Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Hair salons in Culpeper County, VA
How Culpeper 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #593 of 2,339 scored counties
#38 of 104 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 39
- 6 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19.3M
- On personal care products and services · $1,022 a household
- Spending per listing
- $496K
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.6
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 57,666
- +9.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 39 hair salons in Culpeper County. 6 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 20.6 for every 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $1,022 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in Culpeper County spend about $19.3M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 39 hair salons, that is $496K per salon, 15% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Culpeper County was 15 in 2023. That is one for every 1,262 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 76 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Culpeper County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Culpeper County is 62 (upper middle), #593 of 2,339 scored counties and #38 of 104 scored counties in Virginia.
How Culpeper 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 | Culpeper County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.6 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $496K | $466K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,262 | 1,294 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.3% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,022 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $100,049 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 73
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 76Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 396 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 45The 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 Culpeper 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 Culpeper County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 57,666+9.3% since 2020
- Households
- 18,924
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 379 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 143
- Median household income
- $100,049+28.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $122,174
- Median home value
- $409,200
- Jobs located here
- 16,635
- Daytime population
- 47,878Residents 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 |
| 38Culpeper County, VA | 62 | 39 | 20.6 | $496K | +9.3% | #593 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Culpeper 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 spas64
- Hair salons62
- Barbershops89
- Nail salons74
- 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 Culpeper County, VA?
Culpeper County has 39 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (15%) 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 76 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Culpeper County, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $19.3M a year, or $1,022 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $496K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,924 households in Culpeper County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Culpeper County, VA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Culpeper County has 20.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $496K, 15% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Culpeper County would have about 45, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,262 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Culpeper County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Culpeper County at 57,666 people in 2025, up 9.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,924 households. The median household income in Culpeper County is $100,049 a year, 24% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.4% 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. Culpeper County scores 62 for hair salons (upper middle), #593 of 2,339 scored counties.
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