Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Hair salons in Bedford County, VA
How Bedford County, VA 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 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #198 of 2,339 scored counties
#17 of 104 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 40
- 4 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $30.4M
- On personal care products and services · $919 a household
- Spending per listing
- $761K
- 77% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.1
- 48% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 83,059
- +4.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Bedford County is 73 (upper middle), #198 of 2,339 scored counties and #17 of 104 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.
Households in Bedford County spend about $30.4M a year on personal care products and services, or $919 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 40 hair salons, that is $761K per salon, 77% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Bedford County has 40 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (10%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 12.1 for every 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in Bedford County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 2,208 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Bedford County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Bedford 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 | Bedford County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.1 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $761K | $466K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,208 | 1,294 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.4% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $919 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $78,937 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 57
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 138Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 404 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 71The 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 Bedford 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 Bedford County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 83,059+4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 33,127
- Median age
- 46.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 85%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 760 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 106
- Median household income
- $78,937+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,452
- Median home value
- $297,400
- Jobs located here
- 19,528
- Daytime population
- 66,003Residents 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 |
| 17Bedford County, VA | 73 | 40 | 12.1 | $761K | +4.4% | #198 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Bedford 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 spas69
- Hair salons73
- Barbershops77
- Nail salons64
- Spas and skin care73
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Bedford County, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 40 hair salons in Bedford County. 4 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 138 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Bedford County, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $30.4M a year, or $919 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $761K 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 33,127 households in Bedford County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bedford County, VA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Bedford County has 12.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $761K, 77% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Bedford County would have about 71, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,208 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Bedford County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Bedford County at 83,059 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 33,127 households. Median household income in Bedford County is $78,937, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.0%, 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. Bedford County scores 73 for hair salons (upper middle), #198 of 2,339 scored counties.
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