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Hair salons in Lunenburg County, VA

How Lunenburg County, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3.6M
On personal care products and services · $752 a household
Spending per listing
$897K
2.1 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.4
64% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,058
+0.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 4 hair salons in Lunenburg County. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.4, 64% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Households in Lunenburg County spend about $3.6M a year on personal care products and services, or $752 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That works out to $897K per salon, 2.1 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Lunenburg County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 13 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Lunenburg County grew 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 hair salons on map listings, Lunenburg County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Lunenburg 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.

Hair salons in Lunenburg County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureLunenburg CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.422.023.4
Spending per listing$897K$466K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,2941,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.1%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.9%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$752$1,023$1,005
Median household income$54,842$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored52

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
13Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
40 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 Lunenburg 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 Lunenburg County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,058+0.9% since 2020
Households
4,771
Median age
44.0
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
432 sq. mi.
People per square mile
28
Median household income
$54,842+23.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$68,376
Median home value
$150,100
Jobs located here
2,252
Daytime population
9,245Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for hair salons, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Lunenburg County marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Goochland County, VA9876.8$1.7M+17.4%#1 of 2,339
2Clarke County, VA91711.9$916K+5.4%#8 of 2,339
3Caroline County, VA90119.2$1M+11.3%#11 of 2,339
4Fluvanna County, VA8876.8$1.5M+6.2%#18 of 2,339
5Rockingham County, VA85237.0$1.3M+6.6%#36 of 2,339
6Louisa County, VA85138.4$1.1M+13.6%#37 of 2,339
7New Kent County, VA851516.2$689K+21.2%#40 of 2,339
8Frederick County, VA84359.9$1M+8.8%#44 of 2,339
9King George County, VA8298.9$1.2M+10.5%#57 of 2,339
10Dinwiddie County, VA8098.4$1.1M+3.6%#72 of 2,339
Lunenburg County, VANot scored48.4$897K+0.9%

Other business types in Lunenburg County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many hair salons are in Lunenburg County, VA?

Lunenburg County has 4 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Lunenburg County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 13 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Lunenburg County, VA spend on personal care products and services?

About $3.6M a year, or $752 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $897K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,771 households in Lunenburg County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lunenburg County, VA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Lunenburg County has 8.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 64% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $897K, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Lunenburg County would have about 8, against 4 on map listings.

How fast is Lunenburg County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Lunenburg County at 12,058 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,771 households. The median household income in Lunenburg County is $54,842 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.8% 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. Lunenburg County has no market score for hair salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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How the score works · Top markets for hair salons · All 56 business types in Lunenburg County

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