Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Hair salons in Amelia County, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Amelia County, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #867 of 2,339 scored counties
#44 of 104 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 9
- 1 chain location (11%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.6M
- On personal care products and services · $844 a household
- Spending per listing
- $508K
- 18% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.6
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,632
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 hair salons in Amelia County. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.6, 29% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $844 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Amelia County spend about $4.6M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $508K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 18% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Amelia County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 40 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Amelia County grew 2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Amelia County scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #867 of 2,339 scored counties and #44 of 104 scored counties in Virginia.
How Amelia County compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Amelia County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.6 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $508K | $466K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,294 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $844 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $76,717 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 52 |
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
- 40Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 91 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Amelia 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 Amelia County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,632+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 5,417
- Median age
- 43.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.6
- Land area
- 358 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $76,717+32.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,454
- Median home value
- $282,400
- Jobs located here
- 2,451
- Daytime population
- 9,593Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Goochland County, VA | 98 | 7 | 6.8 | $1.7M | +17.4% | #1 of 2,339 |
| 2Clarke County, VA | 91 | 7 | 11.9 | $916K | +5.4% | #8 of 2,339 |
| 3Caroline County, VA | 90 | 11 | 9.2 | $1M | +11.3% | #11 of 2,339 |
| 4Fluvanna County, VA | 88 | 7 | 6.8 | $1.5M | +6.2% | #18 of 2,339 |
| 5Rockingham County, VA | 85 | 23 | 7.0 | $1.3M | +6.6% | #36 of 2,339 |
| 6Louisa County, VA | 85 | 13 | 8.4 | $1.1M | +13.6% | #37 of 2,339 |
| 7New Kent County, VA | 85 | 15 | 16.2 | $689K | +21.2% | #40 of 2,339 |
| 8Frederick County, VA | 84 | 35 | 9.9 | $1M | +8.8% | #44 of 2,339 |
| 9King George County, VA | 82 | 9 | 8.9 | $1.2M | +10.5% | #57 of 2,339 |
| 10Dinwiddie County, VA | 80 | 9 | 8.4 | $1.1M | +3.6% | #72 of 2,339 |
| 44Amelia County, VA | 56 | 9 | 16.6 | $508K | +2.7% | #867 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Amelia 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 Amelia County, VA?
Amelia County has 9 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Amelia County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 40 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Amelia County, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $4.6M a year, or $844 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $508K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,417 households in Amelia County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Amelia County, VA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Amelia County has 16.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $508K, 18% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Amelia County would have about 11, against 9 on map listings.
How fast is Amelia County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Amelia County at 13,632 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,417 households. The median household income in Amelia County is $76,717 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.4% 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. Amelia County scores 56 for hair salons (upper middle), #867 of 2,339 scored counties.
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