Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Virginia
Hair salons in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area
How the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #279 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia
- Listings
- 108
- 22 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- +10.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $45.1M
- On personal care products and services · $863 a household
- Spending per listing
- $417K
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.7
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 129,692
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 108 hair salons in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.7, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area spend about $45.1M a year on personal care products and services, or $863 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $417K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 3% 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 32 businesses with payroll in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area classed as beauty salons, up 10.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,632 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 285 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #279 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia.
How the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area 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 | Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.7 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $417K | $466K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,632 | 1,294 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.3% | +4.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $863 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $73,544 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 32+10.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 84
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 285Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10822 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 105The 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 the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area, 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 the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 129,692+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 52,233
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,002 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 127
- Median household income
- $73,544+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,893
- Median home value
- $284,500
- Jobs located here
- 51,901
- Daytime population
- 117,298Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Virginia for hair salons, numbered among those based in Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 68 | 5,214 | 22.0 | $540K | +3.3% | #42 of 387 |
| 1Harrisonburg, VA | 64 | 81 | 16.2 | $547K | +3.5% | #62 of 387 |
| 2Charlottesville, VA | 60 | 180 | 19.9 | $513K | +3.1% | #99 of 387 |
| 3Winchester, VA-WV | 51 | 125 | 22.5 | $425K | +6.5% | #171 of 387 |
| 4Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 50 | 107 | 15.2 | $559K | −0.1% | #177 of 387 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 46 | 263 | 20.1 | $395K | +2.3% | #228 of 387 |
| 5Richmond, VA | 45 | 1,308 | 24.5 | $400K | +5.5% | #235 of 387 |
| 6Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA | 41 | 108 | 20.7 | $417K | +3.2% | #279 of 387 |
| 7Lynchburg, VA | 36 | 219 | 21.2 | $400K | +2.9% | #327 of 387 |
| 8Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 32 | 1,729 | 24.4 | $388K | +0.9% | #356 of 387 |
Other business types in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area
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 spas53
- Hair salons41
- Barbershops67
- Nail salons55
- Spas and skin care59
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area?
There are 108 hair salons on map listings in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area as of September 2026. 22 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 10.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 285 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $45.1M 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 108 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $417K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 52,233 households in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area has 20.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $417K, 3% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area would have about 105, against 108 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,632 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area at 129,692 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 52,233 households. The median household income in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area is $73,544 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.7% 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. The Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area scores 41 for hair salons (lower middle), #279 of 387 scored metro areas.
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