Beauty and personal care · County · Arizona
Hair salons in La Paz County, AZ
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in La Paz County, AZ, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #852 of 2,339 scored counties
#13 of 14 scored counties in Arizona
- Listings
- 12
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.2M
- On personal care products and services · $798 a household
- Spending per listing
- $596K
- 39% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.4
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,711
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 hair salons in La Paz County. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.4, 43% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in La Paz County comes to about $7.2M a year: $798 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $596K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 39% above the U.S. figure of $430K. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in La Paz County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 21 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of La Paz County grew 0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, La Paz County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #852 of 2,339 scored counties and #13 of 14 scored counties in Arizona.
How La Paz County compares
The same measures for Arizona and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the hair salons 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 | La Paz County | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.4 | 21.2 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $596K | $481K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,669 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $798 | $1,017 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $49,478 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 66 |
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
- 21Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 121 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 beauty salons in La Paz 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 La Paz County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,711+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 8,959
- Median age
- 54.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 4,497 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $49,478+42.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,972
- Median home value
- $135,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,060
- Daytime population
- 16,016Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for hair salons, numbered among those based in Arizona, with La Paz County marked.
Top counties in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pinal County, AZ | 91 | 135 | 8.3 | $1.2M | +25.4% | #7 of 2,339 |
| 2Graham County, AZ | 77 | 15 | 11.8 | $763K | +4.0% | #116 of 2,339 |
| 3Navajo County, AZ | 71 | 54 | 13.5 | $603K | +3.0% | #260 of 2,339 |
| 4Gila County, AZ | 68 | 34 | 14.4 | $607K | +0.9% | #358 of 2,339 |
| 5Yuma County, AZ | 68 | 147 | 18.5 | $471K | +9.2% | #373 of 2,339 |
| 6Santa Cruz County, AZ | 66 | 27 | 15.9 | $521K | +4.8% | #426 of 2,339 |
| 7Pima County, AZ | 63 | 774 | 17.7 | $541K | +2.8% | #534 of 2,339 |
| 8Yavapai County, AZ | 63 | 232 | 20.9 | $451K | +6.5% | #555 of 2,339 |
| 9Mohave County, AZ | 62 | 209 | 20.5 | $418K | +6.5% | #613 of 2,339 |
| 10Coconino County, AZ | 59 | 87 | 15.8 | $620K | −0.6% | #717 of 2,339 |
| 13La Paz County, AZ | 56 | 12 | 13.4 | $596K | +0.9% | #852 of 2,339 |
Other business types in La Paz 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 spas49
- Hair salons56
- Barbershops19
- 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 hair salons are in La Paz County, AZ?
La Paz County has 12 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in La Paz County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 21 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in La Paz County, AZ spend on personal care products and services?
About $7.2M a year, or $798 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $596K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,959 households in La Paz County and national spending patterns by income.
How does La Paz County, AZ compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
La Paz County has 13.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $596K, 39% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, La Paz County would have about 17, against 12 on map listings.
How fast is La Paz County, AZ growing?
Population estimates put La Paz County at 16,711 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,959 households. The median household income in La Paz County is $49,478 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 42.8% 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. La Paz County scores 56 for hair salons (upper middle), #852 of 2,339 scored counties.
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