Beauty and personal care · County · Tennessee
Hair salons in Shelby County, TN
How Shelby 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 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,058 of 2,339 scored counties
#75 of 85 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 962
- 110 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 169
- +1.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $311.1M
- On personal care products and services · $858 a household
- Spending per listing
- $323K
- 25% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 26.5
- 13% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 910,226
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Shelby County is 29 (lower middle), #2,058 of 2,339 scored counties and #75 of 85 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Shelby County spend about $311.1M a year on personal care products and services, or $858 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $323K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 25% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Shelby County has 962 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 26.5 for every 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 169 businesses with payroll in Shelby County classed as beauty salons, up 1.8% from 2019. That is one for every 2,146 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $2.3M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Shelby County. Population estimates put the population change in Shelby County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Shelby 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 | Shelby County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 26.5 | 23.1 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $323K | $379K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,146 | 2,659 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +1.8% | +1.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $858 | $874 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $63,767 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 166 → 169+1.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,100
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $36.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8,196Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 962110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 723The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $2.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Shelby 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 Shelby County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 910,226−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 362,741
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 753 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,221
- Median household income
- $63,767+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,646
- Median home value
- $249,100
- Jobs located here
- 497,377
- Daytime population
- 1,001,197Residents 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 |
| 75Shelby County, TN | 29 | 962 | 26.5 | $323K | −2.1% | #2,058 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Shelby 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 spas22
- Hair salons29
- Barbershops37
- Nail salons21
- Spas and skin care29
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Shelby County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 962 hair salons in Shelby County. 110 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 169 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 1.8% from 2019. Another 8,196 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Shelby County, TN spend on personal care products and services?
About $311.1M a year, or $858 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 962 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $323K 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 362,741 households in Shelby County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shelby County, TN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Shelby County has 26.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $323K, 25% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Shelby County would have about 723, against 962 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,146 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Shelby County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Shelby County at 910,226 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 362,741 households. Median household income in Shelby County is $63,767, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. Shelby County scores 29 for hair salons (lower middle), #2,058 of 2,339 scored counties.
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