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Salons, barbers and spas in Tift County, GA

How Tift 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 31 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #2,117 of 2,385 scored counties
#94 of 121 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
88
15 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12.1M
On personal care products and services · $773 a household
Spending per listing
$137K
35% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
56.3
19% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
42,254
+2.1% 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

For salons, barbers and spas, Tift County has a Groundwork market score of 31 (lower middle): #2,117 of 2,385 scored counties and #94 of 121 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 88 salons, barbers and spas in Tift County. Of those, 15 are chain locations, or 17%, against 15% across the U.S. That is 56.3 per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 47.2.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Tift County comes to about $12.1M a year: $773 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That works out to $137K per business, 35% below the U.S. figure of $213K.

In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Tift County classed as personal care services. That is one for every 1,564 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Tift County grew 2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Tift 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.

Salons, barbers and spas in Tift County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureTift CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households56.357.847.2
Spending per listing$137K$160K$213K
Households per official establishment1,564853804
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+24.9%+14.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.1%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$773$926$1,005
Median household income$53,255$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score3131

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 10
Employees, 2023
28
Annual payroll, 2023
$594K
One-person businesses, 2023
342Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
8815 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
57The 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 Tift 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 Tift County

Population, 2025 estimate
42,254+2.1% since 2020
Households
15,640
Median age
36.9
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
261 sq. mi.
People per square mile
159
Median household income
$53,255+16.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,766
Median home value
$165,200
Jobs located here
21,738
Daytime population
47,133Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Salons, barbers and spas across Georgia

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The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Tift County marked.

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for salons, barbers and spas by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Harris County, GA931813.8$743K+6.8%#4 of 2,385
2Monroe County, GA853028.4$337K+14.1%#38 of 2,385
3Oglethorpe County, GA78814.8$589K+10.4%#99 of 2,385
4Long County, GA78914.6$541K+32.6%#101 of 2,385
5Madison County, GA771513.3$606K+8.8%#114 of 2,385
6Lee County, GA763226.0$360K+2.9%#144 of 2,385
7Haralson County, GA763428.9$300K+10.0%#155 of 2,385
8Walker County, GA755219.7$404K+3.7%#168 of 2,385
9Jasper County, GA741423.5$357K+20.2%#184 of 2,385
10Heard County, GA73818.6$443K+6.2%#206 of 2,385
94Tift County, GA318856.3$137K+2.1%#2,117 of 2,385

Other business types in Tift County

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

Questions

How many salons, barbers and spas are in Tift County, GA?

There are 88 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in Tift County as of September 2026. 15 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. Official counts also show 342 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Tift County, GA spend on personal care products and services?

About $12.1M a year, or $773 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 88 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $137K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,640 households in Tift County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Tift County, GA compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?

Tift County has 56.3 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $137K, 35% below the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Tift County would have about 57, against 88 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,564 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.

How fast is Tift County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Tift County at 42,254 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,640 households. Median household income in Tift County is $53,255, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.7%, 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. Tift County scores 31 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #2,117 of 2,385 scored counties.

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