Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Hair salons in Essex County, VA
The hair salons in Essex County, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 18 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,249 of 2,339 scored counties
#97 of 104 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 12
- 4 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.5M
- On personal care products and services · $788 a household
- Spending per listing
- $292K
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 27.0
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,654
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Essex County is 18 (low), #2,249 of 2,339 scored counties and #97 of 104 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $788 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in Essex County spend about $3.5M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $292K per salon, 32% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 12 hair salons on map listings in Essex County as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 33%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 27.0 per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Essex County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 1,112 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Essex County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Essex 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 | Essex County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 27.0 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $292K | $466K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,112 | 1,294 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $788 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $56,520 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 18 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 8
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $273K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 28Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 124 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Essex 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 Essex County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,654+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 4,447
- Median age
- 48.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 257 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $56,520+8.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,300
- Median home value
- $238,100
- Jobs located here
- 3,291
- Daytime population
- 8,320Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for hair salons, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Essex County marked.
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 |
| 97Essex County, VA | 18 | 12 | 27.0 | $292K | +0.5% | #2,249 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Essex 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 Essex County, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 hair salons in Essex County. 4 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 28 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Essex County, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $3.5M a year, or $788 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $292K 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 4,447 households in Essex County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Essex County, VA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Essex County has 27.0 hair salons per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $292K, 32% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Essex County would have about 8, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,112 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Essex County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Essex County at 10,654 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,447 households. Median household income in Essex County is $56,520, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 8.8%, 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. Essex County scores 18 for hair salons (low), #2,249 of 2,339 scored counties.
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