Beauty and personal care · County · Tennessee
Hair salons in Sumner County, TN
How Sumner 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 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #375 of 2,339 scored counties
#16 of 85 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 165
- 29 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 34
- +17.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $76.6M
- On personal care products and services · $975 a household
- Spending per listing
- $464K
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.0
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 215,538
- +9.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 165 hair salons in Sumner County. 29 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 21.0 for every 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Sumner County comes to about $76.6M a year: $975 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That is about $464K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 8% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Sumner County was 34 in 2023, up 17.2% from 2019. That is one for every 2,311 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 611 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $367K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Sumner County.
Population estimates put the population change in Sumner County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Sumner County scores 68 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #375 of 2,339 scored counties and #16 of 85 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Sumner 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 | Sumner County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.0 | 23.1 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $464K | $379K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,311 | 2,659 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +17.2% | +1.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.2% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $975 | $874 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $90,301 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 29 → 34+17.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 130
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 611Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 16529 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 178The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $367K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Sumner 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 Sumner County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 215,538+9.2% since 2020
- Households
- 78,582
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 530 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 386
- Median household income
- $90,301+34.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $113,861
- Median home value
- $393,100
- Jobs located here
- 61,310
- Daytime population
- 168,009Residents 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 |
| 16Sumner County, TN | 68 | 165 | 21.0 | $464K | +9.2% | #375 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Sumner 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 spas54
- Hair salons68
- Barbershops66
- Nail salons60
- Spas and skin care50
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Sumner County, TN?
There are 165 hair salons on map listings in Sumner County as of September 2026. 29 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 17.2% from 2019. Another 611 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Sumner County, TN spend on personal care products and services?
About $76.6M a year, or $975 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 165 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $464K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 78,582 households in Sumner County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sumner County, TN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Sumner County has 21.0 hair salons per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $464K, 8% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Sumner County would have about 178, against 165 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,311 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 17.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Sumner County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Sumner County at 215,538 people in 2025, up 9.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 78,582 households. The median household income in Sumner County is $90,301 a year, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.4% 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. Sumner County scores 68 for hair salons (upper middle), #375 of 2,339 scored counties.
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