Beauty and personal care · County · North Carolina
Hair salons in Granville County, NC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Granville County, NC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #174 of 2,339 scored counties
#7 of 94 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 29
- 1 chain location (3%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19.6M
- On personal care products and services · $873 a household
- Spending per listing
- $676K
- 57% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.9
- 45% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 61,421
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, Granville County has a Groundwork market score of 74 (upper middle): #174 of 2,339 scored counties and #7 of 94 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.
At $873 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Granville County spend about $19.6M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $676K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 57% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Granville County has 29 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. That is 12.9 per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Granville County in 2023. That is one for every 4,495 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Granville County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Granville County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Granville County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.9 | 26.1 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $676K | $344K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,495 | 1,924 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.7% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $873 | $897 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $71,111 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 11
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $276K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 167Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 291 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 46The 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 Granville 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 Granville County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 61,421+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 22,474
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 532 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 114
- Median household income
- $71,111+27.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,105
- Median home value
- $247,700
- Jobs located here
- 19,226
- Daytime population
- 51,645Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Currituck County, NC | 89 | 13 | 11.0 | $922K | +16.7% | #14 of 2,339 |
| 2Chatham County, NC | 89 | 44 | 13.3 | $786K | +11.0% | #16 of 2,339 |
| 3Franklin County, NC | 82 | 27 | 9.5 | $920K | +18.8% | #58 of 2,339 |
| 4Hoke County, NC | 77 | 19 | 9.9 | $842K | +9.0% | #113 of 2,339 |
| 5Union County, NC | 76 | 166 | 19.7 | $544K | +11.7% | #146 of 2,339 |
| 6Harnett County, NC | 75 | 77 | 15.4 | $554K | +12.3% | #160 of 2,339 |
| 7Granville County, NC | 74 | 29 | 12.9 | $676K | +2.1% | #174 of 2,339 |
| 8Madison County, NC | 73 | 8 | 9.6 | $833K | +5.9% | #196 of 2,339 |
| 9Orange County, NC | 72 | 97 | 16.9 | $607K | +6.1% | #240 of 2,339 |
| 10Davidson County, NC | 72 | 113 | 16.2 | $511K | +6.6% | #246 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Granville 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 spas68
- Hair salons74
- Barbershops37
- Nail salons51
- Spas and skin care69
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Granville County, NC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 hair salons in Granville County. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 167 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Granville County, NC spend on personal care products and services?
About $19.6M a year, or $873 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $676K 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 22,474 households in Granville County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Granville County, NC compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Granville County has 12.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $676K, 57% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Granville County would have about 46, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,495 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Granville County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Granville County at 61,421 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,474 households. Median household income in Granville County is $71,111, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.3%, 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. Granville County scores 74 for hair salons (upper middle), #174 of 2,339 scored counties.
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