Beauty and personal care · County · Indiana
Hair salons in Dubois County, IN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Dubois County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #428 of 2,339 scored counties
#23 of 86 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 36
- 9 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17.5M
- On personal care products and services · $997 a household
- Spending per listing
- $486K
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.5
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 44,016
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 36 hair salons in Dubois County. 9 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 20.5 for every 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Dubois County comes to about $17.5M a year: $997 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 36 hair salons, that is $486K per salon, 13% 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 5 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Dubois County in 2023. That is one for every 3,515 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 121 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Dubois County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Dubois County scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #428 of 2,339 scored counties and #23 of 86 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Dubois County compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Dubois County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.5 | 21.1 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $486K | $460K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,515 | 1,889 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $997 | $971 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $75,979 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 28
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $492K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 121Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 369 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 41The 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 Dubois 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 Dubois County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 44,016+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 17,574
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 427 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 102
- Median household income
- $75,979+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,905
- Median home value
- $230,100
- Jobs located here
- 28,351
- Daytime population
- 47,957Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Morgan County, IN | 86 | 45 | 15.9 | $641K | +4.4% | #35 of 2,339 |
| 2LaGrange County, IN | 81 | 13 | 10.1 | $1M | +1.9% | #64 of 2,339 |
| 3Brown County, IN | 81 | 7 | 10.3 | $966K | +1.9% | #65 of 2,339 |
| 4Clark County, IN | 81 | 80 | 15.6 | $621K | +7.5% | #70 of 2,339 |
| 5Boone County, IN | 78 | 57 | 19.8 | $622K | +13.5% | #105 of 2,339 |
| 6DeKalb County, IN | 77 | 27 | 15.8 | $602K | +2.9% | #123 of 2,339 |
| 7Warrick County, IN | 77 | 47 | 18.7 | $582K | +4.4% | #124 of 2,339 |
| 8Parke County, IN | 76 | 7 | 11.4 | $795K | +3.0% | #130 of 2,339 |
| 9Spencer County, IN | 74 | 10 | 12.4 | $767K | +1.2% | #169 of 2,339 |
| 10Hancock County, IN | 74 | 73 | 21.8 | $510K | +13.5% | #192 of 2,339 |
| 23Dubois County, IN | 66 | 36 | 20.5 | $486K | +0.9% | #428 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Dubois 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 spas57
- Hair salons66
- Barbershops72
- Nail salons66
- Spas and skin care46
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Dubois County, IN?
There are 36 hair salons on map listings in Dubois County as of September 2026. 9 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 121 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Dubois County, IN spend on personal care products and services?
About $17.5M a year, or $997 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $486K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,574 households in Dubois County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dubois County, IN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Dubois County has 20.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $486K, 13% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Dubois County would have about 41, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,515 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Dubois County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Dubois County at 44,016 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,574 households. The median household income in Dubois County is $75,979 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.2% 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. Dubois County scores 66 for hair salons (upper middle), #428 of 2,339 scored counties.
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