Metro by metro
The leading hair salon chains in every Virginia metro area
Tracked hair salon chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Hair Cuttery leads in 3 metro areas, Great Clips in 3 metro areas, and Sport Clips Haircuts in 2 metro areas. 4 chains lead at least one metro area. Against their share in Virginia as a whole, Hair Cuttery stands out in 3 metro areas, Great Clips in 2 metro areas, and Sport Clips Haircuts in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Hair Cuttery
Relative #1 in 3 metro areas
Washington, DC (VA part) 1.3× · Winchester, VA-WV (VA part) 1.2× · Charlottesville, VA 1.5×
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Great Clips
Relative #1 in 2 metro areas
Virginia Beach, VA (VA part) 2× · Lynchburg, VA 1.9×
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Sport Clips Haircuts
Relative #1 in Richmond, VA, 2.4× its share in Virginia
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Supercuts
Relative #1 in Roanoke, VA, 6× its share in Virginia
Not enough tracked stores: Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA (VA part) · Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Blacksburg, VA · Harrisonburg, VA
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Hair Cuttery
#1 in 3 metro areas
Washington, DC (VA part) · Winchester, VA-WV (VA part) · Harrisonburg, VA
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Great Clips
#1 in 3 metro areas
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Sport Clips Haircuts
#1 in 2 metro areas
Richmond, VA · Blacksburg, VA
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Moxie
#1 in Charlottesville, VA
Not enough tracked stores: Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA (VA part) · Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked hair salon chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Virginia compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Virginia as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Virginia and the chains that lead a metro area by spend, wherever a chain has at least 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's metropolitan statistical areas; the rest of Virginia is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in Virginia. Colors match the store map; other tracked chains are gray.
Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked hair salon chains
Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Blown Away Salon and Supercuts sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
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| 1 | Blown Away Salon | ▲1 | +11.5% |
| 2 | Supercuts | ▲1 | +11.4% |
| 3 | Sharkey's Cuts for Kids | ▲1 | +9.7% |
| 4 | Bubbles Salons | ▲1 | +7.0% |
| 5 | Hair Cuttery | - | +6.9% |
| 6 | Great Clips | - | +4.5% |
| 7 | Sport Clips Haircuts | - | +3.7% |
| 8 | Pigtails & Crewcuts | ▲1 | -2.4% |
| 9 | Cost Cutters | - | -40.2% |
| 10 | SmartStyle | ▼5 | -92.7% |
- Hair Cuttery
- Great Clips
- Sport Clips Haircuts
- Supercuts
- Bubbles Salons
- Salon Voss
- Sharkey's Cuts for Kids
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
1,295 tracked store locations in Virginia. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 297 of the 1,295 stores (23%); 896 of the 940 tracked chains have a single store here. 9% of the tracked health & beauty stores here are hair salons, against 8% across the United States.
- Hair Cuttery (135)
- Great Clips (85)
- Sport Clips Haircuts (45)
- Supercuts (17)
- Bubbles Salons (11)
- Salon Voss (2)
- Sharkey's Cuts for Kids (8)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Hair Cuttery 135
- 2 Great Clips 85
- 3 Sport Clips Haircuts 45
- 4 Supercuts 17
- 5 SmartStyle 15
- 6 Bubbles Salons 11
- 7 Cost Cutters 8
- 8 Sharkey's Cuts for Kids 8
- 9 Pigtails & Crewcuts 4
- 10 Blown Away Salon 3
- 11 Cartoon Cuts 2
- 12 Fusion Salon 2
- 13 Rodi Salon 2
- 14 Bishops Cuts/Color 2
- 15 American Threading Plus 2
- 16 Twisted Scissors 2
- 17 Salon 7 2
- 18 Fringe Salon 2
- 19 Mango Salon 2
- 20 Cookie Cutters Haircuts for Kids 2
- 21 Jon David Salon 2
- 22 The Hair Co. 2
- 23 Salon Alure 2
- 24 The Cutting Edge 2
- 25 Michelle's 2
- 26 Salon Voss 2
- 27 Changes Hairstyling 2
- 28 Illusions 2
- 29 Eclips Salon 2
- 30 J Vip Hair Salon 1
- 31 Quantico Center Barber Shop 1
- 32 17 Barber 1
- 33 Studio Style and Spa 1
- 34 Mint Salon 1
- 35 Salon En Vogue 1
- 36 Ava Marie Salon and Spa 1
- 37 Elevate Salon and Spa 1
- 38 Serendipity Salon 1
- 39 Carter Hair Design 1
- 40 Salon Sage 1
- 41 Sleek Salon & Spa 1
- 42 Texture Defined 1
- 43 Hair Perfection 1
- 44 Alana Kai Salon 1
- 45 Hair Extraordinaire 1
- 46 Amber and Slate Salon 1
- 47 Pin Ups Salon 1
- 48 Victoria Station Salon 1
- 49 Hair Xpressions in Fairfax VA 1
- 50 Curves Hair Studio 1
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