Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Hair salons in Galax city, VA
The hair salons in Galax city, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 13
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2M
- On personal care products and services · $738 a household
- Spending per listing
- $157K
- 64% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 47.1
- Twice the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 6,670
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Galax city comes to about $2M a year: $738 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. Spread across 13 hair salons, that is $157K per salon, 64% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Galax city has 13 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 47.1 for every 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Galax city classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 691 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 20 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $222K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Galax city.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Galax city declined 0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Galax 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 | Galax city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 47.1 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $157K | $466K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 691 | 1,294 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $738 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $38,675 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 23
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $548K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 20Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 131 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $222K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Galax 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 Galax city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 6,670−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 2,763
- Median age
- 42.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 56%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 8 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 817
- Median household income
- $38,675
- Average household income
- $71,061
- Median home value
- $141,300
- Jobs located here
- 5,712
- Daytime population
- 9,892Residents 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 |
| Galax city, VA | Not scored | 13 | 47.1 | $157K | −0.7% |
Other business types in Galax city
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many hair salons are in Galax city, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 hair salons in Galax city. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 20 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Galax city, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $2M a year, or $738 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $157K 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 2,763 households in Galax city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Galax city, VA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Galax city has 47.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $157K, 64% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Galax city would have about 5, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 691 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Galax city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Galax city at 6,670 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,763 households. Median household income in Galax city is $38,675, 52% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
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