Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Louisiana
Hair salons in the Lake Charles, LA metro area
The hair salons in the Lake Charles, LA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #303 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 197
- 32 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 31
- +16.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $78.8M
- On personal care products and services · $857 a household
- Spending per listing
- $400K
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.4
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 244,655
- −3.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Lake Charles metro area scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #303 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 197 hair salons in the Lake Charles metro area. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 21.4 for every 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in the Lake Charles metro area spend about $78.8M a year on personal care products and services, or $857 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $400K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 7% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 31 businesses with payroll in the Lake Charles metro area classed as beauty salons, up 16.0% from 2019. That is one for every 2,969 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Lake Charles metro area declined 3.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Lake Charles metro area compares
The same measures for Louisiana 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 | Lake Charles metro area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.4 | 24.4 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $400K | $339K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,969 | 2,582 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +16.0% | +6.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.8% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $857 | $826 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $66,700 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 31+16.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 183
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 743Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 19732 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 183The 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 the Lake Charles metro area, 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 the Lake Charles metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 244,655−3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 92,043
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 3,006 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 81
- Median household income
- $66,700
- Average household income
- $91,252
- Median home value
- $207,800
- Jobs located here
- 97,089
- Daytime population
- 245,958Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Louisiana for hair salons, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with the Lake Charles metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hammond, LA | 47 | 118 | 22.7 | $349K | +5.8% | #221 of 387 |
| 2Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 42 | 162 | 20.3 | $408K | −3.5% | #265 of 387 |
| 3Lake Charles, LA | 39 | 197 | 21.4 | $400K | −3.8% | #303 of 387 |
| 4Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 34 | 303 | 28.8 | $329K | +5.3% | #349 of 387 |
| 5Lafayette, LA | 32 | 434 | 26.4 | $313K | +3.8% | #359 of 387 |
| 6Baton Rouge, LA | 31 | 903 | 27.2 | $324K | +2.1% | #361 of 387 |
| 7Alexandria, LA | 30 | 135 | 23.9 | $334K | −2.5% | #365 of 387 |
| 8Monroe, LA | 30 | 207 | 23.8 | $322K | −1.9% | #366 of 387 |
| 9New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 26 | 1,002 | 25.1 | $336K | −3.4% | #374 of 387 |
| 10Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 25 | 389 | 24.8 | $321K | −2.3% | #378 of 387 |
Other business types in the Lake Charles metro area
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 spas35
- Hair salons39
- Barbershops30
- Nail salons30
- Spas and skin care38
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Lake Charles, LA metro area?
There are 197 hair salons on map listings in the Lake Charles metro area as of September 2026. 32 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 31 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 16.0% from 2019. Another 743 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Lake Charles, LA metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $78.8M a year, or $857 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 197 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $400K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 92,043 households in the Lake Charles metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lake Charles, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Lake Charles metro area has 21.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $400K, 7% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Lake Charles metro area would have about 183, against 197 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,969 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Lake Charles, LA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lake Charles metro area at 244,655 people in 2025, down 3.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 92,043 households. The median household income in the Lake Charles metro area is $66,700 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Lake Charles metro area scores 39 for hair salons (lower middle), #303 of 387 scored metro areas.
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