Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Hair salons in Prince William County, VA
The hair salons in Prince William County, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #592 of 2,339 scored counties
#37 of 104 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 371
- 46 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 126
- +18.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $189.8M
- On personal care products and services · $1,210 a household
- Spending per listing
- $512K
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.7
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 502,966
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 371 hair salons in Prince William County. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 23.7 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Prince William County comes to about $189.8M a year: $1,210 per household, 20% above the U.S. average. That works out to $512K per salon, 19% above 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.
Official counts show 126 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Prince William County in 2023, up 18.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,244 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 798 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $483K have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Prince William County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Prince William County grew 4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Prince William County scores 62 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #592 of 2,339 scored counties and #37 of 104 scored counties in Virginia.
How Prince William 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 William County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.7 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $512K | $466K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,244 | 1,294 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +18.9% | +4.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,210 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $131,402 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 106 → 126+18.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 670
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $24M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 798Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 37146 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 441The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $483K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Prince William 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 William County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 502,966+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 156,798
- Median age
- 37.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 335 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,458
- Median household income
- $131,402+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $157,661
- Median home value
- $530,100
- Jobs located here
- 139,622
- Daytime population
- 404,284Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for hair salons, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Prince William County marked.
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 |
| 37Prince William County, VA | 62 | 371 | 23.7 | $512K | +4.2% | #592 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Prince William 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 spas55
- Hair salons62
- Barbershops56
- Nail salons53
- Spas and skin care70
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Prince William County, VA?
There are 371 hair salons on map listings in Prince William County as of September 2026. 46 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 126 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 18.9% from 2019. Official counts also show 798 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Prince William County, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $189.8M a year, or $1,210 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 371 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $512K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 156,798 households in Prince William County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Prince William County, VA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Prince William County has 23.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $512K, 19% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Prince William County would have about 441, against 371 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,244 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 18.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Prince William County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Prince William County at 502,966 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 156,798 households. The median household income in Prince William County is $131,402 a year, 63% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.7% 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. Prince William County scores 62 for hair salons (upper middle), #592 of 2,339 scored counties.
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