Beauty and personal care · County · Indiana
Hair salons in Scott County, IN
The hair salons in Scott County, IN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,693 of 2,339 scored counties
#76 of 86 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 22
- 9 chain locations (41%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $8.4M
- On personal care products and services · $853 a household
- Spending per listing
- $382K
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.3
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,053
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 hair salons in Scott County. Chain locations make up 41% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 22.3 for every 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in Scott County spend about $8.4M a year on personal care products and services, or $853 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $382K per salon, 11% below 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Scott County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 51 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Scott County grew 2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Scott County is 39 (lower middle), #1,693 of 2,339 scored counties and #76 of 86 scored counties in Indiana.
How Scott 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 | Scott County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.3 | 21.1 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $382K | $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 | +2.8% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $853 | $971 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $56,352 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 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
- 51Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 229 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 Scott 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 Scott County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,053+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 9,848
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 190 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 129
- Median household income
- $56,352+15.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,102
- Median home value
- $158,400
- Jobs located here
- 7,681
- Daytime population
- 22,017Residents 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 |
| 76Scott County, IN | 39 | 22 | 22.3 | $382K | +2.8% | #1,693 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Scott 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 spas60
- Hair salons39
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care58
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Scott County, IN?
There are 22 hair salons on map listings in Scott County as of September 2026. 9 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Scott County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 51 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Scott County, IN spend on personal care products and services?
About $8.4M a year, or $853 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $382K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,848 households in Scott County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Scott County, IN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Scott County has 22.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $382K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Scott County would have about 20, against 22 on map listings.
How fast is Scott County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Scott County at 25,053 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,848 households. The median household income in Scott County is $56,352 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 15.7% 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. Scott County scores 39 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,693 of 2,339 scored counties.
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