Beauty and personal care · County · Georgia
Hair salons in Union County, GA
How Union 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,439 of 2,339 scored counties
#62 of 119 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 25
- 4 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.7M
- On personal care products and services · $845 a household
- Spending per listing
- $388K
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.8
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 27,859
- +12.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $845 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Union County spend about $9.7M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 25 hair salons, that is $388K per salon, 10% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Union County has 25 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 16%, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 21.8 for every 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Union County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 1,641 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 69 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Union County from 2020 to 2025 at +12.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Union County has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #1,439 of 2,339 scored counties and #62 of 119 scored counties in Georgia.
How Union 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 | Union County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.8 | 29.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $388K | $314K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,641 | 1,590 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +12.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $845 | $926 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $66,176 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 6
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $149K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 69Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 254 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The 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 Union 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 Union County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 27,859+12.3% since 2020
- Households
- 11,490
- Median age
- 54.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 324 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 81
- Median household income
- $66,176+32.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,627
- Median home value
- $307,400
- Jobs located here
- 7,649
- Daytime population
- 24,337Residents 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 |
| 62Union County, GA | 45 | 25 | 21.8 | $388K | +12.3% | #1,439 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Union 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 spas47
- Hair salons45
- Barbershops
- Nail salons52
- Spas and skin care44
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Union County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 hair salons in Union County. 4 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 69 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Union County, GA spend on personal care products and services?
About $9.7M a year, or $845 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $388K 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 11,490 households in Union County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Union County, GA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Union County has 21.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $388K, 10% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Union County would have about 23, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,641 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Union County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Union County at 27,859 people in 2025, up 12.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,490 households. Median household income in Union County is $66,176, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.3%, 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. Union County scores 45 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,439 of 2,339 scored counties.
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