Beauty and personal care · County · West Virginia
Hair salons in Barbour County, WV
The hair salons in Barbour County, WV, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,412 of 2,339 scored counties
#14 of 43 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 8
- 3 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.4M
- On personal care products and services · $720 a household
- Spending per listing
- $554K
- 29% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.0
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,414
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Barbour County spend about $4.4M a year on personal care products and services, or $720 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. That is about $554K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 29% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Barbour County has 8 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 13.0 per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Barbour County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 28 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Barbour County declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Barbour County is 45 (lower middle), #1,412 of 2,339 scored counties and #14 of 43 scored counties in West Virginia.
How Barbour County compares
The same measures for West 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 | Barbour County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.0 | 17.9 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $554K | $449K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,631 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $720 | $802 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $51,394 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 28Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 83 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Barbour 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 Barbour County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,414−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 6,152
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 341 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $51,394+33.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,313
- Median home value
- $131,900
- Jobs located here
- 4,127
- Daytime population
- 13,305Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson County, WV | 84 | 22 | 9.6 | $1.1M | +9.2% | #43 of 2,339 |
| 2Berkeley County, WV | 74 | 71 | 13.9 | $656K | +13.7% | #176 of 2,339 |
| 3Hampshire County, WV | 72 | 8 | 9.3 | $876K | +4.4% | #223 of 2,339 |
| 4Morgan County, WV | 72 | 9 | 12.3 | $685K | +5.5% | #233 of 2,339 |
| 5Putnam County, WV | 68 | 32 | 13.8 | $678K | −1.0% | #345 of 2,339 |
| 6Preston County, WV | 56 | 15 | 11.7 | $684K | −0.6% | #849 of 2,339 |
| 7Taylor County, WV | 55 | 6 | 9.1 | $881K | −2.4% | #900 of 2,339 |
| 8Mineral County, WV | 52 | 15 | 13.5 | $614K | −0.4% | #1,043 of 2,339 |
| 9Boone County, WV | 51 | 5 | 6.3 | $1.2M | −6.9% | #1,095 of 2,339 |
| 10Fayette County, WV | 50 | 18 | 11.3 | $658K | −5.6% | #1,149 of 2,339 |
| 14Barbour County, WV | 45 | 8 | 13.0 | $554K | −0.3% | #1,412 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Barbour 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Barbour County, WV?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 hair salons in Barbour County. 3 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Barbour County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 28 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Barbour County, WV spend on personal care products and services?
About $4.4M a year, or $720 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $554K 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 6,152 households in Barbour County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Barbour County, WV compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Barbour County has 13.0 hair salons per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $554K, 29% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Barbour County would have about 10, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Barbour County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Barbour County at 15,414 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,152 households. Median household income in Barbour County is $51,394, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.6%, 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. Barbour County scores 45 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,412 of 2,339 scored counties.
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