Beauty and personal care · County · Tennessee
Hair salons in McNairy County, TN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in McNairy County, TN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,867 of 2,339 scored counties
#69 of 85 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 18
- 4 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.5M
- On personal care products and services · $753 a household
- Spending per listing
- $416K
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.1
- 23% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,236
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, McNairy County has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #1,867 of 2,339 scored counties and #69 of 85 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 18 hair salons in McNairy County. 4 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.1, 23% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in McNairy County comes to about $7.5M a year: $753 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. Spread across 18 hair salons, that is $416K per salon, 3% below 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 McNairy County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of McNairy County grew 1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How McNairy 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 | McNairy County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.1 | 23.1 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $416K | $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 | +1.4% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $753 | $874 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $53,473 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 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
- 60Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 184 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 McNairy 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 McNairy County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,236+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 9,939
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 563 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 46
- Median household income
- $53,473+36.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,996
- Median home value
- $161,800
- Jobs located here
- 5,473
- Daytime population
- 21,102Residents 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 |
| 69McNairy County, TN | 35 | 18 | 18.1 | $416K | +1.4% | #1,867 of 2,339 |
Other business types in McNairy 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 spas33
- Hair salons35
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care31
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in McNairy County, TN?
McNairy County has 18 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in McNairy County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 60 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in McNairy County, TN spend on personal care products and services?
About $7.5M a year, or $753 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $416K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,939 households in McNairy County and national spending patterns by income.
How does McNairy County, TN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
McNairy County has 18.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $416K, 3% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, McNairy County would have about 17, against 18 on map listings.
How fast is McNairy County, TN growing?
Population estimates put McNairy County at 26,236 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,939 households. The median household income in McNairy County is $53,473 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.6% 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. McNairy County scores 35 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,867 of 2,339 scored counties.
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