Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Tennessee
Hair salons in the Cookeville, TN area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in the Cookeville, TN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #409 of 538 scored small-town markets
#14 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 154
- 25 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $45.6M
- On personal care products and services · $777 a household
- Spending per listing
- $296K
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 26.2
- 12% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 152,477
- +7.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Cookeville area scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #409 of 538 scored small-town markets and #14 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Households in the Cookeville area spend about $45.6M a year on personal care products and services, or $777 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Spread across 154 hair salons, that is $296K per salon, 31% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
The Cookeville area has 154 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 26.2, 12% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Cookeville area was 23 in 2023. That is one for every 2,552 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Cookeville area from 2020 to 2025 at +7.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Cookeville area 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 | Cookeville area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 26.2 | 23.1 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $296K | $379K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,552 | 2,659 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.6% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $777 | $874 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $55,380 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 23
- Employees, 2023
- 102
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 377Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 15425 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 106The 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 the Cookeville area, 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 the Cookeville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 152,477+7.6% since 2020
- Households
- 58,693
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,520 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $55,380
- Average household income
- $75,930
- Median home value
- $237,000
- Jobs located here
- 55,382
- Daytime population
- 142,620Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Tennessee for hair salons, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Cookeville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Athens, TN | 73 | 45 | 17.0 | $474K | +8.2% | #41 of 538 |
| 2Winchester, TN | 69 | 29 | 16.6 | $493K | +6.4% | #65 of 538 |
| 3Shelbyville, TN | 64 | 37 | 19.0 | $443K | +9.7% | #113 of 538 |
| 4Lewisburg, TN | 63 | 28 | 20.6 | $422K | +10.5% | #124 of 538 |
| 5Martin, TN | 59 | 21 | 15.7 | $473K | +1.1% | #163 of 538 |
| 6Fayetteville, TN | 58 | 33 | 22.2 | $373K | +4.3% | #182 of 538 |
| 7Crossville, TN | 56 | 60 | 21.3 | $367K | +8.0% | #206 of 538 |
| 8Greeneville, TN | 55 | 50 | 17.6 | $435K | +5.0% | #215 of 538 |
| 9Tullahoma-Manchester, TN | 51 | 73 | 28.3 | $280K | +7.3% | #272 of 538 |
| 10Newport, TN | 49 | 26 | 16.8 | $423K | +5.1% | #284 of 538 |
| 14Cookeville, TN | 38 | 154 | 26.2 | $296K | +7.6% | #409 of 538 |
Other business types in the Cookeville area
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 spas37
- Hair salons38
- Barbershops43
- Nail salons40
- Spas and skin care43
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Cookeville, TN area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 154 hair salons in the Cookeville area. 25 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 377 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Cookeville, TN area spend on personal care products and services?
About $45.6M a year, or $777 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 154 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $296K 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 58,693 households in the Cookeville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Cookeville, TN area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Cookeville area has 26.2 hair salons per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $296K, 31% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Cookeville area would have about 106, against 154 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,552 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Cookeville, TN area growing?
Population estimates put the Cookeville area at 152,477 people in 2025, up 7.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 58,693 households. Median household income in the Cookeville area is $55,380, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Cookeville area scores 38 for hair salons (lower middle), #409 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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