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Beauty and personal care · County · South Carolina

Hair salons in McCormick County, SC

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in McCormick County, SC, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3.2M
On personal care products and services · $752 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
4.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
10,215
+7.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $752 per household (25% below the U.S. average), households in McCormick County spend about $3.2M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $1.6M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

McCormick County has 2 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. That is 4.8 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in McCormick County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 22 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show McCormick County grew 7.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How McCormick 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.

Hair salons in McCormick County, SC compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureMcCormick CountySouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.825.623.4
Spending per listing$1.6M$341K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a2,0131,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+21.5%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.3%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$752$871$1,005
Median household income$55,798$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored42

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
22Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 McCormick 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 McCormick County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,215+7.3% since 2020
Households
4,199
Median age
57.3
Homes lived in by their owners
88%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
359 sq. mi.
People per square mile
27
Median household income
$55,798
Average household income
$73,480
Median home value
$168,700
Jobs located here
1,447
Daytime population
8,020Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across South Carolina

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The highest-scoring counties in South Carolina for hair salons, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with McCormick County marked.

Top counties in South Carolina

Counties in South Carolina ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Edgefield County, SC771212.3$687K+16.1%#118 of 2,339
2Lancaster County, SC728220.4$455K+18.3%#248 of 2,339
3Berkeley County, SC6519020.3$460K+18.7%#464 of 2,339
4Saluda County, SC64911.7$652K+4.1%#480 of 2,339
5Calhoun County, SC6258.1$977K+0.6%#563 of 2,339
6Abbeville County, SC621212.3$647K+2.3%#570 of 2,339
7Laurens County, SC624416.3$470K+6.2%#603 of 2,339
8York County, SC6226223.0$431K+8.1%#610 of 2,339
9Pickens County, SC619618.3$444K+5.7%#652 of 2,339
10Aiken County, SC6114520.7$420K+7.3%#657 of 2,339
McCormick County, SCNot scored24.8$1.6M+7.3%

Other business types in McCormick County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many hair salons are in McCormick County, SC?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 hair salons in McCormick County. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in McCormick County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 22 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in McCormick County, SC spend on personal care products and services?

About $3.2M a year, or $752 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 4,199 households in McCormick County and national spending patterns by income.

How does McCormick County, SC compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

McCormick County has 2 hair salons on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, McCormick County would have about 7, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is McCormick County, SC growing?

Population estimates put McCormick County at 10,215 people in 2025, up 7.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,199 households. Median household income in McCormick County is $55,798, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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