616−3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 34,280
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 45%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 329 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 253
- Median household income
- $49,044+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $64,820
- Median home value
- $134,400
- Jobs located here
- 43,701
- Daytime population
- 96,519Residents 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 |
| 109Dougherty County, GA | 21 | 129 | 37.6 | $190K | −3.0% | #2,214 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Dougherty 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 spas17
- Hair salons21
- Barbershops3
- Nail salons3
- Spas and skin care24
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Dougherty County, GA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 129 hair salons in Dougherty County. 11 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 893 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Dougherty County, GA spend on personal care products and services?
About $24.5M a year, or $715 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 129 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $190K 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 34,280 households in Dougherty County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dougherty County, GA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Dougherty County has 37.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 61% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $190K, 56% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Dougherty County would have about 57, against 129 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,857 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Dougherty County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Dougherty County at 82,616 people in 2025, down 3.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 34,280 households. Median household income in Dougherty County is $49,044, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.9%, 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. Dougherty County scores 21 for hair salons (low), #2,214 of 2,339 scored counties.
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