Beauty and personal care · County · Georgia
Salons, barbers and spas in Gilmer County, GA
How Gilmer County, GA 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,120 of 2,385 scored counties
#47 of 121 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 48
- 8 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11M
- On personal care products and services · $849 a household
- Spending per listing
- $230K
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 36.9
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,894
- +7.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 48 salons, barbers and spas in Gilmer County. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 15% across the U.S. That comes to 36.9 for every 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Gilmer County comes to about $11M a year: $849 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $230K of household spending for each business on map listings, 8% above the U.S. figure of $213K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in Gilmer County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 1,302 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Official counts also show 91 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Gilmer County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas in Gilmer County is 51 (upper middle), #1,120 of 2,385 scored counties and #47 of 121 scored counties in Georgia.
How Gilmer County compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Gilmer County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 36.9 | 57.8 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $230K | $160K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,302 | 853 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +24.9% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $849 | $926 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $74,499 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 23
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $410K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 91Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 488 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 52The 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 Gilmer 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 Gilmer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,894+7.9% since 2020
- Households
- 13,015
- Median age
- 49.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 426 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 76
- Median household income
- $74,499+41.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,676
- Median home value
- $314,000
- Jobs located here
- 7,408
- Daytime population
- 28,856Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Harris County, GA | 93 | 18 | 13.8 | $743K | +6.8% | #4 of 2,385 |
| 2Monroe County, GA | 85 | 30 | 28.4 | $337K | +14.1% | #38 of 2,385 |
| 3Oglethorpe County, GA | 78 | 8 | 14.8 | $589K | +10.4% | #99 of 2,385 |
| 4Long County, GA | 78 | 9 | 14.6 | $541K | +32.6% | #101 of 2,385 |
| 5Madison County, GA | 77 | 15 | 13.3 | $606K | +8.8% | #114 of 2,385 |
| 6Lee County, GA | 76 | 32 | 26.0 | $360K | +2.9% | #144 of 2,385 |
| 7Haralson County, GA | 76 | 34 | 28.9 | $300K | +10.0% | #155 of 2,385 |
| 8Walker County, GA | 75 | 52 | 19.7 | $404K | +3.7% | #168 of 2,385 |
| 9Jasper County, GA | 74 | 14 | 23.5 | $357K | +20.2% | #184 of 2,385 |
| 10Heard County, GA | 73 | 8 | 18.6 | $443K | +6.2% | #206 of 2,385 |
| 47Gilmer County, GA | 51 | 48 | 36.9 | $230K | +7.9% | #1,120 of 2,385 |
Other business types in Gilmer 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 spas51
- Hair salons61
- Barbershops46
- Nail salons64
- Spas and skin care52
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 Gilmer County, GA?
There are 48 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in Gilmer County as of September 2026. 8 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Another 91 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Gilmer County, GA spend on personal care products and services?
About $11M a year, or $849 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 48 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $230K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,015 households in Gilmer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gilmer County, GA compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
Gilmer County has 36.9 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $230K, 8% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Gilmer County would have about 52, against 48 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,302 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.
How fast is Gilmer County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Gilmer County at 33,894 people in 2025, up 7.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,015 households. Median household income in Gilmer County is $74,499, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 41.6%, 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. Gilmer County scores 51 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #1,120 of 2,385 scored counties.
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