Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Hair salons in Pulaski County, VA
How Pulaski County, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,675 of 2,339 scored counties
#67 of 104 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 26
- 9 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.7M
- On personal care products and services · $813 a household
- Spending per listing
- $452K
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.0
- 23% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,586
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 26 hair salons in Pulaski County. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 35%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.0, 23% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $813 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Pulaski County spend about $11.7M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $452K per salon, 5% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Pulaski County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 1,807 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 41 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pulaski County declined 0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Pulaski County scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #1,675 of 2,339 scored counties and #67 of 104 scored counties in Virginia.
How Pulaski 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 | Pulaski County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.0 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $452K | $466K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,807 | 1,294 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $813 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $62,028 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 16
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $205K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 41Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 269 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The 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 Pulaski 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 Pulaski County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,586−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 14,456
- Median age
- 46.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 320 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 105
- Median household income
- $62,028+15.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,453
- Median home value
- $191,700
- Jobs located here
- 14,839
- Daytime population
- 34,353Residents 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 |
| 67Pulaski County, VA | 39 | 26 | 18.0 | $452K | −0.6% | #1,675 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Pulaski 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 spas46
- Hair salons39
- Barbershops
- Nail salons46
- Spas and skin care55
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Pulaski County, VA?
Pulaski County has 26 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 41 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Pulaski County, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $11.7M a year, or $813 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $452K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,456 households in Pulaski County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pulaski County, VA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Pulaski County has 18.0 hair salons per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $452K, 5% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Pulaski County would have about 27, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,807 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Pulaski County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Pulaski County at 33,586 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,456 households. The median household income in Pulaski County is $62,028 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 15.2% 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. Pulaski County scores 39 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,675 of 2,339 scored counties.
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