Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Virginia
Hair salons in the Martinsville, VA area
The hair salons in the Martinsville, VA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #486 of 538 scored small-town markets
#3 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Virginia
- Listings
- 65
- 9 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19.5M
- On personal care products and services · $730 a household
- Spending per listing
- $301K
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.3
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 63,091
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, the Martinsville area has a Groundwork market score of 28 (lower middle): #486 of 538 scored small-town markets and #3 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 65 hair salons in the Martinsville area. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 24.3, 4% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Martinsville area comes to about $19.5M a year: $730 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. That works out to $301K per salon, 30% 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 7 businesses with payroll in the Martinsville area classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 3,822 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $225K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Martinsville area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Martinsville area declined 1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Martinsville area 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 | Martinsville area | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.3 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $301K | $466K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,822 | 1,294 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $730 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $49,860 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 19
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $210K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 175Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 659 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 45The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $225K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Martinsville area, 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 the Martinsville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 63,091−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 26,754
- Median age
- 45.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 393 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 162
- Median household income
- $49,860+33.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,928
- Median home value
- $130,800
- Jobs located here
- 25,447
- Daytime population
- 62,583Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Virginia for hair salons, numbered among those based in Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Martinsville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lake of the Woods, VA | 78 | 19 | 12.8 | $787K | +10.1% | #15 of 538 |
| 2Danville, VA | 41 | 82 | 18.6 | $396K | −1.7% | #367 of 538 |
| 3Martinsville, VA | 28 | 65 | 24.3 | $301K | −1.9% | #486 of 538 |
| Bluefield, WV-VA | 19 | 99 | 24.4 | $306K | −3.8% | #520 of 538 |
Other business types in the Martinsville area
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 spas29
- Hair salons28
- Barbershops15
- Nail salons24
- Spas and skin care21
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Martinsville, VA area?
There are 65 hair salons on map listings in the Martinsville area as of September 2026. 9 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 175 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Martinsville, VA area spend on personal care products and services?
About $19.5M a year, or $730 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 65 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $301K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,754 households in the Martinsville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Martinsville, VA area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Martinsville area has 24.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $301K, 30% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Martinsville area would have about 45, against 65 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,822 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Martinsville, VA area growing?
Population estimates put the Martinsville area at 63,091 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 26,754 households. The median household income in the Martinsville area is $49,860 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.6% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Martinsville area scores 28 for hair salons (lower middle), #486 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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