Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Hair salons in Brunswick County, VA
The hair salons in Brunswick County, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.9M
- On personal care products and services · $764 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 2.9 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.2
- 74% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,727
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 hair salons in Brunswick County. That is 6.2 per 10,000 households, 74% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in Brunswick County spend about $4.9M a year on personal care products and services, or $764 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 2.9 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 Brunswick County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 47 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $18K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Brunswick County.
Population estimates show Brunswick County declined 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 hair salons on map listings, Brunswick County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Brunswick 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 | Brunswick County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.2 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $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 | −0.6% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $764 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $53,084 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 47Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $18K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Brunswick 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 Brunswick County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,727−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 6,477
- Median age
- 44.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 566 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 28
- Median household income
- $53,084+19.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,947
- Median home value
- $142,700
- Jobs located here
- 3,445
- Daytime population
- 12,285Residents 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 |
| Brunswick County, VA | Not scored | 4 | 6.2 | $1.2M | −0.6% |
Other business types in Brunswick 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 Brunswick County, VA?
Brunswick County has 4 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Brunswick County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 47 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Brunswick County, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $4.9M a year, or $764 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 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 6,477 households in Brunswick County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Brunswick County, VA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Brunswick County has 6.2 hair salons per 10,000 households, 74% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $1.2M, 2.9 times the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Brunswick County would have about 12, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Brunswick County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Brunswick County at 15,727 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,477 households. The median household income in Brunswick County is $53,084 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.5% 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. Brunswick County has no market score for hair salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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