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Salons, barbers and spas in Bradley County, TN

How Bradley County, TN 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,190 of 2,385 scored counties
#44 of 86 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
174
35 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
21
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$35.3M
On personal care products and services · $829 a household
Spending per listing
$203K
5% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
40.8
14% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
115,465
+6.1% 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

At $829 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Bradley County spend about $35.3M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $203K of household spending for each business on map listings, 5% below the U.S. figure of $213K.

Bradley County has 174 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 35 are chain locations, or 20%, against 15% across the U.S. That is 40.8 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in Bradley County was 21 in 2023. That is one for every 2,028 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Official counts also show 482 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $600K have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in Bradley County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bradley County grew 6.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For salons, barbers and spas, Bradley County has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #1,190 of 2,385 scored counties and #44 of 86 scored counties in Tennessee.

How Bradley 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.

Salons, barbers and spas in Bradley County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureBradley CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households40.845.547.2
Spending per listing$203K$192K$213K
Households per official establishment2,0281,328804
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+21.1%+14.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.1%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$829$874$1,005
Median household income$66,552$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score5049

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19 → 21
Employees, 2023
103
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
482Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
17435 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
166The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$600K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in Bradley 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 Bradley County

Population, 2025 estimate
115,465+6.1% since 2020
Households
42,596
Median age
40.3
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
329 sq. mi.
People per square mile
338
Median household income
$66,552+29.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,706
Median home value
$261,900
Jobs located here
42,670
Daytime population
105,258Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Salons, barbers and spas across Tennessee

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

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for salons, barbers and spas by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Fayette County, TN872715.7$601K+7.7%#20 of 2,385
2Cheatham County, TN804427.0$347K+4.1%#72 of 2,385
3Roane County, TN795524.1$358K+7.0%#89 of 2,385
4Trousdale County, TN78513.5$619K+8.4%#98 of 2,385
5Loudon County, TN786627.4$343K+15.6%#110 of 2,385
6Jefferson County, TN775324.3$343K+9.3%#125 of 2,385
7Hickman County, TN751212.7$650K+5.0%#156 of 2,385
8Union County, TN751215.1$526K+8.1%#161 of 2,385
9Meigs County, TN741019.1$417K+10.8%#181 of 2,385
10Marshall County, TN744230.8$282K+10.5%#196 of 2,385
44Bradley County, TN5017440.8$203K+6.1%#1,190 of 2,385

Other business types in Bradley County

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

Questions

How many salons, barbers and spas are in Bradley County, TN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 174 salons, barbers and spas in Bradley County. 35 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Another 482 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Bradley County, TN spend on personal care products and services?

About $35.3M a year, or $829 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 174 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $203K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 42,596 households in Bradley County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Bradley County has 40.8 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $203K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Bradley County would have about 166, against 174 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,028 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.

How fast is Bradley County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Bradley County at 115,465 people in 2025, up 6.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 42,596 households. The median household income in Bradley County is $66,552 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.7% 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. 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. Bradley County scores 50 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #1,190 of 2,385 scored counties.

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