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Barbershops in Rapides Parish, LA
How Rapides Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 19 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,230 of 1,356 scored counties
#23 of 36 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 26
- 3 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $39M
- On personal care products and services · $796 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 21% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.3
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 125,877
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Rapides Parish scores 19 (low) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #1,230 of 1,356 scored counties and #23 of 36 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 barbershops in Rapides Parish. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 12%, against 12% across the U.S. That is 5.3 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Rapides Parish comes to about $39M a year: $796 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 21% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in Rapides Parish: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Rapides Parish declined 2.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Rapides Parish compares
The same measures for Louisiana and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the barbershops 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 | Rapides Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.3 | 6.8 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.2M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 28,200 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.9% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $796 | $826 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $54,967 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 19 | 22 |
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
- 93Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 263 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 barber shops in Rapides Parish, 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 Rapides Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 125,877−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 48,954
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,324 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $54,967+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,854
- Median home value
- $181,100
- Jobs located here
- 54,365
- Daytime population
- 133,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Livingston Parish, LA | 66 | 20 | 3.7 | $2.4M | +8.5% | #306 of 1,356 |
| 2West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 58 | 5 | 4.6 | $2M | +5.5% | #495 of 1,356 |
| 3Lafourche Parish, LA | 54 | 8 | 2.1 | $3.9M | −2.0% | #582 of 1,356 |
| 4Ascension Parish, LA | 50 | 37 | 7.8 | $1.3M | +6.4% | #706 of 1,356 |
| 5St. Tammany Parish, LA | 49 | 69 | 6.6 | $1.4M | +5.3% | #736 of 1,356 |
| 6Beauregard Parish, LA | 46 | 5 | 3.6 | $2.3M | +0.2% | #796 of 1,356 |
| 7St. Charles Parish, LA | 44 | 8 | 4.3 | $2.2M | −3.7% | #849 of 1,356 |
| 8Vermilion Parish, LA | 37 | 9 | 4.1 | $1.9M | +1.3% | #973 of 1,356 |
| 9St. Bernard Parish, LA | 35 | 9 | 5.5 | $1.4M | +4.1% | #1,020 of 1,356 |
| 10East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 35 | 160 | 9.0 | $951K | +0.1% | #1,028 of 1,356 |
| 23Rapides Parish, LA | 19 | 26 | 5.3 | $1.5M | −2.9% | #1,230 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Rapides Parish
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 spas18
- Hair salons30
- Barbershops19
- Nail salons10
- Spas and skin care41
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Rapides Parish, LA?
There are 26 barbershops on map listings in Rapides Parish as of September 2026. 3 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Rapides Parish: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 93 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Rapides Parish, LA spend on personal care products and services?
About $39M a year, or $796 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 48,954 households in Rapides Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rapides Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Rapides Parish has 5.3 barbershops per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.5M, 21% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Rapides Parish would have about 21, against 26 on map listings.
How fast is Rapides Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Rapides Parish at 125,877 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 48,954 households. Median household income in Rapides Parish is $54,967, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.3%, 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. Rapides Parish scores 19 for barbershops (low), #1,230 of 1,356 scored counties.
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