Beauty and personal care · County · Louisiana
Hair salons in St. Charles Parish, LA
The hair salons in St. Charles Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #873 of 2,339 scored counties
#9 of 54 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 35
- 6 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17.5M
- On personal care products and services · $938 a household
- Spending per listing
- $499K
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.8
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 50,586
- −3.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 35 hair salons in St. Charles Parish. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 17%, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 18.8 for every 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in St. Charles Parish comes to about $17.5M a year: $938 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 35 hair salons, that is $499K per salon, 16% above 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 6 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in St. Charles Parish in 2023. That is one for every 3,101 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 209 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $400K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in St. Charles Parish.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of St. Charles Parish declined 3.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For hair salons, St. Charles Parish has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #873 of 2,339 scored counties and #9 of 54 scored counties in Louisiana.
How St. Charles 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 | St. Charles Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.8 | 24.4 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $499K | $339K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,101 | 2,582 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.7% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $938 | $826 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $80,897 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 14
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $465K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 209Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 356 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 41The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $400K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in St. Charles 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 St. Charles Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 50,586−3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 18,608
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 278 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 185
- Median household income
- $80,897+17.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,861
- Median home value
- $263,700
- Jobs located here
- 26,102
- Daytime population
- 52,685Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for hair salons, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with St. Charles Parish marked.
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 |
Other business types in St. Charles 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 spas53
- Hair salons56
- Barbershops44
- Nail salons48
- Spas and skin care62
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in St. Charles Parish, LA?
St. Charles Parish has 35 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 209 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in St. Charles Parish, LA spend on personal care products and services?
About $17.5M a year, or $938 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $499K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,608 households in St. Charles Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Charles Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
St. Charles Parish has 18.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $499K, 16% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, St. Charles Parish would have about 41, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,101 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is St. Charles Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put St. Charles Parish at 50,586 people in 2025, down 3.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,608 households. The median household income in St. Charles Parish is $80,897 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.2% 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. St. Charles Parish scores 56 for hair salons (upper middle), #873 of 2,339 scored counties.
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