Beauty and personal care · County · Vermont
Hair salons in Orange County, VT
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Orange County, VT, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 83 out of 100: High
Ranked #48 of 2,339 scored counties
#1 of 12 scored counties in Vermont
- Listings
- 11
- 1 chain location (9%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $12.8M
- On personal care products and services · $1,001 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 2.7 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.6
- 63% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,002
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Orange County is 83 (high), #48 of 2,339 scored counties and #1 of 12 scored counties in Vermont. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 hair salons in Orange County. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. That is 8.6 per 10,000 households, 63% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $1,001 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Orange County spend about $12.8M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 11 hair salons, that is $1.2M per salon, 2.7 times 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 Orange County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Orange County grew 2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Orange 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 | Orange County | Vermont | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.6 | 19.7 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $514K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,899 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,001 | $1,014 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $82,232 | $81,203 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 83 | 60 |
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
- 42Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 111 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The 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 Orange 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 Orange County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,002+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 12,742
- Median age
- 46.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 687 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 43
- Median household income
- $82,232+35.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,249
- Median home value
- $271,300
- Jobs located here
- 7,731
- Daytime population
- 24,637Residents 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 Orange 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Orange County, VT?
Orange County has 11 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Orange County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 42 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Orange County, VT spend on personal care products and services?
About $12.8M a year, or $1,001 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,742 households in Orange County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Orange County, VT compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Orange County has 8.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 63% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $1.2M, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Orange County would have about 30, against 11 on map listings.
How fast is Orange County, VT growing?
Population estimates put Orange County at 30,002 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,742 households. The median household income in Orange County is $82,232 a year, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.0% 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. Orange County scores 83 for hair salons (high), #48 of 2,339 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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