Beauty and personal care · County · South Dakota
Hair salons in Lawrence County, SD
How Lawrence County, SD compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #793 of 2,339 scored counties
#11 of 16 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 28
- 5 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.4M
- On personal care products and services · $948 a household
- Spending per listing
- $408K
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.2
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,459
- +14.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 hair salons in Lawrence County. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 23.2 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $948 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in Lawrence County spend about $11.4M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $408K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 5% 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.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Lawrence County in 2023. That is one for every 2,009 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 54 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Lawrence County grew 14.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Lawrence County scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #793 of 2,339 scored counties and #11 of 16 scored counties in South Dakota.
How Lawrence County compares
The same measures for South Dakota 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 | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.2 | 20.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $408K | $492K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,009 | 2,285 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +14.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $948 | $983 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $73,384 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 23
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $895K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 54Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 285 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The 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 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
- 29,459+14.0% since 2020
- Households
- 12,054
- Median age
- 44.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 800 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $73,384+39.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,174
- Median home value
- $346,500
- Jobs located here
- 13,155
- Daytime population
- 27,824Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, SD | 86 | 10 | 13.7 | $796K | +3.3% | #33 of 2,339 |
| 2Butte County, SD | 80 | 7 | 16.3 | $601K | +5.5% | #79 of 2,339 |
| 3Meade County, SD | 79 | 17 | 14.2 | $701K | +2.7% | #92 of 2,339 |
| 4Beadle County, SD | 76 | 8 | 10.6 | $865K | +2.4% | #128 of 2,339 |
| 5Lincoln County, SD | 76 | 62 | 22.2 | $512K | +17.5% | #149 of 2,339 |
| 6Brookings County, SD | 67 | 22 | 15.9 | $601K | +9.6% | #388 of 2,339 |
| 7Yankton County, SD | 63 | 20 | 20.6 | $465K | +1.5% | #551 of 2,339 |
| 8Lake County, SD | 62 | 9 | 19.1 | $520K | −0.2% | #590 of 2,339 |
| 9Minnehaha County, SD | 62 | 176 | 20.8 | $487K | +7.6% | #597 of 2,339 |
| 10Pennington County, SD | 60 | 106 | 22.9 | $430K | +6.6% | #697 of 2,339 |
| 11Lawrence County, SD | 58 | 28 | 23.2 | $408K | +14.0% | #793 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 spas47
- Hair salons58
- Barbershops
- Nail salons61
- Spas and skin care39
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, SD?
There are 28 hair salons on map listings in Lawrence County as of September 2026. 5 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 54 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lawrence County, SD spend on personal care products and services?
About $11.4M a year, or $948 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $408K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,054 households in Lawrence County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lawrence County, SD compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Lawrence County has 23.2 hair salons per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $408K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Lawrence County would have about 27, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,009 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Lawrence County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Lawrence County at 29,459 people in 2025, up 14.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,054 households. The median household income in Lawrence County is $73,384 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.4% 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. Lawrence County scores 58 for hair salons (upper middle), #793 of 2,339 scored counties.
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