Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Hair salons in Salem city, VA
How Salem 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 19 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,243 of 2,339 scored counties
#96 of 104 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 51
- 12 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9M
- On personal care products and services · $874 a household
- Spending per listing
- $176K
- 59% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 49.7
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,816
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, Salem city has a Groundwork market score of 19 (low): #2,243 of 2,339 scored counties and #96 of 104 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 51 hair salons in Salem city. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 49.7 per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Salem city comes to about $9M a year: $874 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $176K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 59% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 16 businesses with payroll in Salem city classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 641 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Salem city grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Salem 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 | Salem city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 49.7 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $176K | $466K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 641 | 1,294 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $874 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $66,725 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 19 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 52
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 43Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5112 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 Salem 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 Salem city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,816+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 10,256
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 15 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,765
- Median household income
- $66,725+16.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,247
- Median home value
- $258,600
- Jobs located here
- 21,974
- Daytime population
- 36,320Residents 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 |
| 96Salem city, VA | 19 | 51 | 49.7 | $176K | +1.7% | #2,243 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Salem 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 spas19
- Hair salons19
- Barbershops
- Nail salons20
- Spas and skin care22
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Salem city, VA?
Salem city has 51 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 12 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 43 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Salem city, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $9M a year, or $874 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 51 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $176K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,256 households in Salem city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Salem city, VA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Salem city has 49.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $176K, 59% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Salem city would have about 21, against 51 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 641 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Salem city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Salem city at 25,816 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,256 households. The median household income in Salem city is $66,725 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.7% 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. Salem city scores 19 for hair salons (low), #2,243 of 2,339 scored counties.
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