Beauty and personal care · County · Indiana
Hair salons in Posey County, IN
How Posey 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 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #222 of 2,339 scored counties
#13 of 86 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 12
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.6M
- On personal care products and services · $1,007 a household
- Spending per listing
- $884K
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.4
- 51% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 24,988
- −0.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Posey County is 72 (upper middle), #222 of 2,339 scored counties and #13 of 86 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 hair salons in Posey County. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.4, 51% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in Posey County spend about $10.6M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,007 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 12 hair salons, that is $884K per salon, 2.1 times 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 4 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Posey County in 2023. That is one for every 2,633 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $130K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Posey County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Posey County declined 0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Posey 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 | Posey County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.4 | 21.1 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $884K | $460K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,633 | 1,889 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.8% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,007 | $971 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $78,129 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 8
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $129K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 78Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 120 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $130K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Posey 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 Posey County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 24,988−0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 10,533
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 409 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $78,129+21.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,707
- Median home value
- $222,900
- Jobs located here
- 8,278
- Daytime population
- 21,258Residents 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 |
| 13Posey County, IN | 72 | 12 | 11.4 | $884K | −0.8% | #222 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Posey 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 Posey County, IN?
There are 12 hair salons on map listings in Posey County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 78 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Posey County, IN spend on personal care products and services?
About $10.6M 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 12 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $884K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,533 households in Posey County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Posey County, IN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Posey County has 11.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $884K, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Posey County would have about 25, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,633 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Posey County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Posey County at 24,988 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,533 households. The median household income in Posey County is $78,129 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.7% 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. Posey County scores 72 for hair salons (upper middle), #222 of 2,339 scored counties.
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