Beauty and personal care · County · South Carolina
Hair salons in Spartanburg County, SC
How Spartanburg 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,143 of 2,339 scored counties
#18 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 338
- 49 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 41
- +41.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $110.6M
- On personal care products and services · $840 a household
- Spending per listing
- $327K
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.7
- 10% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 380,857
- +15.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Spartanburg County spend about $110.6M a year on personal care products and services, or $840 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 338 hair salons, that is $327K per salon, 24% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Spartanburg County has 338 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 25.7, 10% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Spartanburg County in 2023, up 41.4% from 2019. That is one for every 3,212 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 1,196 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1.9M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Spartanburg County.
Population estimates show Spartanburg County grew 15.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Spartanburg County is 51 (upper middle), #1,143 of 2,339 scored counties and #18 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Spartanburg 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 | Spartanburg County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.7 | 25.6 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $327K | $341K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,212 | 2,013 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +41.4% | +21.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +15.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $840 | $871 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $66,234 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 29 → 41+41.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 123
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,196Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 33849 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 257The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $1.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 380,857+15.6% since 2020
- Households
- 131,672
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 808 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 430
- Median household income
- $66,234+26.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,467
- Median home value
- $233,300
- Jobs located here
- 159,818
- Daytime population
- 349,788Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in South Carolina for hair salons, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Spartanburg County marked.
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 |
| 18Spartanburg County, SC | 51 | 338 | 25.7 | $327K | +15.6% | #1,143 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Spartanburg 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 spas47
- Hair salons51
- Barbershops61
- Nail salons58
- Spas and skin care53
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Spartanburg County, SC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 338 hair salons in Spartanburg County. 49 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 41.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 1,196 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Spartanburg County, SC spend on personal care products and services?
About $110.6M a year, or $840 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 338 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $327K 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 131,672 households in Spartanburg County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Spartanburg County, SC compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Spartanburg County has 25.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $327K, 24% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Spartanburg County would have about 257, against 338 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,212 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 41.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Spartanburg County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Spartanburg County at 380,857 people in 2025, up 15.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 131,672 households. Median household income in Spartanburg County is $66,234, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.6%, 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. Spartanburg County scores 51 for hair salons (upper middle), #1,143 of 2,339 scored counties.
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