Beauty and personal care · County · Tennessee
Hair salons in Carter County, TN
How Carter County, TN 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 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #732 of 2,339 scored counties
#26 of 85 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 34
- 11 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17.8M
- On personal care products and services · $727 a household
- Spending per listing
- $522K
- 21% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.9
- 41% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 57,361
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 hair salons in Carter County. 11 of them (32%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 13.9 per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Carter County comes to about $17.8M a year: $727 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. That works out to $522K per salon, 21% above the U.S. figure of $430K. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Carter County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 4,885 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 112 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Carter County grew 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Carter County has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #732 of 2,339 scored counties and #26 of 85 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Carter 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 | Carter County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.9 | 23.1 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $522K | $379K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,885 | 2,659 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $727 | $874 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $50,135 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 14
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $328K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 112Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3411 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 41The 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 Carter 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 Carter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 57,361+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 24,425
- Median age
- 45.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 341 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 166
- Median household income
- $50,135+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $66,526
- Median home value
- $168,200
- Jobs located here
- 12,579
- Daytime population
- 45,703Residents 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 |
| 26Carter County, TN | 59 | 34 | 13.9 | $522K | +1.7% | #732 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Carter 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 spas53
- Hair salons59
- Barbershops36
- Nail salons32
- Spas and skin care61
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Carter County, TN?
There are 34 hair salons on map listings in Carter County as of September 2026. 11 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 112 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Carter County, TN spend on personal care products and services?
About $17.8M a year, or $727 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $522K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,425 households in Carter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carter County, TN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Carter County has 13.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $522K, 21% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Carter County would have about 41, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,885 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Carter County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Carter County at 57,361 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,425 households. The median household income in Carter County is $50,135 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.6% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Carter County scores 59 for hair salons (upper middle), #732 of 2,339 scored counties.
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