Beauty and personal care · County · South Carolina
Hair salons in Cherokee County, SC
How Cherokee County, SC 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 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #884 of 2,339 scored counties
#14 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 36
- 10 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.2M
- On personal care products and services · $735 a household
- Spending per listing
- $450K
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.3
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 58,275
- +3.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Cherokee County comes to about $16.2M a year: $735 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. Spread across 36 hair salons, that is $450K per salon, 5% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Cherokee County has 36 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 28%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 16.3 per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Cherokee County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 4,413 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 217 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cherokee County grew 3.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Cherokee County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #884 of 2,339 scored counties and #14 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Cherokee County compares
The same measures for South 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 | Cherokee County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.3 | 25.6 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $450K | $341K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,413 | 2,013 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +21.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $735 | $871 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $50,288 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 18
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $472K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 217Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3610 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 38The 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 Cherokee 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 Cherokee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 58,275+3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 22,063
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 393 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 144
- Median household income
- $50,288+36.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,479
- Median home value
- $142,000
- Jobs located here
- 18,680
- Daytime population
- 47,816Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Edgefield County, SC | 77 | 12 | 12.3 | $687K | +16.1% | #118 of 2,339 |
| 2Lancaster County, SC | 72 | 82 | 20.4 | $455K | +18.3% | #248 of 2,339 |
| 3Berkeley County, SC | 65 | 190 | 20.3 | $460K | +18.7% | #464 of 2,339 |
| 4Saluda County, SC | 64 | 9 | 11.7 | $652K | +4.1% | #480 of 2,339 |
| 5Calhoun County, SC | 62 | 5 | 8.1 | $977K | +0.6% | #563 of 2,339 |
| 6Abbeville County, SC | 62 | 12 | 12.3 | $647K | +2.3% | #570 of 2,339 |
| 7Laurens County, SC | 62 | 44 | 16.3 | $470K | +6.2% | #603 of 2,339 |
| 8York County, SC | 62 | 262 | 23.0 | $431K | +8.1% | #610 of 2,339 |
| 9Pickens County, SC | 61 | 96 | 18.3 | $444K | +5.7% | #652 of 2,339 |
| 10Aiken County, SC | 61 | 145 | 20.7 | $420K | +7.3% | #657 of 2,339 |
| 14Cherokee County, SC | 56 | 36 | 16.3 | $450K | +3.7% | #884 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Cherokee 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 spas58
- Hair salons56
- Barbershops54
- Nail salons53
- Spas and skin care58
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Cherokee County, SC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 36 hair salons in Cherokee County. 10 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 217 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Cherokee County, SC spend on personal care products and services?
About $16.2M a year, or $735 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $450K 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 22,063 households in Cherokee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cherokee County, SC compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Cherokee County has 16.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $450K, 5% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Cherokee County would have about 38, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,413 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Cherokee County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Cherokee County at 58,275 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,063 households. Median household income in Cherokee County is $50,288, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.3%, 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. Cherokee County scores 56 for hair salons (upper middle), #884 of 2,339 scored counties.
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