Beauty and personal care · County · Tennessee
Salons, barbers and spas in Blount County, TN
The salons, barbers and spas in Blount County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #296 of 2,385 scored counties
#15 of 86 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 162
- 26 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 30
- +3.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $50.4M
- On personal care products and services · $908 a household
- Spending per listing
- $311K
- 46% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 29.2
- 38% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 143,820
- +6.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 162 salons, barbers and spas in Blount County. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 29.2, 38% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Blount County comes to about $50.4M a year: $908 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $311K of household spending for each business on map listings, 46% above the U.S. figure of $213K.
In 2023, official counts showed 30 businesses with payroll in Blount County classed as personal care services, up 3.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,851 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Another 457 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $235K have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in Blount County.
Population estimates put the population change in Blount County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For salons, barbers and spas, Blount County has a Groundwork market score of 70 (upper middle): #296 of 2,385 scored counties and #15 of 86 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Blount County compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Blount County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 29.2 | 45.5 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $311K | $192K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,851 | 1,328 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.5% | +21.1% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.0% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $908 | $874 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $77,365 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 29 → 30+3.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 163
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 457Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 16226 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 237The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $235K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in Blount 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 Blount County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 143,820+6.0% since 2020
- Households
- 55,522
- Median age
- 44.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 559 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 249
- Median household income
- $77,365+36.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,400
- Median home value
- $320,500
- Jobs located here
- 56,831
- Daytime population
- 134,383Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fayette County, TN | 87 | 27 | 15.7 | $601K | +7.7% | #20 of 2,385 |
| 2Cheatham County, TN | 80 | 44 | 27.0 | $347K | +4.1% | #72 of 2,385 |
| 3Roane County, TN | 79 | 55 | 24.1 | $358K | +7.0% | #89 of 2,385 |
| 4Trousdale County, TN | 78 | 5 | 13.5 | $619K | +8.4% | #98 of 2,385 |
| 5Loudon County, TN | 78 | 66 | 27.4 | $343K | +15.6% | #110 of 2,385 |
| 6Jefferson County, TN | 77 | 53 | 24.3 | $343K | +9.3% | #125 of 2,385 |
| 7Hickman County, TN | 75 | 12 | 12.7 | $650K | +5.0% | #156 of 2,385 |
| 8Union County, TN | 75 | 12 | 15.1 | $526K | +8.1% | #161 of 2,385 |
| 9Meigs County, TN | 74 | 10 | 19.1 | $417K | +10.8% | #181 of 2,385 |
| 10Marshall County, TN | 74 | 42 | 30.8 | $282K | +10.5% | #196 of 2,385 |
| 15Blount County, TN | 70 | 162 | 29.2 | $311K | +6.0% | #296 of 2,385 |
Other business types in Blount 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 spas70
- Hair salons74
- Barbershops74
- Nail salons71
- Spas and skin care81
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 Blount County, TN?
There are 162 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in Blount County as of September 2026. 26 of them (16%) 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, up 3.5% from 2019. Official counts list 457 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Blount County, TN spend on personal care products and services?
About $50.4M a year, or $908 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 162 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $311K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 55,522 households in Blount County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Blount County, TN compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
Blount County has 29.2 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $311K, 46% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Blount County would have about 237, against 162 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,851 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +14.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Blount County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Blount County at 143,820 people in 2025, up 6.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 55,522 households. Median household income in Blount County is $77,365, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.5%, 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. Blount County scores 70 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #296 of 2,385 scored counties.
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