Beauty and personal care · County · Alabama
Salons, barbers and spas in Mobile County, AL
How Mobile County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,230 of 2,385 scored counties
#54 of 63 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 769
- 127 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 137
- +13.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $130.4M
- On personal care products and services · $807 a household
- Spending per listing
- $170K
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 47.6
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 411,658
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Mobile County scores 25 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas, ranking #2,230 of 2,385 scored counties and #54 of 63 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Mobile County comes to about $130.4M a year: $807 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $170K of household spending for each business on map listings, 20% below the U.S. figure of $213K.
Mobile County has 769 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 127 are chain locations, or 17%, against 15% across the U.S. That comes to 47.6 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 47.2.
Official counts show 137 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in Mobile County in 2023, up 13.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,180 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in Mobile County. Population estimates show Mobile County declined 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Mobile 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 | Mobile County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 47.6 | 43.8 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $170K | $191K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,180 | 1,441 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.2% | +18.2% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $807 | $839 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $58,880 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 121 → 137+13.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 699
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $21M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3,621Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 769127 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 613The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $1.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in Mobile 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 Mobile County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 411,658−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 161,665
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,229 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 336
- Median household income
- $58,880+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,726
- Median home value
- $190,700
- Jobs located here
- 181,672
- Daytime population
- 421,837Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Mobile County marked.
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 |
| 54Mobile County, AL | 25 | 769 | 47.6 | $170K | −0.7% | #2,230 of 2,385 |
Other business types in Mobile 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 spas25
- Hair salons33
- Barbershops35
- Nail salons18
- Spas and skin care49
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 Mobile County, AL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 769 salons, barbers and spas in Mobile County. 127 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 137 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023, up 13.2% from 2019. Another 3,621 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Mobile County, AL spend on personal care products and services?
About $130.4M a year, or $807 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 769 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $170K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 161,665 households in Mobile County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mobile County, AL compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
Mobile County has 47.6 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $170K, 20% below the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Mobile County would have about 613, against 769 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,180 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +14.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Mobile County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Mobile County at 411,658 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 161,665 households. The median household income in Mobile County is $58,880 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.7% 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. 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. Mobile County scores 25 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #2,230 of 2,385 scored counties.
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