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Hair salons in Kosciusko County, IN

How Kosciusko County, IN compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,173 of 2,339 scored counties
#64 of 86 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
68
13 chain locations (19%)
Official establishments
20
0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$31.1M
On personal care products and services · $974 a household
Spending per listing
$457K
6% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
21.3
9% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
80,892
+0.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on personal care products and services in Kosciusko County comes to about $31.1M a year: $974 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $457K per salon, 6% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

Kosciusko County has 68 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 13 are chain locations, or 19%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 21.3 per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 20 businesses with payroll in Kosciusko County classed as beauty salons, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,597 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 158 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $343K have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Kosciusko County.

Population estimates show Kosciusko County grew 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Kosciusko County has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #1,173 of 2,339 scored counties and #64 of 86 scored counties in Indiana.

How Kosciusko 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.

Hair salons in Kosciusko County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureKosciusko CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households21.321.123.4
Spending per listing$457K$460K$430K
Households per official establishment1,5971,8891,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%+6.1%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.9%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$974$971$1,005
Median household income$75,317$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score5051

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
20 → 200.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
97
Annual payroll, 2023
$3M
One-person businesses, 2023
158Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
6813 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
72The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$343K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Kosciusko 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 Kosciusko County

Population, 2025 estimate
80,892+0.9% since 2020
Households
31,934
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
531 sq. mi.
People per square mile
151
Median household income
$75,317+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,954
Median home value
$216,000
Jobs located here
37,180
Daytime population
80,254Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Indiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Indiana for hair salons, numbered among those based in Indiana, with Kosciusko County marked.

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Morgan County, IN864515.9$641K+4.4%#35 of 2,339
2LaGrange County, IN811310.1$1M+1.9%#64 of 2,339
3Brown County, IN81710.3$966K+1.9%#65 of 2,339
4Clark County, IN818015.6$621K+7.5%#70 of 2,339
5Boone County, IN785719.8$622K+13.5%#105 of 2,339
6DeKalb County, IN772715.8$602K+2.9%#123 of 2,339
7Warrick County, IN774718.7$582K+4.4%#124 of 2,339
8Parke County, IN76711.4$795K+3.0%#130 of 2,339
9Spencer County, IN741012.4$767K+1.2%#169 of 2,339
10Hancock County, IN747321.8$510K+13.5%#192 of 2,339
64Kosciusko County, IN506821.3$457K+0.9%#1,173 of 2,339

Other business types in Kosciusko County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many hair salons are in Kosciusko County, IN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 68 hair salons in Kosciusko County. 13 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts also show 158 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Kosciusko County, IN spend on personal care products and services?

About $31.1M a year, or $974 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 68 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $457K 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 31,934 households in Kosciusko County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Kosciusko County, IN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Kosciusko County has 21.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $457K, 6% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Kosciusko County would have about 72, against 68 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,597 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Kosciusko County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Kosciusko County at 80,892 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,934 households. Median household income in Kosciusko County is $75,317, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.7%, 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. Kosciusko County scores 50 for hair salons (upper middle), #1,173 of 2,339 scored counties.

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