Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · South Carolina
Salons, barbers and spas in the Gaffney, SC area
How the Gaffney, SC area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #111 of 538 scored small-town markets
#1 of 6 scored small-town markets based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 60
- 15 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.2M
- On personal care products and services · $735 a household
- Spending per listing
- $270K
- 27% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 27.2
- 42% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 58,275
- +3.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $735 per household (27% below the U.S. average), households in the Gaffney area spend about $16.2M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $270K per business, 27% above the U.S. figure of $213K.
The Gaffney area has 60 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. 15 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 15% across the U.S. That is 27.2 per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in the Gaffney area in 2023. That is one for every 2,758 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Another 298 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show the Gaffney area grew 3.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas in the Gaffney area is 63 (upper middle), #111 of 538 scored small-town markets and #1 of 6 scored small-town markets based in South Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Gaffney area compares
The same measures for South 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 | Gaffney area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 27.2 | 49.7 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $270K | $175K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,758 | 1,100 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +26.3% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $735 | $871 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $50,288 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 31
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $873K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 298Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6015 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 76The 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 the Gaffney area, 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 the Gaffney area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 58,275+3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 22,063
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 393 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 144
- Median household income
- $50,288+36.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,479
- Median home value
- $142,000
- Jobs located here
- 18,680
- Daytime population
- 47,816Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gaffney, SC | 63 | 60 | 27.2 | $270K | +3.7% | #111 of 538 |
| 2Seneca, SC | 57 | 110 | 31.9 | $262K | +6.3% | #180 of 538 |
| 3Newberry, SC | 54 | 62 | 40.5 | $194K | +4.8% | #228 of 538 |
| 4Greenwood, SC | 40 | 160 | 42.5 | $181K | +1.7% | #393 of 538 |
| 5Murrells Inlet, SC | 33 | 143 | 52.7 | $167K | +3.8% | #463 of 538 |
| 6Orangeburg, SC | 28 | 145 | 43.8 | $163K | −0.9% | #498 of 538 |
Other business types in the Gaffney area
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 spas63
- Hair salons61
- Barbershops59
- Nail salons54
- Spas and skin care61
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 the Gaffney, SC area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 60 salons, barbers and spas in the Gaffney area. 15 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Official counts list 298 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Gaffney, SC area spend on personal care products and services?
About $16.2M a year, or $735 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 60 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $270K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,063 households in the Gaffney area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Gaffney, SC area compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
The Gaffney area has 27.2 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $270K, 27% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Gaffney area would have about 76, against 60 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,758 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.
How fast is the Gaffney, SC area growing?
Population estimates put the Gaffney area at 58,275 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,063 households. The median household income in the Gaffney area is $50,288 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.3% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Gaffney area scores 63 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #111 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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