Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Hair salons in Caroline County, VA
How Caroline 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 90 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #11 of 2,339 scored counties
#3 of 104 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 11
- 2 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $11.5M
- On personal care products and services · $958 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.2
- 61% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,413
- +11.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Caroline County is 90 (very high), #11 of 2,339 scored counties and #3 of 104 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.
Households in Caroline County spend about $11.5M a year on personal care products and services, or $958 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1M per salon, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Caroline County has 11 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 18%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.2, 61% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Caroline County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Caroline County from 2020 to 2025 at +11.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Caroline 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 | Caroline County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.2 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $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 | +11.3% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $958 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $87,407 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 90 | 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
- 62Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 112 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The 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 Caroline 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 Caroline County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,413+11.3% since 2020
- Households
- 11,988
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 527 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $87,407+34.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $103,835
- Median home value
- $307,700
- Jobs located here
- 6,321
- Daytime population
- 20,611Residents 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 |
Other business types in Caroline 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 Caroline County, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 hair salons in Caroline County. 2 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Caroline County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 62 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Caroline County, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $11.5M a year, or $958 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $1M 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 11,988 households in Caroline County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Caroline County, VA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Caroline County has 9.2 hair salons per 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $1M, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Caroline County would have about 27, against 11 on map listings.
How fast is Caroline County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Caroline County at 34,413 people in 2025, up 11.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,988 households. Median household income in Caroline County is $87,407, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.3%, 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. Caroline County scores 90 for hair salons (very high), #11 of 2,339 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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