Beauty and personal care · County · Georgia
Hair salons in Polk County, GA
How Polk 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 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,881 of 2,339 scored counties
#82 of 119 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 38
- 12 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $12.6M
- On personal care products and services · $790 a household
- Spending per listing
- $331K
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.9
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,514
- +6.0% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, Polk County has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #1,881 of 2,339 scored counties and #82 of 119 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Polk County comes to about $12.6M a year: $790 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $331K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 23% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Polk County has 38 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 12 of them (32%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 23.9 per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Polk County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Polk County grew 6.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Polk 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 | Polk County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.9 | 29.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $331K | $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 | +6.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $790 | $926 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $58,515 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 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
- 136Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3812 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The 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 Polk 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 Polk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,514+6.0% since 2020
- Households
- 15,901
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 310 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 141
- Median household income
- $58,515+30.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,122
- Median home value
- $187,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,410
- Daytime population
- 36,371Residents 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 |
| 82Polk County, GA | 35 | 38 | 23.9 | $331K | +6.0% | #1,881 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Polk 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 spas54
- Hair salons35
- Barbershops58
- Nail salons38
- Spas and skin care60
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Polk County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 38 hair salons in Polk County. 12 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Polk County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 136 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Polk County, GA spend on personal care products and services?
About $12.6M a year, or $790 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 38 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $331K 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 15,901 households in Polk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Polk County, GA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Polk County has 23.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $331K, 23% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Polk County would have about 29, against 38 on map listings.
How fast is Polk County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Polk County at 45,514 people in 2025, up 6.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,901 households. Median household income in Polk County is $58,515, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.4%, 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. Polk County scores 35 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,881 of 2,339 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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