Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Wyoming
Hair salons in the Laramie, WY area
How the Laramie, WY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #104 of 538 scored small-town markets
#4 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Wyoming
- Listings
- 25
- 5 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15.3M
- On personal care products and services · $897 a household
- Spending per listing
- $613K
- 42% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.6
- 38% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,558
- +3.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Laramie area comes to about $15.3M a year: $897 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $613K per salon, 42% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
The Laramie area has 25 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (20%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 14.6 for every 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Laramie area in 2023. That is one for every 1,424 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 47 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in the Laramie area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, the Laramie area has a Groundwork market score of 64 (upper middle): #104 of 538 scored small-town markets and #4 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Wyoming. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Laramie area compares
The same measures for Wyoming 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 | Laramie area | Wyoming | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.6 | 22.9 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $613K | $427K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,424 | 1,916 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.9% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $897 | $977 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $61,917 | $76,176 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 22
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $693K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 47Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 255 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 36The 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 Laramie 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 Laramie area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,558+3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 17,083
- Median age
- 32.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 50%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,274 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $61,917+25.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,098
- Median home value
- $333,000
- Jobs located here
- 16,736
- Daytime population
- 38,437Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Wyoming
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rock Springs, WY | 69 | 30 | 17.1 | $566K | −2.2% | #61 of 538 |
| 2Gillette, WY | 68 | 43 | 23.9 | $436K | +2.1% | #75 of 538 |
| 3Riverton, WY | 65 | 29 | 19.3 | $467K | +0.7% | #95 of 538 |
| 4Laramie, WY | 64 | 25 | 14.6 | $613K | +3.9% | #104 of 538 |
| 5Cody, WY | 64 | 32 | 24.0 | $397K | +5.1% | #114 of 538 |
| 6Jackson, WY-ID | 60 | 40 | 27.6 | $459K | +4.2% | #152 of 538 |
| 7Evanston, WY-UT | 52 | 20 | 23.2 | $422K | +2.0% | #255 of 538 |
| 8Sheridan, WY | 38 | 44 | 31.8 | $294K | +7.2% | #410 of 538 |
Other business types in the Laramie 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 spas65
- Hair salons64
- Barbershops78
- Nail salons72
- Spas and skin care66
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Laramie, WY area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 hair salons in the Laramie area. 5 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 47 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Laramie, WY area spend on personal care products and services?
About $15.3M a year, or $897 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $613K 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 17,083 households in the Laramie area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Laramie, WY area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Laramie area has 14.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $613K, 42% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Laramie area would have about 36, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,424 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Laramie, WY area growing?
Population estimates put the Laramie area at 38,558 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,083 households. Median household income in the Laramie area is $61,917, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.5%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Laramie area scores 64 for hair salons (upper middle), #104 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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