Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Hair salons in Appomattox County, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Appomattox County, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #587 of 2,339 scored counties
#36 of 104 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 10
- 4 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.4M
- On personal care products and services · $813 a household
- Spending per listing
- $540K
- 25% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.1
- 35% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,172
- +6.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Appomattox County comes to about $5.4M a year: $813 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $540K per salon, 25% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Appomattox County has 10 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 15.1 per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Appomattox County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 2,213 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 26 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Appomattox County grew 6.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Appomattox County scores 62 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #587 of 2,339 scored counties and #36 of 104 scored counties in Virginia.
How Appomattox 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 | Appomattox County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.1 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $540K | $466K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,213 | 1,294 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.3% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $813 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $62,853 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 37
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $842K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 26Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 104 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Appomattox 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 Appomattox County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,172+6.3% since 2020
- Households
- 6,639
- Median age
- 43.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 334 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $62,853+7.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,243
- Median home value
- $207,600
- Jobs located here
- 3,433
- Daytime population
- 12,379Residents 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 |
| 36Appomattox County, VA | 62 | 10 | 15.1 | $540K | +6.3% | #587 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Appomattox County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many hair salons are in Appomattox County, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 hair salons in Appomattox County. 4 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 26 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Appomattox County, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $5.4M a year, or $813 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $540K per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,639 households in Appomattox County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Appomattox County, VA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Appomattox County has 15.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $540K, 25% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Appomattox County would have about 13, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,213 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Appomattox County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Appomattox County at 17,172 people in 2025, up 6.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,639 households. Median household income in Appomattox County is $62,853, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 7.1%, 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. Appomattox County scores 62 for hair salons (upper middle), #587 of 2,339 scored counties.
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