Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Hair salons in Danville city, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Danville city, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,141 of 2,339 scored counties
#87 of 104 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 65
- 6 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.5M
- On personal care products and services · $706 a household
- Spending per listing
- $207K
- 52% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 34.1
- 46% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,647
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, Danville city has a Groundwork market score of 25 (lower middle): #2,141 of 2,339 scored counties and #87 of 104 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Danville city comes to about $13.5M a year: $706 per household, 30% below the U.S. average. Spread across 65 hair salons, that is $207K per salon, 52% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Danville city has 65 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (9%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 34.1 for every 10,000 households, 46% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Danville city was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 3,813 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Population estimates show Danville city declined 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Danville city 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 | Danville city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 34.1 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $207K | $466K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,813 | 1,294 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $706 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $44,423 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 20
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $362K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 241Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 656 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The 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 Danville city, 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 Danville city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,647−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 19,066
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 48%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 43 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 986
- Median household income
- $44,423+19.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,871
- Median home value
- $119,100
- Jobs located here
- 24,865
- Daytime population
- 50,398Residents 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 |
| 87Danville city, VA | 25 | 65 | 34.1 | $207K | −2.2% | #2,141 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Danville city
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 spas20
- Hair salons25
- Barbershops4
- Nail salons3
- Spas and skin care10
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Danville city, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 65 hair salons in Danville city. 6 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 241 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Danville city, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $13.5M a year, or $706 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 65 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $207K 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 19,066 households in Danville city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Danville city, VA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Danville city has 34.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 46% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $207K, 52% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Danville city would have about 31, against 65 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,813 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Danville city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Danville city at 41,647 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,066 households. Median household income in Danville city is $44,423, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.4%, 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. Danville city scores 25 for hair salons (lower middle), #2,141 of 2,339 scored counties.
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