Beauty and personal care · County · Pennsylvania
Hair salons in Bedford County, PA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Bedford County, PA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,992 of 2,339 scored counties
#47 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 44
- 6 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.9M
- On personal care products and services · $858 a household
- Spending per listing
- $385K
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.3
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 47,480
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Bedford County is 31 (lower middle), #1,992 of 2,339 scored counties and #47 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 44 hair salons in Bedford County. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 14%, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 22.3 for every 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Bedford County comes to about $16.9M a year: $858 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 44 hair salons, that is $385K per salon, 11% below the U.S. figure of $430K. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Bedford County in 2023. That is one for every 1,411 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Population estimates show Bedford County declined 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Bedford County compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Bedford County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.3 | 21.7 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $385K | $462K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,411 | 1,088 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $858 | $1,004 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $59,992 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 49
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 73Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 446 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 39The 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 Bedford 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 Bedford County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 47,480−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 19,750
- Median age
- 46.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,012 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 47
- Median household income
- $59,992+18.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,365
- Median home value
- $179,000
- Jobs located here
- 16,104
- Daytime population
- 42,273Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Perry County, PA | 74 | 30 | 16.4 | $599K | +2.1% | #180 of 2,339 |
| 2Pike County, PA | 72 | 31 | 12.8 | $791K | +7.2% | #226 of 2,339 |
| 3Adams County, PA | 69 | 70 | 17.1 | $592K | +3.6% | #322 of 2,339 |
| 4Chester County, PA | 67 | 404 | 19.7 | $652K | +4.2% | #385 of 2,339 |
| 5Susquehanna County, PA | 63 | 25 | 16.1 | $578K | −0.3% | #529 of 2,339 |
| 6York County, PA | 60 | 358 | 19.7 | $518K | +3.6% | #677 of 2,339 |
| 7Carbon County, PA | 58 | 40 | 14.7 | $620K | +1.7% | #763 of 2,339 |
| 8Fulton County, PA | 57 | 10 | 15.8 | $570K | −0.6% | #804 of 2,339 |
| 9Butler County, PA | 55 | 176 | 21.8 | $488K | +3.2% | #913 of 2,339 |
| 10Delaware County, PA | 54 | 450 | 20.7 | $528K | +0.8% | #948 of 2,339 |
| 47Bedford County, PA | 31 | 44 | 22.3 | $385K | −0.2% | #1,992 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Bedford 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 spas39
- Hair salons31
- Barbershops48
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care53
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Bedford County, PA?
There are 44 hair salons on map listings in Bedford County as of September 2026. 6 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 73 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Bedford County, PA spend on personal care products and services?
About $16.9M a year, or $858 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 44 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $385K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,750 households in Bedford County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bedford County, PA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Bedford County has 22.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $385K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Bedford County would have about 39, against 44 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,411 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Bedford County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Bedford County at 47,480 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,750 households. The median household income in Bedford County is $59,992 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.8% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Bedford County scores 31 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,992 of 2,339 scored counties.
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