Beauty and personal care · County · Indiana
Hair salons in Franklin County, IN
The hair salons in Franklin County, IN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #515 of 2,339 scored counties
#28 of 86 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.3M
- On personal care products and services · $1,007 a household
- Spending per listing
- $927K
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.9
- 53% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,286
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Franklin County spend about $9.3M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,007 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $927K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 10 hair salons on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 10.9 for every 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Franklin County in 2023. That is one for every 1,023 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 51 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Franklin County grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Franklin County has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #515 of 2,339 scored counties and #28 of 86 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Franklin 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 | Franklin County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.9 | 21.1 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $927K | $460K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,023 | 1,889 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,007 | $971 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $78,074 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 44
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $795K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 51Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,286+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 9,211
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 384 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $78,074+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,859
- Median home value
- $249,500
- Jobs located here
- 4,893
- Daytime population
- 16,628Residents 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 |
| 28Franklin County, IN | 63 | 10 | 10.9 | $927K | +2.2% | #515 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Franklin 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Franklin County, IN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 hair salons in Franklin County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 51 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Franklin County, IN spend on personal care products and services?
About $9.3M a year, or $1,007 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $927K per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,211 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, IN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Franklin County has 10.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $927K, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Franklin County would have about 22, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,023 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Franklin County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 23,286 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,211 households. Median household income in Franklin County is $78,074, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.0%, 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. Franklin County scores 63 for hair salons (upper middle), #515 of 2,339 scored counties.
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