Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Hair salons in Williamsburg city, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Williamsburg city, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,021 of 2,339 scored counties
#82 of 104 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 13
- 2 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.5M
- On personal care products and services · $905 a household
- Spending per listing
- $349K
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.9
- 11% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,861
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, Williamsburg city has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #2,021 of 2,339 scored counties and #82 of 104 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 hair salons in Williamsburg city. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 25.9 per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Williamsburg city comes to about $4.5M a year: $905 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $349K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 19% 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 Williamsburg city was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 558 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Population estimates show Williamsburg city grew 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Williamsburg 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 | Williamsburg city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.9 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $349K | $466K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 558 | 1,294 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $905 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $75,604 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 43
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 132 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Williamsburg 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 Williamsburg city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,861+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,020
- Median age
- 33.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 53%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 9 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,768
- Median household income
- $75,604+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $111,449
- Median home value
- $428,100
- Jobs located here
- 12,295
- Daytime population
- 23,102Residents 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 |
| 82Williamsburg city, VA | 30 | 13 | 25.9 | $349K | +2.6% | #2,021 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Williamsburg 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 spas26
- Hair salons30
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care24
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Williamsburg city, VA?
There are 13 hair salons on map listings in Williamsburg city as of September 2026. 2 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Williamsburg city, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $4.5M a year, or $905 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $349K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,020 households in Williamsburg city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Williamsburg city, VA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Williamsburg city has 25.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $349K, 19% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Williamsburg city would have about 11, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 558 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Williamsburg city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Williamsburg city at 15,861 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,020 households. The median household income in Williamsburg city is $75,604 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.6% 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. Williamsburg city scores 30 for hair salons (lower middle), #2,021 of 2,339 scored counties.
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