Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Hair salons in Prince Edward County, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Prince Edward County, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,188 of 2,339 scored counties
#90 of 104 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 22
- 4 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.1M
- On personal care products and services · $795 a household
- Spending per listing
- $276K
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 28.8
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 22,391
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Prince Edward County is 22 (low), #2,188 of 2,339 scored counties and #90 of 104 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Prince Edward County comes to about $6.1M a year: $795 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 22 hair salons, that is $276K per salon, 36% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Prince Edward County has 22 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 28.8 for every 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Prince Edward County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 1,274 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Prince Edward County grew 2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Prince Edward 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 | Prince Edward County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 28.8 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $276K | $466K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,274 | 1,294 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $795 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $56,315 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 40
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $977K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 38Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 224 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Prince Edward 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 Prince Edward County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 22,391+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 7,641
- Median age
- 34.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 58%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 350 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 63
- Median household income
- $56,315+19.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,641
- Median home value
- $216,600
- Jobs located here
- 8,275
- Daytime population
- 21,661Residents 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 |
| 90Prince Edward County, VA | 22 | 22 | 28.8 | $276K | +2.3% | #2,188 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Prince Edward 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 spas29
- Hair salons22
- Barbershops
- Nail salons19
- Spas and skin care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Prince Edward County, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 hair salons in Prince Edward County. 4 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 38 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Prince Edward County, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $6.1M a year, or $795 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $276K 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 7,641 households in Prince Edward County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Prince Edward County, VA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Prince Edward County has 28.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $276K, 36% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Prince Edward County would have about 14, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,274 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Prince Edward County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Prince Edward County at 22,391 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,641 households. Median household income in Prince Edward County is $56,315, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.3%, 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. Prince Edward County scores 22 for hair salons (low), #2,188 of 2,339 scored counties.
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