Beauty and personal care · County · South Carolina
Hair salons in Florence County, SC
How Florence 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 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,033 of 2,339 scored counties
#34 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 184
- 30 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $42.2M
- On personal care products and services · $799 a household
- Spending per listing
- $230K
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 34.8
- 49% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 138,504
- +1.2% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, Florence County has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #2,033 of 2,339 scored counties and #34 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Florence County spend about $42.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $799 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $230K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 47% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 184 hair salons on map listings in Florence County as of September 2026. 30 of them (16%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 34.8 per 10,000 households, 49% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Florence County was 22 in 2023. That is one for every 2,403 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $261K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Florence County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Florence County grew 1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Florence 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 | Florence County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 34.8 | 25.6 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $230K | $341K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,403 | 2,013 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +21.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $799 | $871 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $58,305 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 22
- Employees, 2023
- 65
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 645Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 18430 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 98The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $261K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Florence 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 Florence County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 138,504+1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 52,856
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 801 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 171
- Median household income
- $58,305+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,478
- Median home value
- $177,900
- Jobs located here
- 69,647
- Daytime population
- 148,526Residents 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 |
| 34Florence County, SC | 30 | 184 | 34.8 | $230K | +1.2% | #2,033 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Florence 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 spas26
- Hair salons30
- Barbershops25
- Nail salons22
- Spas and skin care41
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Florence County, SC?
As of September 2026, map listings count 184 hair salons in Florence County. 30 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 645 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Florence County, SC spend on personal care products and services?
About $42.2M a year, or $799 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 184 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $230K 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 52,856 households in Florence County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Florence County, SC compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Florence County has 34.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 49% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $230K, 47% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Florence County would have about 98, against 184 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,403 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Florence County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Florence County at 138,504 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 52,856 households. Median household income in Florence County is $58,305, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.9%, 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. Florence County scores 30 for hair salons (lower middle), #2,033 of 2,339 scored counties.
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