Beauty and personal care · County · Georgia
Hair salons in Spalding County, GA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Spalding County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,455 of 2,339 scored counties
#66 of 119 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 65
- 8 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $21.2M
- On personal care products and services · $800 a household
- Spending per listing
- $326K
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.6
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 70,775
- +4.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Spalding County spend about $21.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $800 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Spread across 65 hair salons, that is $326K per salon, 24% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Spalding County has 65 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (12%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 24.6, 5% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Spalding County in 2023. That is one for every 3,309 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 417 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Spalding County grew 4.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Spalding County is 45 (lower middle), #1,455 of 2,339 scored counties and #66 of 119 scored counties in Georgia.
How Spalding 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 | Spalding County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.6 | 29.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $326K | $314K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,309 | 1,590 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $800 | $926 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $62,071 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 35
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $848K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 417Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 658 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 49The 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 Spalding 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 Spalding County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 70,775+4.9% since 2020
- Households
- 26,471
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 196 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 352
- Median household income
- $62,071+31.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,451
- Median home value
- $228,700
- Jobs located here
- 23,824
- Daytime population
- 63,060Residents 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 |
| 66Spalding County, GA | 45 | 65 | 24.6 | $326K | +4.9% | #1,455 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Spalding 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 spas41
- Hair salons45
- Barbershops41
- Nail salons36
- Spas and skin care36
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Spalding County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 65 hair salons in Spalding County. 8 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 417 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Spalding County, GA spend on personal care products and services?
About $21.2M a year, or $800 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 65 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $326K 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 26,471 households in Spalding County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Spalding County, GA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Spalding County has 24.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $326K, 24% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Spalding County would have about 49, against 65 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,309 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Spalding County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Spalding County at 70,775 people in 2025, up 4.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,471 households. Median household income in Spalding County is $62,071, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.8%, 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. Spalding County scores 45 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,455 of 2,339 scored counties.
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