Beauty and personal care · County · Vermont
Hair salons in Orleans County, VT
How Orleans 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 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,276 of 2,339 scored counties
#11 of 12 scored counties in Vermont
- Listings
- 25
- 4 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.2M
- On personal care products and services · $931 a household
- Spending per listing
- $450K
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.7
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 27,600
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 hair salons in Orleans County. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 16%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 20.7 per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in Orleans County spend about $11.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $931 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $450K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 5% 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.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Orleans County in 2023. That is one for every 1,725 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 73 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $20K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Orleans County.
Population estimates show Orleans County grew 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Orleans County is 48 (lower middle), #1,276 of 2,339 scored counties and #11 of 12 scored counties in Vermont.
How Orleans 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 | Orleans County | Vermont | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.7 | 19.7 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $450K | $514K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,725 | 1,899 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $931 | $1,014 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $70,103 | $81,203 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 10
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $197K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 73Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 254 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $20K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Orleans 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 Orleans County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 27,600+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 12,072
- Median age
- 45.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 695 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 40
- Median household income
- $70,103+42.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,678
- Median home value
- $223,400
- Jobs located here
- 10,647
- Daytime population
- 26,070Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Vermont market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Vermont for hair salons, numbered among those based in Vermont, with Orleans County marked.
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 |
| 11Orleans County, VT | 48 | 25 | 20.7 | $450K | +0.7% | #1,276 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Orleans 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 spas62
- Hair salons48
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care67
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Orleans County, VT?
There are 25 hair salons on map listings in Orleans County as of September 2026. 4 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 73 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Orleans County, VT spend on personal care products and services?
About $11.2M a year, or $931 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $450K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,072 households in Orleans County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Orleans County, VT compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Orleans County has 20.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $450K, 5% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Orleans County would have about 26, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,725 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Orleans County, VT growing?
Population estimates put Orleans County at 27,600 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,072 households. The median household income in Orleans County is $70,103 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 42.6% 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. Orleans County scores 48 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,276 of 2,339 scored counties.
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