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Beauty and personal care · County · West Virginia

Hair salons in Boone County, WV

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Boone County, WV, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,095 of 2,339 scored counties
#9 of 43 scored counties in West Virginia

Listings
5
2 chain locations (40%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6M
On personal care products and services · $761 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
2.8 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.3
73% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,251
−6.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Boone County spend about $6M a year on personal care products and services, or $761 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 2.8 times the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

Boone County has 5 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 40%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 6.3 per 10,000 households, 73% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Boone County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 41 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Boone County from 2020 to 2025 at −6.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For hair salons, Boone County has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #1,095 of 2,339 scored counties and #9 of 43 scored counties in West Virginia.

How Boone 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.

Hair salons in Boone County, WV compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureBoone CountyWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.317.923.4
Spending per listing$1.2M$449K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a2,6311,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.9%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−6.9%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$761$802$1,005
Median household income$57,093$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market score5138

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
41Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
52 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The 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 Boone 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 Boone County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,251−6.9% since 2020
Households
7,927
Median age
45.2
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
502 sq. mi.
People per square mile
42
Median household income
$57,093+40.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,950
Median home value
$93,100
Jobs located here
3,929
Daytime population
17,897Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across West Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in West Virginia for hair salons, numbered among those based in West Virginia, with Boone County marked.

Top counties in West Virginia

Counties in West Virginia ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Jefferson County, WV84229.6$1.1M+9.2%#43 of 2,339
2Berkeley County, WV747113.9$656K+13.7%#176 of 2,339
3Hampshire County, WV7289.3$876K+4.4%#223 of 2,339
4Morgan County, WV72912.3$685K+5.5%#233 of 2,339
5Putnam County, WV683213.8$678K−1.0%#345 of 2,339
6Preston County, WV561511.7$684K−0.6%#849 of 2,339
7Taylor County, WV5569.1$881K−2.4%#900 of 2,339
8Mineral County, WV521513.5$614K−0.4%#1,043 of 2,339
9Boone County, WV5156.3$1.2M−6.9%#1,095 of 2,339
10Fayette County, WV501811.3$658K−5.6%#1,149 of 2,339

Other business types in Boone County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many hair salons are in Boone County, WV?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 hair salons in Boone County. 2 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Boone County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 41 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Boone County, WV spend on personal care products and services?

About $6M a year, or $761 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 7,927 households in Boone County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Boone County, WV compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Boone County has 6.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 73% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $1.2M, 2.8 times the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Boone County would have about 14, against 5 on map listings.

How fast is Boone County, WV growing?

Population estimates put Boone County at 20,251 people in 2025, down 6.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,927 households. Median household income in Boone County is $57,093, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.1%, 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. Boone County scores 51 for hair salons (upper middle), #1,095 of 2,339 scored counties.

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