Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Salons, barbers and spas in Giles County, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for salons, barbers and spas in Giles County, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #919 of 2,385 scored counties
#53 of 113 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 14
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.5M
- On personal care products and services · $821 a household
- Spending per listing
- $393K
- 85% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.9
- 56% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,564
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 14 salons, barbers and spas in Giles County. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.9, 56% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
At $821 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Giles County spend about $5.5M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $393K of household spending for each business on map listings, 85% above the U.S. figure of $213K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in Giles County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Giles County declined 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Giles County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas, ranking #919 of 2,385 scored counties and #53 of 113 scored counties in Virginia.
How Giles County compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Giles County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.9 | 43.5 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $393K | $235K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 708 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.1% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $821 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $65,691 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 17Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 141 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 Giles 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 Giles County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,564−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 6,698
- Median age
- 44.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 357 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 46
- Median household income
- $65,691+20.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,220
- Median home value
- $151,100
- Jobs located here
- 5,291
- Daytime population
- 14,709Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Goochland County, VA | 97 | 10 | 9.7 | $1.2M | +17.4% | #1 of 2,385 |
| 2Caroline County, VA | 90 | 21 | 17.5 | $547K | +11.3% | #10 of 2,385 |
| 3Fluvanna County, VA | 89 | 14 | 13.6 | $742K | +6.2% | #14 of 2,385 |
| 4Rockingham County, VA | 86 | 46 | 14.1 | $653K | +6.6% | #26 of 2,385 |
| 5Louisa County, VA | 85 | 27 | 17.4 | $552K | +13.6% | #31 of 2,385 |
| 6Clarke County, VA | 85 | 14 | 23.8 | $458K | +5.4% | #35 of 2,385 |
| 7New Kent County, VA | 85 | 24 | 25.9 | $430K | +21.2% | #37 of 2,385 |
| 8King George County, VA | 80 | 23 | 22.7 | $486K | +10.5% | #63 of 2,385 |
| 9Northumberland County, VA | 79 | 5 | 8.9 | $969K | +6.1% | #73 of 2,385 |
| 10Madison County, VA | 79 | 9 | 16.4 | $573K | +2.7% | #79 of 2,385 |
| 53Giles County, VA | 54 | 14 | 20.9 | $393K | −1.3% | #919 of 2,385 |
Other business types in Giles 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 spas54
- Hair salons48
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care
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 Giles County, VA?
Giles County has 14 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. No official count is published for personal care services in Giles County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Giles County, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $5.5M a year, or $821 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $393K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,698 households in Giles County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Giles County, VA compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
Giles County has 20.9 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $393K, 85% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Giles County would have about 26, against 14 on map listings.
How fast is Giles County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Giles County at 16,564 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,698 households. Median household income in Giles County is $65,691, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.5%, 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. Giles County scores 54 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #919 of 2,385 scored counties.
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