Beauty and personal care · County · Tennessee
Hair salons in Fentress County, TN
The hair salons in Fentress County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,089 of 2,339 scored counties
#77 of 85 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 19
- 3 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.4M
- On personal care products and services · $688 a household
- Spending per listing
- $284K
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.3
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,322
- +9.7% since 2020
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What this means
Fentress County scores 28 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #2,089 of 2,339 scored counties and #77 of 85 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Fentress County comes to about $5.4M a year: $688 per household, 32% below the U.S. average. Spread across 19 hair salons, that is $284K per salon, 34% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Fentress County has 19 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (16%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 24.3 per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Fentress County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Fentress County grew 9.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Fentress 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 | Fentress County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.3 | 23.1 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $284K | $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 | +9.7% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $688 | $874 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $51,149 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 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
- 47Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 193 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Fentress 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 Fentress County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,322+9.7% since 2020
- Households
- 7,831
- Median age
- 45.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 499 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 39
- Median household income
- $51,149+40.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $57,981
- Median home value
- $168,200
- Jobs located here
- 3,781
- Daytime population
- 16,556Residents 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 |
| 77Fentress County, TN | 28 | 19 | 24.3 | $284K | +9.7% | #2,089 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Fentress 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 spas34
- Hair salons28
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care49
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Fentress County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 hair salons in Fentress County. 3 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Fentress County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 47 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Fentress County, TN spend on personal care products and services?
About $5.4M a year, or $688 per household. That is 32% below the U.S. average (an index of 68, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $284K 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 7,831 households in Fentress County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fentress County, TN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Fentress County has 24.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $284K, 34% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Fentress County would have about 13, against 19 on map listings.
How fast is Fentress County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Fentress County at 20,322 people in 2025, up 9.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,831 households. Median household income in Fentress County is $51,149, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.1%, 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. Fentress County scores 28 for hair salons (lower middle), #2,089 of 2,339 scored counties.
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