Beauty and personal care · County · Indiana
Hair salons in Orange County, IN
How Orange 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 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,274 of 2,339 scored counties
#66 of 86 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 15
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.1M
- On personal care products and services · $887 a household
- Spending per listing
- $471K
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.8
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,834
- −0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Orange County spend about $7.1M a year on personal care products and services, or $887 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $471K per salon, 10% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Orange County has 15 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. That is 18.8 per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Orange County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 30 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Orange County declined 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Orange County scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #1,274 of 2,339 scored counties and #66 of 86 scored counties in Indiana.
How Orange 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 | Orange County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.8 | 21.1 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $471K | $460K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,889 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $887 | $971 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $65,873 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 30Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 151 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Orange 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 Orange County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,834−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 7,970
- Median age
- 43.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 398 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $65,873+37.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,309
- Median home value
- $158,700
- Jobs located here
- 6,963
- Daytime population
- 17,799Residents 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 |
| 66Orange County, IN | 48 | 15 | 18.8 | $471K | −0.1% | #1,274 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Orange 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 spas54
- Hair salons48
- Barbershops30
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care34
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Orange County, IN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 hair salons in Orange County. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Orange County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 30 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Orange County, IN spend on personal care products and services?
About $7.1M a year, or $887 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $471K 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 7,970 households in Orange County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Orange County, IN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Orange County has 18.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $471K, 10% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Orange County would have about 16, against 15 on map listings.
How fast is Orange County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Orange County at 19,834 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,970 households. Median household income in Orange County is $65,873, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.5%, 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. Orange County scores 48 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,274 of 2,339 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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