Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Hair salons in Richmond city, VA
How Richmond city, 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 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,027 of 2,339 scored counties
#83 of 104 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 280
- 13 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 96
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $90M
- On personal care products and services · $863 a household
- Spending per listing
- $321K
- 25% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 26.8
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 237,257
- +4.6% since 2020
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What this means
Richmond city scores 30 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #2,027 of 2,339 scored counties and #83 of 104 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 280 hair salons in Richmond city. 13 of them (5%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 26.8 per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in Richmond city spend about $90M a year on personal care products and services, or $863 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 280 hair salons, that is $321K per salon, 25% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Richmond city was 96 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,087 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $245K have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Richmond city. Population estimates put the population change in Richmond city from 2020 to 2025 at +4.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Richmond city 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 | Richmond city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 26.8 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $321K | $466K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,087 | 1,294 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +4.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.6% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $863 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $64,587 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 96 → 960.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 494
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 831Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 28013 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 209The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $245K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Richmond city, 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 Richmond city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 237,257+4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 104,321
- Median age
- 36.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 44%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 60 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3,827
- Median household income
- $64,587+36.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,266
- Median home value
- $353,000
- Jobs located here
- 174,706
- Daytime population
- 296,295Residents 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 Richmond city 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 |
| 83Richmond city, VA | 30 | 280 | 26.8 | $321K | +4.6% | #2,027 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Richmond city
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 spas31
- Hair salons30
- Barbershops33
- Nail salons69
- Spas and skin care39
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Richmond city, VA?
There are 280 hair salons on map listings in Richmond city as of September 2026. 13 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 96 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Another 831 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Richmond city, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $90M a year, or $863 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 280 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $321K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 104,321 households in Richmond city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Richmond city, VA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Richmond city has 26.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $321K, 25% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Richmond city would have about 209, against 280 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,087 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Richmond city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Richmond city at 237,257 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 104,321 households. The median household income in Richmond city is $64,587 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.7% 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. Richmond city scores 30 for hair salons (lower middle), #2,027 of 2,339 scored counties.
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