Beauty and personal care · County · Indiana
Hair salons in Madison County, IN
How Madison 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 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #467 of 2,339 scored counties
#24 of 86 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 106
- 14 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $47.8M
- On personal care products and services · $894 a household
- Spending per listing
- $451K
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.8
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 135,088
- +3.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 106 hair salons in Madison County. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.8, 15% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Madison County comes to about $47.8M a year: $894 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $451K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 5% 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 12 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Madison County in 2023. That is one for every 4,452 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 344 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $469K have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Madison County.
Population estimates show Madison County grew 3.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Madison County scores 65 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #467 of 2,339 scored counties and #24 of 86 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Madison 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 | Madison County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.8 | 21.1 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $451K | $460K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,452 | 1,889 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.8% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $894 | $971 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $63,037 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 67
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 344Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10614 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 111The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $469K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Madison 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 Madison County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 135,088+3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 53,429
- Median age
- 41.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 452 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 292
- Median household income
- $63,037+27.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,039
- Median home value
- $161,300
- Jobs located here
- 39,528
- Daytime population
- 114,511Residents 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 |
| 24Madison County, IN | 65 | 106 | 19.8 | $451K | +3.8% | #467 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Madison 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 spas67
- Hair salons65
- Barbershops66
- Nail salons55
- Spas and skin care77
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Madison County, IN?
There are 106 hair salons on map listings in Madison County as of September 2026. 14 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 344 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Madison County, IN spend on personal care products and services?
About $47.8M a year, or $894 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 106 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $451K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 53,429 households in Madison County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Madison County, IN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Madison County has 19.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $451K, 5% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Madison County would have about 111, against 106 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,452 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Madison County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Madison County at 135,088 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 53,429 households. The median household income in Madison County is $63,037 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.3% 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. Madison County scores 65 for hair salons (upper middle), #467 of 2,339 scored counties.
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