Beauty and personal care · County · Tennessee
Hair salons in Grainger County, TN
How Grainger 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 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #277 of 2,339 scored counties
#13 of 85 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 10
- 2 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.2M
- On personal care products and services · $744 a household
- Spending per listing
- $718K
- 67% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.4
- 56% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,739
- +9.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 hair salons in Grainger County. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 10.4 per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in Grainger County spend about $7.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $744 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. Spread across 10 hair salons, that is $718K per salon, 67% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Grainger County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 74 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Grainger County grew 9.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Grainger County has a Groundwork market score of 70 (upper middle): #277 of 2,339 scored counties and #13 of 85 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Grainger 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 | Grainger County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.4 | 23.1 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $718K | $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 | +9.2% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $744 | $874 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $50,538 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 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
- 74Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 102 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 Grainger 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 Grainger County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,739+9.2% since 2020
- Households
- 9,660
- Median age
- 46.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 281 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 86
- Median household income
- $50,538+14.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,414
- Median home value
- $189,200
- Jobs located here
- 4,105
- Daytime population
- 19,042Residents 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 |
| 13Grainger County, TN | 70 | 10 | 10.4 | $718K | +9.2% | #277 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Grainger 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Grainger County, TN?
Grainger County has 10 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Grainger County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 74 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Grainger County, TN spend on personal care products and services?
About $7.2M a year, or $744 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $718K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,660 households in Grainger County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Grainger County, TN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Grainger County has 10.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $718K, 67% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Grainger County would have about 17, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Grainger County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Grainger County at 25,739 people in 2025, up 9.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,660 households. The median household income in Grainger County is $50,538 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.7% 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. Grainger County scores 70 for hair salons (upper middle), #277 of 2,339 scored counties.
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