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Hair salons in Grady County, GA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Grady County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,510 of 2,339 scored counties
#71 of 119 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
18
2 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$8.1M
On personal care products and services · $803 a household
Spending per listing
$451K
5% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.8
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
26,590
+1.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 18 hair salons in Grady County. 2 of them (11%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 17.8 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Households in Grady County spend about $8.1M a year on personal care products and services, or $803 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $451K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 5% above 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 Grady County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 79 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Grady County grew 1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Grady County has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #1,510 of 2,339 scored counties and #71 of 119 scored counties in Georgia.

How Grady 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.

Hair salons in Grady County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureGrady CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.829.523.4
Spending per listing$451K$314K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,5901,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+13.6%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.4%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$803$926$1,005
Median household income$58,980$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score4331

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
79Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
182 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
19The 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 Grady 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 Grady County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,590+1.4% since 2020
Households
10,108
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
455 sq. mi.
People per square mile
57
Median household income
$58,980+35.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,037
Median home value
$152,400
Jobs located here
6,120
Daytime population
21,990Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Georgia

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The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for hair salons, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Grady County marked.

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Harris County, GA92129.2$1.1M+6.8%#4 of 2,339
2Monroe County, GA841615.2$632K+14.1%#45 of 2,339
3Greene County, GA821315.9$623K+12.3%#63 of 2,339
4Effingham County, GA804518.5$521K+14.1%#83 of 2,339
5Long County, GA7858.1$973K+32.6%#95 of 2,339
6Jasper County, GA78711.7$714K+20.2%#100 of 2,339
7Lee County, GA781814.6$640K+2.9%#104 of 2,339
8Madison County, GA77108.9$909K+8.8%#111 of 2,339
9Paulding County, GA7610517.5$578K+12.7%#144 of 2,339
10Newton County, GA766916.7$528K+11.2%#148 of 2,339
71Grady County, GA431817.8$451K+1.4%#1,510 of 2,339

Other business types in Grady County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many hair salons are in Grady County, GA?

Grady County has 18 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Grady County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 79 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Grady County, GA spend on personal care products and services?

About $8.1M a year, or $803 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $451K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,108 households in Grady County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Grady County, GA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Grady County has 17.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $451K, 5% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Grady County would have about 19, against 18 on map listings.

How fast is Grady County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Grady County at 26,590 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,108 households. The median household income in Grady County is $58,980 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.5% 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. 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. Grady County scores 43 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,510 of 2,339 scored counties.

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