Beauty and personal care · County · Louisiana
Hair salons in Rapides Parish, LA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Rapides Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,028 of 2,339 scored counties
#38 of 54 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 128
- 21 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $39M
- On personal care products and services · $796 a household
- Spending per listing
- $304K
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 26.1
- 12% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 125,877
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Rapides Parish scores 30 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #2,028 of 2,339 scored counties and #38 of 54 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Rapides Parish spend about $39M a year on personal care products and services, or $796 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $304K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 29% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Rapides Parish has 128 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 21 are chain locations, or 16%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 26.1, 12% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in Rapides Parish classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 3,264 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Rapides Parish declined 2.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Rapides Parish 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 | Rapides Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 26.1 | 24.4 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $304K | $339K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,264 | 2,582 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $796 | $826 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $54,967 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 49
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 483Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12821 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 91The 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 Rapides Parish, 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 Rapides Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 125,877−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 48,954
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,324 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $54,967+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,854
- Median home value
- $181,100
- Jobs located here
- 54,365
- Daytime population
- 133,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ascension Parish, LA | 70 | 103 | 21.6 | $463K | +6.4% | #299 of 2,339 |
| 2Livingston Parish, LA | 65 | 100 | 18.7 | $478K | +8.5% | #462 of 2,339 |
| 3Plaquemines Parish, LA | 64 | 7 | 8.5 | $1.1M | −5.3% | #469 of 2,339 |
| 4West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 63 | 24 | 21.9 | $419K | +5.5% | #562 of 2,339 |
| 5Grant Parish, LA | 61 | 7 | 9.4 | $872K | −0.3% | #617 of 2,339 |
| 6West Feliciana Parish, LA | 61 | 6 | 14.9 | $614K | −0.7% | #625 of 2,339 |
| 7East Feliciana Parish, LA | 60 | 7 | 10.9 | $809K | −2.8% | #663 of 2,339 |
| 8St. James Parish, LA | 56 | 9 | 11.9 | $739K | −5.9% | #848 of 2,339 |
| 9St. Charles Parish, LA | 56 | 35 | 18.8 | $499K | −3.7% | #873 of 2,339 |
| 10St. Martin Parish, LA | 52 | 24 | 12.3 | $642K | −1.0% | #1,041 of 2,339 |
| 38Rapides Parish, LA | 30 | 128 | 26.1 | $304K | −2.9% | #2,028 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Rapides Parish
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 spas18
- Hair salons30
- Barbershops19
- Nail salons10
- Spas and skin care41
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Rapides Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 128 hair salons in Rapides Parish. 21 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 483 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Rapides Parish, LA spend on personal care products and services?
About $39M a year, or $796 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 128 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $304K 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 48,954 households in Rapides Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rapides Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Rapides Parish has 26.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $304K, 29% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Rapides Parish would have about 91, against 128 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,264 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Rapides Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Rapides Parish at 125,877 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 48,954 households. Median household income in Rapides Parish is $54,967, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.3%, 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. Rapides Parish scores 30 for hair salons (lower middle), #2,028 of 2,339 scored counties.
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