Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Alabama
Salons, barbers and spas in the Gadsden, AL metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for salons, barbers and spas in the Gadsden, AL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #341 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama
- Listings
- 178
- 35 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $29.8M
- On personal care products and services · $757 a household
- Spending per listing
- $168K
- 21% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 45.2
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 103,886
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
For salons, barbers and spas, the Gadsden metro area has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #341 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 178 salons, barbers and spas in the Gadsden metro area. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 45.2, 4% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
Households in the Gadsden metro area spend about $29.8M a year on personal care products and services, or $757 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. Spread across 178 salons, barbers and spas, that is $168K per business, 21% below the U.S. figure of $213K.
Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in the Gadsden metro area in 2023. That is one for every 2,074 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Gadsden metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Gadsden metro 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.
| Measure | Gadsden metro area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 45.2 | 43.8 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $168K | $191K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,074 | 1,441 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +18.2% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $757 | $839 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $54,563 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19
- Employees, 2023
- 62
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 520Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 17835 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 140The 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 Gadsden 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 Gadsden metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 103,886+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 39,411
- Median age
- 42.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 535 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 193
- Median household income
- $54,563+22.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,295
- Median home value
- $167,100
- Jobs located here
- 33,151
- Daytime population
- 97,399Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Alabama for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Alabama, with the Gadsden metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Auburn-Opelika, AL | 72 | 229 | 29.9 | $279K | +7.1% | #15 of 387 |
| 2Decatur, AL | 54 | 250 | 39.9 | $214K | +2.5% | #153 of 387 |
| 3Huntsville, AL | 54 | 1,141 | 55.4 | $175K | +12.5% | #155 of 387 |
| 4Tuscaloosa, AL | 51 | 385 | 36.4 | $225K | +2.9% | #183 of 387 |
| 5Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 44 | 533 | 54.1 | $169K | +14.8% | #266 of 387 |
| 6Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 43 | 289 | 45.5 | $179K | +3.5% | #274 of 387 |
| 7Montgomery, AL | 39 | 647 | 42.7 | $195K | +0.9% | #304 of 387 |
| 8Birmingham, AL | 39 | 2,209 | 47.5 | $187K | +1.4% | #305 of 387 |
| 9Gadsden, AL | 34 | 178 | 45.2 | $168K | +0.4% | #341 of 387 |
| 10Dothan, AL | 30 | 310 | 50.8 | $156K | +3.4% | #365 of 387 |
Other business types in the Gadsden 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 spas34
- Hair salons31
- Barbershops27
- Nail salons29
- Spas and skin care45
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many salons, barbers and spas are in the Gadsden, AL metro area?
There are 178 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in the Gadsden metro area as of September 2026. 35 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Official counts also show 520 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Gadsden, AL metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $29.8M a year, or $757 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 178 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $168K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 39,411 households in the Gadsden metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Gadsden, AL metro area compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
The Gadsden metro area has 45.2 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $168K, 21% below the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Gadsden metro area would have about 140, against 178 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,074 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.
How fast is the Gadsden, AL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Gadsden metro area at 103,886 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 39,411 households. Median household income in the Gadsden metro area is $54,563, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.2%, 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 Gadsden metro area scores 34 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #341 of 387 scored metro areas.
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