Beauty and personal care · County · Tennessee
Hair salons in Cocke County, TN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Cocke County, TN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,552 of 2,339 scored counties
#56 of 85 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 26
- 6 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $11M
- On personal care products and services · $710 a household
- Spending per listing
- $423K
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.8
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,889
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Cocke County spend about $11M a year on personal care products and services, or $710 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. That is about $423K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 2% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 26 hair salons on map listings in Cocke County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 23% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 16.8 per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Cocke County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 94 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cocke County grew 5.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Cocke County has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #1,552 of 2,339 scored counties and #56 of 85 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Cocke 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 | Cocke County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.8 | 23.1 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $423K | $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 | +5.1% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $710 | $874 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $48,016 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 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
- 94Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 266 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 Cocke 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 Cocke County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,889+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 15,509
- Median age
- 44.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 436 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 84
- Median household income
- $48,016+30.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $65,218
- Median home value
- $158,100
- Jobs located here
- 7,244
- Daytime population
- 28,851Residents 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 |
| 56Cocke County, TN | 42 | 26 | 16.8 | $423K | +5.1% | #1,552 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Cocke 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 spas43
- Hair salons42
- Barbershops42
- Nail salons53
- Spas and skin care55
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Cocke County, TN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 26 hair salons in Cocke County. 6 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Cocke County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 94 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Cocke County, TN spend on personal care products and services?
About $11M a year, or $710 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $423K 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 15,509 households in Cocke County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cocke County, TN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Cocke County has 16.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $423K, 2% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending.
How fast is Cocke County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Cocke County at 37,889 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,509 households. Median household income in Cocke County is $48,016, 41% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.8%, 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. Cocke County scores 42 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,552 of 2,339 scored counties.
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