Beauty and personal care · County · Tennessee
Hair salons in Blount County, TN
The hair salons in Blount County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #190 of 2,339 scored counties
#7 of 85 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 91
- 15 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $50.4M
- On personal care products and services · $908 a household
- Spending per listing
- $554K
- 29% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.4
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 143,820
- +6.0% since 2020
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What this means
Blount County scores 74 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #190 of 2,339 scored counties and #7 of 85 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.
Households in Blount County spend about $50.4M a year on personal care products and services, or $908 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 91 hair salons, that is $554K per salon, 29% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Blount County has 91 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 15 are chain locations, or 16%, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 16.4 for every 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 17 businesses with payroll in Blount County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 3,266 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $135K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Blount County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Blount County grew 6.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Blount County compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Blount County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.4 | 23.1 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $554K | $379K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,266 | 2,659 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.0% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $908 | $874 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $77,365 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 95
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 296Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9115 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 117The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $135K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Blount 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 Blount County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 143,820+6.0% since 2020
- Households
- 55,522
- Median age
- 44.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 559 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 249
- Median household income
- $77,365+36.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,400
- Median home value
- $320,500
- Jobs located here
- 56,831
- Daytime population
- 134,383Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fayette County, TN | 89 | 14 | 8.1 | $1.2M | +7.7% | #13 of 2,339 |
| 2Loudon County, TN | 85 | 32 | 13.3 | $707K | +15.6% | #39 of 2,339 |
| 3Cheatham County, TN | 76 | 24 | 14.7 | $636K | +4.1% | #140 of 2,339 |
| 4Maury County, TN | 76 | 71 | 16.8 | $531K | +16.0% | #147 of 2,339 |
| 5Robertson County, TN | 75 | 44 | 15.6 | $590K | +9.9% | #157 of 2,339 |
| 6Hickman County, TN | 74 | 9 | 9.5 | $867K | +5.0% | #166 of 2,339 |
| 7Blount County, TN | 74 | 91 | 16.4 | $554K | +6.0% | #190 of 2,339 |
| 8Roane County, TN | 73 | 32 | 14.0 | $616K | +7.0% | #207 of 2,339 |
| 9Jefferson County, TN | 73 | 35 | 16.0 | $520K | +9.3% | #215 of 2,339 |
| 10Morgan County, TN | 72 | 7 | 9.7 | $827K | +5.3% | #225 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Blount 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 spas70
- Hair salons74
- Barbershops74
- Nail salons71
- Spas and skin care81
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Blount County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 91 hair salons in Blount County. 15 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 296 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Blount County, TN spend on personal care products and services?
About $50.4M a year, or $908 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 91 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $554K 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 55,522 households in Blount County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Blount County, TN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Blount County has 16.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $554K, 29% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Blount County would have about 117, against 91 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,266 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Blount County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Blount County at 143,820 people in 2025, up 6.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 55,522 households. Median household income in Blount County is $77,365, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.5%, 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. Blount County scores 74 for hair salons (upper middle), #190 of 2,339 scored counties.
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