Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Hair salons in Roanoke County, VA
How Roanoke 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 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,938 of 2,339 scored counties
#79 of 104 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 98
- 24 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 38
- +18.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $37.5M
- On personal care products and services · $944 a household
- Spending per listing
- $383K
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.7
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 97,150
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Roanoke County is 33 (lower middle), #1,938 of 2,339 scored counties and #79 of 104 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Roanoke County spend about $37.5M a year on personal care products and services, or $944 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $383K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 11% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Roanoke County has 98 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 24 are chain locations, or 24%, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 24.7 for every 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 38 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Roanoke County in 2023, up 18.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,045 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $333K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Roanoke County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Roanoke County grew 0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Roanoke 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 | Roanoke County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.7 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $383K | $466K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,045 | 1,294 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +18.8% | +4.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $944 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $83,709 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 32 → 38+18.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 106
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 140Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9824 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 87The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $333K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Roanoke 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 Roanoke County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 97,150+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 39,725
- Median age
- 44.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 251 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 387
- Median household income
- $83,709+21.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,750
- Median home value
- $286,000
- Jobs located here
- 38,065
- Daytime population
- 88,794Residents 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 |
| 79Roanoke County, VA | 33 | 98 | 24.7 | $383K | +0.2% | #1,938 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Roanoke 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 spas32
- Hair salons33
- Barbershops64
- Nail salons30
- Spas and skin care37
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Roanoke County, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 98 hair salons in Roanoke County. 24 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 38 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 18.8% from 2019. Official counts list 140 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Roanoke County, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $37.5M a year, or $944 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 98 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $383K 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 39,725 households in Roanoke County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Roanoke County, VA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Roanoke County has 24.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $383K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Roanoke County would have about 87, against 98 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,045 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 18.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Roanoke County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Roanoke County at 97,150 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 39,725 households. Median household income in Roanoke County is $83,709, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.4%, 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. Roanoke County scores 33 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,938 of 2,339 scored counties.
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