Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Hair salons in Falls Church city, VA
How Falls Church city, 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 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,890 of 2,339 scored counties
#77 of 104 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 30
- 3 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- −10.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $8.1M
- On personal care products and services · $1,291 a household
- Spending per listing
- $270K
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 47.8
- Twice the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,159
- +3.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Falls Church city is 35 (lower middle), #1,890 of 2,339 scored counties and #77 of 104 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 30 hair salons in Falls Church city. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 10%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 47.8 per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $1,291 per household (28% above the U.S. average), households in Falls Church city spend about $8.1M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 30 hair salons, that is $270K per salon, 37% below 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 18 businesses with payroll in Falls Church city classed as beauty salons, down 10.0% from 2019. That is one for every 349 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Falls Church city grew 3.3%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Falls Church 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 | Falls Church city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 47.8 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $270K | $466K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 349 | 1,294 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −10.0% | +4.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.3% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,291 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $143,262 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20 → 18−10.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 115
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 303 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Falls Church 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 Falls Church city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,159+3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 6,273
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 53%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 2 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7,193
- Median household income
- $143,262+12.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $204,594
- Median home value
- $1,055,600
- Jobs located here
- 10,691
- Daytime population
- 18,801Residents 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 |
| 77Falls Church city, VA | 35 | 30 | 47.8 | $270K | +3.3% | #1,890 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Falls Church 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 spas33
- Hair salons35
- Barbershops44
- Nail salons33
- Spas and skin care33
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Falls Church city, VA?
There are 30 hair salons on map listings in Falls Church city as of September 2026. 3 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, down 10.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Falls Church city, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $8.1M a year, or $1,291 per household. That is 28% above the U.S. average (an index of 128, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $270K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,273 households in Falls Church city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Falls Church city, VA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Falls Church city has 47.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $270K, 37% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Falls Church city would have about 19, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 349 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count fell 10.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Falls Church city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Falls Church city at 15,159 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,273 households. The median household income in Falls Church city is $143,262 a year, 77% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 12.3% 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. Falls Church city scores 35 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,890 of 2,339 scored counties.
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