Beauty and personal care · County · Colorado
Hair salons in La Plata County, CO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in La Plata County, CO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #878 of 2,339 scored counties
#14 of 36 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 53
- 5 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $25.5M
- On personal care products and services · $1,048 a household
- Spending per listing
- $482K
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.7
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 56,898
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 53 hair salons in La Plata County. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 9%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 21.7 per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $1,048 per household (4% above the U.S. average), households in La Plata County spend about $25.5M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $482K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 12% 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.
Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in La Plata County in 2023. That is one for every 1,434 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 112 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of La Plata County grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, La Plata County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #878 of 2,339 scored counties and #14 of 36 scored counties in Colorado.
How La Plata County compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 Plata County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.7 | 22.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $482K | $498K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,434 | 1,170 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,048 | $1,118 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $86,056 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 60
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 112Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 535 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 59The 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 Plata 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 Plata County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 56,898+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 24,378
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,690 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $86,056+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $113,780
- Median home value
- $591,500
- Jobs located here
- 25,833
- Daytime population
- 57,893Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Elbert County, CO | 86 | 11 | 11.0 | $1.2M | +16.5% | #28 of 2,339 |
| 2Weld County, CO | 83 | 198 | 15.9 | $686K | +14.2% | #53 of 2,339 |
| 3Adams County, CO | 76 | 349 | 18.5 | $593K | +6.6% | #142 of 2,339 |
| 4Broomfield County, CO | 68 | 65 | 20.5 | $626K | +6.3% | #355 of 2,339 |
| 5Douglas County, CO | 68 | 321 | 22.9 | $607K | +10.9% | #357 of 2,339 |
| 6Montezuma County, CO | 68 | 20 | 17.7 | $508K | +3.0% | #368 of 2,339 |
| 7Grand County, CO | 64 | 12 | 16.1 | $659K | +4.8% | #479 of 2,339 |
| 8Pueblo County, CO | 61 | 129 | 18.8 | $478K | +0.6% | #643 of 2,339 |
| 9Routt County, CO | 60 | 22 | 19.5 | $613K | +2.0% | #667 of 2,339 |
| 10Chaffee County, CO | 60 | 27 | 27.4 | $377K | +6.9% | #706 of 2,339 |
| 14La Plata County, CO | 56 | 53 | 21.7 | $482K | +2.2% | #878 of 2,339 |
Other business types in La Plata 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 spas43
- Hair salons56
- Barbershops73
- Nail salons80
- Spas and skin care29
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in La Plata County, CO?
La Plata County has 53 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 112 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in La Plata County, CO spend on personal care products and services?
About $25.5M a year, or $1,048 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 53 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $482K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,378 households in La Plata County and national spending patterns by income.
How does La Plata County, CO compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
La Plata County has 21.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $482K, 12% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, La Plata County would have about 59, against 53 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,434 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is La Plata County, CO growing?
Population estimates put La Plata County at 56,898 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,378 households. The median household income in La Plata County is $86,056 a year, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.3% 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 Plata County scores 56 for hair salons (upper middle), #878 of 2,339 scored counties.
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