Beauty and personal care · County · South Carolina
Hair salons in Marion County, SC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Marion County, SC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 17 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,257 of 2,339 scored counties
#40 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 20
- 1 chain location (5%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.8M
- On personal care products and services · $641 a household
- Spending per listing
- $390K
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.4
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,242
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, Marion County has a Groundwork market score of 17 (low): #2,257 of 2,339 scored counties and #40 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Marion County spend about $7.8M a year on personal care products and services, or $641 per household, 36% below the U.S. average. Spread across 20 hair salons, that is $390K per salon, 9% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 20 hair salons on map listings in Marion County as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.4, 30% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Marion County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Marion County declined 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Marion 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 | Marion County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.4 | 25.6 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $390K | $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 | −2.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $641 | $871 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $36,301 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 17 | 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
- 146Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 201 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 Marion 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 Marion County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,242−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 12,177
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 489 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 59
- Median household income
- $36,301+13.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $51,314
- Median home value
- $93,200
- Jobs located here
- 6,602
- Daytime population
- 24,018Residents 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 |
| 40Marion County, SC | 17 | 20 | 16.4 | $390K | −2.9% | #2,257 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Marion 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 spas12
- Hair salons17
- Barbershops2
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Marion County, SC?
As of September 2026, map listings count 20 hair salons in Marion County. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Marion County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 146 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Marion County, SC spend on personal care products and services?
About $7.8M a year, or $641 per household. That is 36% below the U.S. average (an index of 64, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $390K 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 12,177 households in Marion County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Marion County, SC compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Marion County has 16.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $390K, 9% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Marion County would have about 18, against 20 on map listings.
How fast is Marion County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Marion County at 28,242 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,177 households. Median household income in Marion County is $36,301, 55% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 13.2%, 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. Marion County scores 17 for hair salons (low), #2,257 of 2,339 scored counties.
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