Beauty and personal care · County · North Carolina
Hair salons in Perquimans County, NC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Perquimans County, NC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #252 of 2,339 scored counties
#11 of 94 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.7M
- On personal care products and services · $836 a household
- Spending per listing
- $782K
- 82% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.7
- 54% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,490
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Perquimans County spend about $4.7M a year on personal care products and services, or $836 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $782K per salon, 82% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Perquimans County has 6 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 10.7 for every 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Perquimans County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 43 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Perquimans County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Perquimans County has a Groundwork market score of 71 (upper middle): #252 of 2,339 scored counties and #11 of 94 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Perquimans 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 | Perquimans County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.7 | 26.1 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $782K | $344K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,924 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.7% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $836 | $897 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $67,917 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 41 |
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
- 43Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 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 Perquimans 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 Perquimans County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,490+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,614
- Median age
- 49.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 247 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $67,917+44.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,788
- Median home value
- $231,700
- Jobs located here
- 2,266
- Daytime population
- 9,990Residents 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 |
| 11Perquimans County, NC | 71 | 6 | 10.7 | $782K | +3.6% | #252 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Perquimans 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Perquimans County, NC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 hair salons in Perquimans County. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Perquimans County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 43 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Perquimans County, NC spend on personal care products and services?
About $4.7M a year, or $836 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $782K 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 5,614 households in Perquimans County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Perquimans County, NC compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Perquimans County has 10.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $782K, 82% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Perquimans County would have about 11, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Perquimans County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Perquimans County at 13,490 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,614 households. Median household income in Perquimans County is $67,917, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 44.0%, 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. Perquimans County scores 71 for hair salons (upper middle), #252 of 2,339 scored counties.
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