Beauty and personal care · County · Vermont
Hair salons in Lamoille County, VT
How Lamoille County, VT 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 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #780 of 2,339 scored counties
#6 of 12 scored counties in Vermont
- Listings
- 25
- 4 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.9M
- On personal care products and services · $998 a household
- Spending per listing
- $476K
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.0
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,294
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 hair salons in Lamoille County. Chain locations make up 16% of them, 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.
At $998 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Lamoille County spend about $11.9M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 25 hair salons, that is $476K per salon, 11% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Lamoille County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 1,987 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 44 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lamoille County grew 1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Lamoille County scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #780 of 2,339 scored counties and #6 of 12 scored counties in Vermont.
How Lamoille County compares
The same measures for Vermont 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 | Lamoille County | Vermont | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.0 | 19.7 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $476K | $514K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,987 | 1,899 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $998 | $1,014 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $74,908 | $81,203 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 21
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $661K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 44Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 254 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 28The 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 Lamoille 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 Lamoille County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,294+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 11,923
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 461 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 57
- Median household income
- $74,908+17.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $107,109
- Median home value
- $304,700
- Jobs located here
- 13,066
- Daytime population
- 26,674Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Vermont
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Orange County, VT | 83 | 11 | 8.6 | $1.2M | +2.4% | #48 of 2,339 |
| 2Franklin County, VT | 74 | 35 | 17.5 | $564K | +2.3% | #187 of 2,339 |
| 3Addison County, VT | 69 | 25 | 16.7 | $623K | +1.8% | #317 of 2,339 |
| 4Caledonia County, VT | 69 | 21 | 16.0 | $583K | +0.8% | #323 of 2,339 |
| 5Washington County, VT | 60 | 65 | 25.1 | $405K | −0.2% | #702 of 2,339 |
| 6Lamoille County, VT | 58 | 25 | 21.0 | $476K | +1.4% | #780 of 2,339 |
| 7Windsor County, VT | 56 | 45 | 17.8 | $570K | −0.7% | #855 of 2,339 |
| 8Chittenden County, VT | 53 | 163 | 22.8 | $483K | +0.4% | #1,010 of 2,339 |
| 9Windham County, VT | 51 | 37 | 18.7 | $514K | −1.4% | #1,108 of 2,339 |
| 10Bennington County, VT | 48 | 26 | 17.3 | $561K | −1.8% | #1,270 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Lamoille 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 spas60
- Hair salons58
- Barbershops54
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care60
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Lamoille County, VT?
There are 25 hair salons on map listings in Lamoille County as of September 2026. 4 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 44 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lamoille County, VT spend on personal care products and services?
About $11.9M a year, or $998 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $476K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,923 households in Lamoille County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lamoille County, VT compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Lamoille County has 21.0 hair salons per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $476K, 11% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Lamoille County would have about 28, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,987 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Lamoille County, VT growing?
Population estimates put Lamoille County at 26,294 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,923 households. The median household income in Lamoille County is $74,908 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.0% 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. Lamoille County scores 58 for hair salons (upper middle), #780 of 2,339 scored counties.
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