Beauty and personal care · County · Alabama
Salons, barbers and spas in Macon County, AL
The salons, barbers and spas in Macon County, AL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,304 of 2,385 scored counties
#23 of 63 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.1M
- On personal care products and services · $702 a household
- Spending per listing
- $635K
- 3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.1
- 76% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,132
- −6.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 salons, barbers and spas in Macon County. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.1, 76% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Macon County comes to about $5.1M a year: $702 per household, 30% below the U.S. average. That is about $635K of household spending for each business on map listings, 3 times the U.S. figure of $213K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in Macon County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 101 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Macon County declined 6.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For salons, barbers and spas, Macon County has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #1,304 of 2,385 scored counties and #23 of 63 scored counties in Alabama.
How Macon County 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 | Macon County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.1 | 43.8 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $635K | $191K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,441 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +18.2% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −6.8% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $702 | $839 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $43,707 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 44 |
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
- 101Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The 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 Macon 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 Macon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,132−6.8% since 2020
- Households
- 7,237
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 609 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $43,707+31.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,220
- Median home value
- $102,000
- Jobs located here
- 4,711
- Daytime population
- 15,475Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chilton County, AL | 74 | 43 | 24.1 | $336K | +5.9% | #190 of 2,385 |
| 2Limestone County, AL | 74 | 136 | 33.2 | $287K | +18.0% | #195 of 2,385 |
| 3Henry County, AL | 73 | 12 | 17.0 | $469K | +7.1% | #202 of 2,385 |
| 4Lawrence County, AL | 69 | 34 | 25.0 | $328K | +2.3% | #318 of 2,385 |
| 5St. Clair County, AL | 67 | 102 | 29.1 | $302K | +7.1% | #388 of 2,385 |
| 6Blount County, AL | 66 | 60 | 27.1 | $302K | +1.8% | #431 of 2,385 |
| 7Elmore County, AL | 66 | 97 | 29.5 | $302K | +4.2% | #432 of 2,385 |
| 8Geneva County, AL | 63 | 25 | 23.5 | $316K | +3.2% | #533 of 2,385 |
| 9Randolph County, AL | 59 | 26 | 28.0 | $270K | +4.8% | #706 of 2,385 |
| 10Talladega County, AL | 58 | 88 | 26.2 | $292K | +0.3% | #745 of 2,385 |
| 23Macon County, AL | 47 | 8 | 11.1 | $635K | −6.8% | #1,304 of 2,385 |
Other business types in Macon 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
- Salons, barbers and spas47
- Hair salons
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care
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 Macon County, AL?
There are 8 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in Macon County as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. No official count is published for personal care services in Macon County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 101 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Macon County, AL spend on personal care products and services?
About $5.1M a year, or $702 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $635K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,237 households in Macon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Macon County, AL compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
Macon County has 11.1 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 76% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $635K, 3 times the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Macon County would have about 24, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Macon County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Macon County at 18,132 people in 2025, down 6.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,237 households. Median household income in Macon County is $43,707, 46% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.0%, 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. Macon County scores 47 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #1,304 of 2,385 scored counties.
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