Beauty and personal care · County · South Carolina
Hair salons in Clarendon County, SC
The hair salons in Clarendon County, SC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,047 of 2,339 scored counties
#35 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 23
- 9 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9.1M
- On personal care products and services · $739 a household
- Spending per listing
- $397K
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.6
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 31,043
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Clarendon County scores 29 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #2,047 of 2,339 scored counties and #35 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Clarendon County comes to about $9.1M a year: $739 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. Spread across 23 hair salons, that is $397K per salon, 8% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 23 hair salons on map listings in Clarendon County as of September 2026. 9 of them (39%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 18.6 for every 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Clarendon County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Clarendon County grew 0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Clarendon 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 | Clarendon County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.6 | 25.6 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $397K | $341K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,013 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +21.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $739 | $871 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $52,401 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 42 |
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
- 127Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 239 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 Clarendon 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 Clarendon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 31,043+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 12,356
- Median age
- 46.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 607 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 51
- Median household income
- $52,401+28.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,670
- Median home value
- $158,000
- Jobs located here
- 6,942
- Daytime population
- 25,933Residents 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 |
| 35Clarendon County, SC | 29 | 23 | 18.6 | $397K | +0.7% | #2,047 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Clarendon 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 spas40
- Hair salons29
- Barbershops15
- Nail salons35
- Spas and skin care28
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Clarendon County, SC?
As of September 2026, map listings count 23 hair salons in Clarendon County. 9 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Clarendon County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 127 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Clarendon County, SC spend on personal care products and services?
About $9.1M a year, or $739 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $397K 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 12,356 households in Clarendon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clarendon County, SC compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Clarendon County has 18.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $397K, 8% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Clarendon County would have about 21, against 23 on map listings.
How fast is Clarendon County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Clarendon County at 31,043 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,356 households. Median household income in Clarendon County is $52,401, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.1%, 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. Clarendon County scores 29 for hair salons (lower middle), #2,047 of 2,339 scored counties.
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