Beauty and personal care · County · North Carolina
Salons, barbers and spas in Carteret County, NC
How Carteret County, NC 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 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,829 of 2,385 scored counties
#66 of 96 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 162
- 31 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 30
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $28.5M
- On personal care products and services · $890 a household
- Spending per listing
- $176K
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 50.7
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 70,469
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
For salons, barbers and spas, Carteret County has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #1,829 of 2,385 scored counties and #66 of 96 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 162 salons, barbers and spas in Carteret County. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 15% across the U.S. That comes to 50.7 for every 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 47.2.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Carteret County comes to about $28.5M a year: $890 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $176K per business, 17% below the U.S. figure of $213K.
In 2023, official counts showed 30 businesses with payroll in Carteret County classed as personal care services. That is one for every 1,066 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $1M have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in Carteret County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carteret County grew 4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Carteret County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Carteret County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 50.7 | 50.1 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $176K | $179K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,066 | 1,058 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +25.4% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $890 | $897 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $72,322 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 30
- Employees, 2023
- 91
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 251Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 16231 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 134The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in Carteret 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 Carteret County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 70,469+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 31,977
- Median age
- 49.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 508 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 136
- Median household income
- $72,322+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,351
- Median home value
- $333,300
- Jobs located here
- 23,748
- Daytime population
- 65,592Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chatham County, NC | 90 | 78 | 23.6 | $443K | +11.0% | #11 of 2,385 |
| 2Camden County, NC | 89 | 5 | 12.5 | $763K | +8.8% | #13 of 2,385 |
| 3Currituck County, NC | 86 | 28 | 23.6 | $428K | +16.7% | #29 of 2,385 |
| 4Franklin County, NC | 79 | 58 | 20.3 | $428K | +18.8% | #85 of 2,385 |
| 5Madison County, NC | 74 | 12 | 14.4 | $556K | +5.9% | #178 of 2,385 |
| 6Hoke County, NC | 74 | 50 | 26.0 | $320K | +9.0% | #192 of 2,385 |
| 7Harnett County, NC | 74 | 143 | 28.7 | $299K | +12.3% | #194 of 2,385 |
| 8Davie County, NC | 74 | 57 | 33.0 | $277K | +6.9% | #197 of 2,385 |
| 9Perquimans County, NC | 71 | 10 | 17.8 | $469K | +3.6% | #244 of 2,385 |
| 10Yancey County, NC | 69 | 13 | 16.0 | $507K | +3.2% | #300 of 2,385 |
| 66Carteret County, NC | 38 | 162 | 50.7 | $176K | +4.1% | #1,829 of 2,385 |
Other business types in Carteret 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 spas38
- Hair salons43
- Barbershops60
- Nail salons35
- Spas and skin care34
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 Carteret County, NC?
Carteret County has 162 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. 31 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Official counts also show 251 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Carteret County, NC spend on personal care products and services?
About $28.5M a year, or $890 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 162 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $176K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 31,977 households in Carteret County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carteret County, NC compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
Carteret County has 50.7 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $176K, 17% below the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Carteret County would have about 134, against 162 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,066 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.
How fast is Carteret County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Carteret County at 70,469 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,977 households. Median household income in Carteret County is $72,322, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.5%, 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. Carteret County scores 38 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #1,829 of 2,385 scored counties.
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