Beauty and personal care · County · South Carolina
Hair salons in Darlington County, SC
How Darlington 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 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,751 of 2,339 scored counties
#25 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 62
- 6 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19.2M
- On personal care products and services · $751 a household
- Spending per listing
- $310K
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.3
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 62,888
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 62 hair salons in Darlington County. 6 of them (10%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 24.3 per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Darlington County comes to about $19.2M a year: $751 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. Spread across 62 hair salons, that is $310K per salon, 28% 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 3 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Darlington County in 2023. That is one for every 8,520 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 315 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Darlington County grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Darlington County is 38 (lower middle), #1,751 of 2,339 scored counties and #25 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Darlington 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 | Darlington County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.3 | 25.6 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $310K | $341K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 8,520 | 2,013 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +21.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $751 | $871 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $48,581 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 16
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $541K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 315Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 626 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 45The 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 Darlington 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 Darlington County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 62,888+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 25,561
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 561 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 112
- Median household income
- $48,581+26.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,762
- Median home value
- $158,200
- Jobs located here
- 21,095
- Daytime population
- 56,282Residents 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 |
| 25Darlington County, SC | 38 | 62 | 24.3 | $310K | +0.1% | #1,751 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Darlington 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 spas34
- Hair salons38
- Barbershops19
- Nail salons48
- Spas and skin care33
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Darlington County, SC?
There are 62 hair salons on map listings in Darlington County as of September 2026. 6 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 315 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Darlington County, SC spend on personal care products and services?
About $19.2M a year, or $751 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 62 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $310K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 25,561 households in Darlington County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Darlington County, SC compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Darlington County has 24.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $310K, 28% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Darlington County would have about 45, against 62 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,520 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Darlington County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Darlington County at 62,888 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,561 households. The median household income in Darlington County is $48,581 a year, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.4% 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. Darlington County scores 38 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,751 of 2,339 scored counties.
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