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Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Alabama

Salons, barbers and spas in the Albertville, AL area

The salons, barbers and spas in the Albertville, AL area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #385 of 538 scored small-town markets
#9 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama

Listings
194
37 chain locations (19%)
Official establishments
20
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$30.2M
On personal care products and services · $828 a household
Spending per listing
$156K
27% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
53.2
13% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
103,537
+6.0% 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

Household spending on personal care products and services in the Albertville area comes to about $30.2M a year: $828 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $156K of household spending for each business on map listings, 27% below the U.S. figure of $213K.

The Albertville area has 194 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. 37 of them (19%) are chain locations, against 15% across the U.S. That is 53.2 per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 47.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in the Albertville area was 20 in 2023. That is one for every 1,823 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Official counts also show 386 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Albertville area grew 6.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas in the Albertville area is 41 (lower middle), #385 of 538 scored small-town markets and #9 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama.

How the Albertville area compares

The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the salons, barbers and spas counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Salons, barbers and spas in Albertville, AL area compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureAlbertville areaAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households53.243.847.2
Spending per listing$156K$191K$213K
Households per official establishment1,8231,441804
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+18.2%+14.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.0%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$828$839$1,005
Median household income$62,571$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score4144

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
20
Employees, 2023
99
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
386Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
19437 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
142The 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 personal care services in the Albertville 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 Albertville area

Population, 2025 estimate
103,537+6.0% since 2020
Households
36,459
Median age
38.8
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
566 sq. mi.
People per square mile
176
Median household income
$62,571+36.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,886
Median home value
$201,500
Jobs located here
40,328
Daytime population
98,763Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Salons, barbers and spas across Alabama

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Alabama for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Alabama (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Albertville area marked.

Top small-town markets in Alabama

Small-town markets in Alabama ranked for salons, barbers and spas by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Talladega-Sylacauga, AL669123.9$319K0.0%#78 of 538
2Ozark, AL645628.4$268K+1.3%#99 of 538
3Fort Payne, AL588632.8$223K+3.4%#171 of 538
4Cullman, AL5612936.5$224K+6.7%#204 of 538
5Scottsboro, AL546429.4$257K+3.3%#222 of 538
6Alexander City, AL506035.1$222K−0.8%#275 of 538
7Russellville, AL494336.0$206K+1.1%#291 of 538
LaGrange, GA-AL4717844.1$176K+3.0%#320 of 538
8Enterprise, AL468540.5$209K+6.3%#325 of 538
9Albertville, AL4119453.2$156K+6.0%#385 of 538

Other business types in the Albertville area

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

Questions

How many salons, barbers and spas are in the Albertville, AL area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 194 salons, barbers and spas in the Albertville area. 37 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Another 386 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Albertville, AL area spend on personal care products and services?

About $30.2M a year, or $828 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 194 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $156K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 36,459 households in the Albertville area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Albertville, AL area compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?

The Albertville area has 53.2 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $156K, 27% below the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Albertville area would have about 142, against 194 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,823 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.

How fast is the Albertville, AL area growing?

Population estimates put the Albertville area at 103,537 people in 2025, up 6.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 36,459 households. The median household income in the Albertville area is $62,571 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.1% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Albertville area scores 41 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #385 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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