Beauty and personal care · County · Georgia
Hair salons in Elbert County, GA
How Elbert 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 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,114 of 2,339 scored counties
#102 of 119 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 20
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.6M
- On personal care products and services · $785 a household
- Spending per listing
- $329K
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.9
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,072
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, Elbert County has a Groundwork market score of 26 (lower middle): #2,114 of 2,339 scored counties and #102 of 119 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $785 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in Elbert County spend about $6.6M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $329K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 24% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Elbert County has 20 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 23.9 for every 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Elbert County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Elbert County grew 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Elbert 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 | Elbert County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.9 | 29.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $329K | $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 | +2.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $785 | $926 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $58,450 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 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
- 91Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 200 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 Elbert 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 Elbert County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,072+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 8,376
- Median age
- 42.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 351 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 57
- Median household income
- $58,450+51.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,605
- Median home value
- $142,000
- Jobs located here
- 5,780
- Daytime population
- 16,279Residents 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 |
| 102Elbert County, GA | 26 | 20 | 23.9 | $329K | +2.1% | #2,114 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Elbert 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 spas39
- Hair salons26
- Barbershops
- Nail salons27
- Spas and skin care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Elbert County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 hair salons in Elbert County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Elbert County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 91 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Elbert County, GA spend on personal care products and services?
About $6.6M a year, or $785 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $329K 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 8,376 households in Elbert County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Elbert County, GA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Elbert County has 23.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $329K, 24% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Elbert County would have about 15, against 20 on map listings.
How fast is Elbert County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Elbert County at 20,072 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,376 households. Median household income in Elbert County is $58,450, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 51.1%, 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. Elbert County scores 26 for hair salons (lower middle), #2,114 of 2,339 scored counties.
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