Beauty and personal care · County · Pennsylvania
Hair salons in Lawrence County, PA
The hair salons in Lawrence County, PA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,159 of 2,339 scored counties
#57 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 84
- 13 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 37
- +2.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $31.8M
- On personal care products and services · $879 a household
- Spending per listing
- $378K
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.3
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 83,911
- −2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Lawrence County scores 23 (low) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #2,159 of 2,339 scored counties and #57 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Lawrence County comes to about $31.8M a year: $879 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $378K per salon, 12% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Lawrence County has 84 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 13 are chain locations, or 15%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 23.3 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 37 businesses with payroll in Lawrence County classed as beauty salons, up 2.8% from 2019. That is one for every 976 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $178K have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Lawrence County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lawrence County declined 2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Lawrence County compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Lawrence County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.3 | 21.7 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $378K | $462K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 976 | 1,088 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.8% | +0.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.4% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $879 | $1,004 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $61,931 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 36 → 37+2.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 128
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 143Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8413 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 74The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $178K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Lawrence 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 Lawrence County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 83,911−2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 36,121
- Median age
- 45.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 357 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 238
- Median household income
- $61,931+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,018
- Median home value
- $147,200
- Jobs located here
- 26,898
- Daytime population
- 74,365Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Perry County, PA | 74 | 30 | 16.4 | $599K | +2.1% | #180 of 2,339 |
| 2Pike County, PA | 72 | 31 | 12.8 | $791K | +7.2% | #226 of 2,339 |
| 3Adams County, PA | 69 | 70 | 17.1 | $592K | +3.6% | #322 of 2,339 |
| 4Chester County, PA | 67 | 404 | 19.7 | $652K | +4.2% | #385 of 2,339 |
| 5Susquehanna County, PA | 63 | 25 | 16.1 | $578K | −0.3% | #529 of 2,339 |
| 6York County, PA | 60 | 358 | 19.7 | $518K | +3.6% | #677 of 2,339 |
| 7Carbon County, PA | 58 | 40 | 14.7 | $620K | +1.7% | #763 of 2,339 |
| 8Fulton County, PA | 57 | 10 | 15.8 | $570K | −0.6% | #804 of 2,339 |
| 9Butler County, PA | 55 | 176 | 21.8 | $488K | +3.2% | #913 of 2,339 |
| 10Delaware County, PA | 54 | 450 | 20.7 | $528K | +0.8% | #948 of 2,339 |
| 57Lawrence County, PA | 23 | 84 | 23.3 | $378K | −2.4% | #2,159 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Lawrence 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 spas30
- Hair salons23
- Barbershops36
- Nail salons52
- 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 Lawrence County, PA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 84 hair salons in Lawrence County. 13 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 37 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 2.8% from 2019. Another 143 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Lawrence County, PA spend on personal care products and services?
About $31.8M a year, or $879 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 84 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $378K 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 36,121 households in Lawrence County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lawrence County, PA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Lawrence County has 23.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $378K, 12% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Lawrence County would have about 74, against 84 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 976 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Lawrence County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Lawrence County at 83,911 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 36,121 households. Median household income in Lawrence County is $61,931, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. Lawrence County scores 23 for hair salons (low), #2,159 of 2,339 scored counties.
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