Beauty and personal care · County · Georgia
Hair salons in Gilmer County, GA
How Gilmer 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 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #647 of 2,339 scored counties
#28 of 119 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 24
- 3 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11M
- On personal care products and services · $849 a household
- Spending per listing
- $460K
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.4
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,894
- +7.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Gilmer County comes to about $11M a year: $849 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $460K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 7% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Gilmer County has 24 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.4, 21% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Gilmer County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 2,603 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 53 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Gilmer County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Gilmer County has a Groundwork market score of 61 (upper middle): #647 of 2,339 scored counties and #28 of 119 scored counties in Georgia.
How Gilmer 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 | Gilmer County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.4 | 29.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $460K | $314K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,603 | 1,590 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $849 | $926 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $74,499 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 13
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $246K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 53Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 243 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 Gilmer 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 Gilmer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,894+7.9% since 2020
- Households
- 13,015
- Median age
- 49.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 426 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 76
- Median household income
- $74,499+41.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,676
- Median home value
- $314,000
- Jobs located here
- 7,408
- Daytime population
- 28,856Residents 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 |
| 28Gilmer County, GA | 61 | 24 | 18.4 | $460K | +7.9% | #647 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Gilmer 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 spas51
- Hair salons61
- Barbershops46
- Nail salons64
- Spas and skin care52
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Gilmer County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 hair salons in Gilmer County. 3 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 53 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Gilmer County, GA spend on personal care products and services?
About $11M a year, or $849 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $460K 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 13,015 households in Gilmer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gilmer County, GA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Gilmer County has 18.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $460K, 7% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Gilmer County would have about 26, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,603 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Gilmer County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Gilmer County at 33,894 people in 2025, up 7.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,015 households. Median household income in Gilmer County is $74,499, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 41.6%, 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. Gilmer County scores 61 for hair salons (upper middle), #647 of 2,339 scored counties.
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