Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Hair salons in Frederick County, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Frederick County, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 84 out of 100: High
Ranked #44 of 2,339 scored counties
#8 of 104 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 35
- 10 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $36.5M
- On personal care products and services · $1,033 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.9
- 58% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,955
- +8.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Frederick County is 84 (high), #44 of 2,339 scored counties and #8 of 104 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.
As of September 2026, map listings count 35 hair salons in Frederick County. 10 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 9.9 per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Frederick County comes to about $36.5M a year: $1,033 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That is about $1M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 2.4 times 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 16 businesses with payroll in Frederick County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 2,212 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $40K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Frederick County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Frederick County grew 8.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Frederick 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 | Frederick County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.9 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $466K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,212 | 1,294 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.8% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,033 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $97,606 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 84 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 114
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 145Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3510 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 85The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $40K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Frederick 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 Frederick County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,955+8.8% since 2020
- Households
- 35,385
- Median age
- 42.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 413 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 230
- Median household income
- $97,606+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $122,937
- Median home value
- $386,000
- Jobs located here
- 32,890
- Daytime population
- 83,916Residents 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 Frederick 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 spas78
- Hair salons84
- Barbershops86
- Nail salons66
- Spas and skin care89
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Frederick County, VA?
Frederick County has 35 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 145 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Frederick County, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $36.5M a year, or $1,033 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $1M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,385 households in Frederick County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Frederick County, VA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Frederick County has 9.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $1M, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Frederick County would have about 85, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,212 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Frederick County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Frederick County at 99,955 people in 2025, up 8.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,385 households. The median household income in Frederick County is $97,606 a year, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.1% 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. Frederick County scores 84 for hair salons (high), #44 of 2,339 scored counties.
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