Beauty and personal care · County · Georgia
Hair salons in Oglethorpe County, GA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Oglethorpe County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #221 of 2,339 scored counties
#13 of 119 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.7M
- On personal care products and services · $870 a household
- Spending per listing
- $942K
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.2
- 61% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,415
- +10.4% since 2020
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What this means
Oglethorpe County scores 72 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #221 of 2,339 scored counties and #13 of 119 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 hair salons in Oglethorpe County. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. That is 9.2 per 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in Oglethorpe County spend about $4.7M a year on personal care products and services, or $870 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $942K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 2.2 times 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Oglethorpe County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 1,804 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Oglethorpe County grew 10.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Oglethorpe 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 | Oglethorpe County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.2 | 29.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $942K | $314K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,804 | 1,590 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $870 | $926 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $75,034 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 3
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $53K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 28Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Oglethorpe 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 Oglethorpe County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,415+10.4% since 2020
- Households
- 5,411
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 439 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $75,034+59.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,105
- Median home value
- $231,600
- Jobs located here
- 1,913
- Daytime population
- 9,771Residents 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 |
| 13Oglethorpe County, GA | 72 | 5 | 9.2 | $942K | +10.4% | #221 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Oglethorpe County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Oglethorpe County, GA?
Oglethorpe County has 5 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 28 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Oglethorpe County, GA spend on personal care products and services?
About $4.7M a year, or $870 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $942K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,411 households in Oglethorpe County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Oglethorpe County, GA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Oglethorpe County has 9.2 hair salons per 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $942K, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Oglethorpe County would have about 11, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,804 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Oglethorpe County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Oglethorpe County at 16,415 people in 2025, up 10.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,411 households. The median household income in Oglethorpe County is $75,034 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 59.2% 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. Oglethorpe County scores 72 for hair salons (upper middle), #221 of 2,339 scored counties.
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