Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Tennessee
Hair salons in the Union City, TN area
How the Union City, TN area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 13 out of 100: Low
Ranked #529 of 538 scored small-town markets
#17 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 30
- 8 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9.4M
- On personal care products and services · $747 a household
- Spending per listing
- $312K
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.9
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,067
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in the Union City area is 13 (low), #529 of 538 scored small-town markets and #17 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
As of September 2026, map listings count 30 hair salons in the Union City area. 8 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 23.9, 2% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Union City area comes to about $9.4M a year: $747 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That works out to $312K per salon, 28% 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 the Union City area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Union City area declined 2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Union City area 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 | Union City area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.9 | 23.1 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $312K | $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 | −2.3% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $747 | $874 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $54,613 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 13 | 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
- 101Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 308 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 the Union City area, 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 the Union City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,067−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 12,527
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 545 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 56
- Median household income
- $54,613+37.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,466
- Median home value
- $133,600
- Jobs located here
- 12,524
- Daytime population
- 30,043Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Tennessee for hair salons, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Union City area marked.
Top small-town markets in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Athens, TN | 73 | 45 | 17.0 | $474K | +8.2% | #41 of 538 |
| 2Winchester, TN | 69 | 29 | 16.6 | $493K | +6.4% | #65 of 538 |
| 3Shelbyville, TN | 64 | 37 | 19.0 | $443K | +9.7% | #113 of 538 |
| 4Lewisburg, TN | 63 | 28 | 20.6 | $422K | +10.5% | #124 of 538 |
| 5Martin, TN | 59 | 21 | 15.7 | $473K | +1.1% | #163 of 538 |
| 6Fayetteville, TN | 58 | 33 | 22.2 | $373K | +4.3% | #182 of 538 |
| 7Crossville, TN | 56 | 60 | 21.3 | $367K | +8.0% | #206 of 538 |
| 8Greeneville, TN | 55 | 50 | 17.6 | $435K | +5.0% | #215 of 538 |
| 9Tullahoma-Manchester, TN | 51 | 73 | 28.3 | $280K | +7.3% | #272 of 538 |
| 10Newport, TN | 49 | 26 | 16.8 | $423K | +5.1% | #284 of 538 |
| 17Union City, TN | 13 | 30 | 23.9 | $312K | −2.3% | #529 of 538 |
Other business types in the Union City area
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 spas19
- Hair salons13
- Barbershops
- Nail salons22
- Spas and skin care37
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Union City, TN area?
The Union City area has 30 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in the Union City area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 101 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Union City, TN area spend on personal care products and services?
About $9.4M a year, or $747 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $312K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,527 households in the Union City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Union City, TN area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Union City area has 23.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $312K, 28% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Union City area would have about 22, against 30 on map listings.
How fast is the Union City, TN area growing?
Population estimates put the Union City area at 30,067 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,527 households. The median household income in the Union City area is $54,613 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.9% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Union City area scores 13 for hair salons (low), #529 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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