Beauty and personal care · County · Indiana
Hair salons in Wells County, IN
The hair salons in Wells County, IN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #790 of 2,339 scored counties
#42 of 86 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 24
- 7 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.8M
- On personal care products and services · $935 a household
- Spending per listing
- $450K
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.8
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,883
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $935 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Wells County spend about $10.8M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 24 hair salons, that is $450K per salon, 5% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Wells County has 24 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 29%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 20.8 per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Wells County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 2,309 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 57 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Wells County grew 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Wells County scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #790 of 2,339 scored counties and #42 of 86 scored counties in Indiana.
How Wells 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 | Wells County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.8 | 21.1 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $450K | $460K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,309 | 1,889 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $935 | $971 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $71,957 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 19
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $535K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 57Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 247 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Wells 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 Wells County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,883+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 11,546
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 368 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 77
- Median household income
- $71,957+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,952
- Median home value
- $197,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,127
- Daytime population
- 26,173Residents 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 |
| 42Wells County, IN | 58 | 24 | 20.8 | $450K | +2.6% | #790 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Wells 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 Wells County, IN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 hair salons in Wells County. 7 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 57 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Wells County, IN spend on personal care products and services?
About $10.8M a year, or $935 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $450K 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 11,546 households in Wells County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wells County, IN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Wells County has 20.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $450K, 5% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Wells County would have about 25, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,309 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Wells County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Wells County at 28,883 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,546 households. Median household income in Wells County is $71,957, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.5%, 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. Wells County scores 58 for hair salons (upper middle), #790 of 2,339 scored counties.
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