Beauty and personal care · County · Tennessee
Hair salons in Chester County, TN
How Chester 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 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,175 of 2,339 scored counties
#80 of 85 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 22
- 6 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5M
- On personal care products and services · $775 a household
- Spending per listing
- $226K
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 34.2
- 46% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,994
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Chester County is 23 (low), #2,175 of 2,339 scored counties and #80 of 85 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Chester County spend about $5M a year on personal care products and services, or $775 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That works out to $226K per salon, 47% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Chester County has 22 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 34.2, 46% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Chester County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Chester County grew 3.5%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Chester 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 | Chester County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 34.2 | 23.1 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $226K | $379K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,659 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $775 | $874 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $59,341 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 51 |
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
- 51Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 226 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Chester 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 Chester County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,994+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 6,430
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 286 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 62
- Median household income
- $59,341+14.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,402
- Median home value
- $164,400
- Jobs located here
- 4,037
- Daytime population
- 14,512Residents 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 |
| 80Chester County, TN | 23 | 22 | 34.2 | $226K | +3.5% | #2,175 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Chester 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 spas27
- Hair salons23
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care42
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Chester County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 hair salons in Chester County. 6 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Chester County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 51 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Chester County, TN spend on personal care products and services?
About $5M a year, or $775 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $226K 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 6,430 households in Chester County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Chester County, TN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Chester County has 34.2 hair salons per 10,000 households, 46% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $226K, 47% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Chester County would have about 12, against 22 on map listings.
How fast is Chester County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Chester County at 17,994 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,430 households. Median household income in Chester County is $59,341, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.2%, 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. Chester County scores 23 for hair salons (low), #2,175 of 2,339 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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