Beauty and personal care · County · Wyoming
Hair salons in Laramie County, WY
How Laramie County, WY 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,434 of 2,339 scored counties
#12 of 15 scored counties in Wyoming
- Listings
- 106
- 15 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- +23.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $42.8M
- On personal care products and services · $990 a household
- Spending per listing
- $404K
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.5
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 102,938
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $990 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in Laramie County spend about $42.8M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $404K per salon, 6% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Laramie County has 106 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 15 are chain locations, or 14%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 24.5 per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Laramie County in 2023, up 23.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,352 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 211 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Laramie County.
Population estimates put the population change in Laramie County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Laramie County has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #1,434 of 2,339 scored counties and #12 of 15 scored counties in Wyoming.
How Laramie County 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 County | Wyoming | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.5 | 22.9 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $404K | $427K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,352 | 1,916 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +23.1% | −3.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $990 | $977 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $80,173 | $76,176 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 26 → 32+23.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 87
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 211Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10615 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 100The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Laramie 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 Laramie County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 102,938+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 43,279
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,686 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $80,173+19.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,407
- Median home value
- $348,700
- Jobs located here
- 48,452
- Daytime population
- 102,392Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wyoming
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sweetwater County, WY | 65 | 30 | 17.1 | $566K | −2.2% | #447 of 2,339 |
| 2Campbell County, WY | 63 | 43 | 23.9 | $436K | +2.1% | #558 of 2,339 |
| 3Goshen County, WY | 62 | 7 | 13.5 | $638K | +1.0% | #571 of 2,339 |
| 4Carbon County, WY | 61 | 9 | 14.7 | $646K | −3.4% | #622 of 2,339 |
| 5Park County, WY | 61 | 32 | 24.0 | $397K | +5.1% | #660 of 2,339 |
| 6Albany County, WY | 60 | 25 | 14.6 | $613K | +3.9% | #668 of 2,339 |
| 7Big Horn County, WY | 60 | 8 | 17.9 | $487K | +4.7% | #686 of 2,339 |
| 8Fremont County, WY | 59 | 29 | 19.3 | $467K | +0.7% | #746 of 2,339 |
| 9Lincoln County, WY | 53 | 21 | 25.2 | $415K | +7.8% | #1,026 of 2,339 |
| 10Natrona County, WY | 48 | 92 | 27.1 | $355K | +0.3% | #1,299 of 2,339 |
| 12Laramie County, WY | 45 | 106 | 24.5 | $404K | +2.2% | #1,434 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Laramie 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 spas46
- Hair salons45
- Barbershops65
- Nail salons63
- Spas and skin care57
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Laramie County, WY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 106 hair salons in Laramie County. 15 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 23.1% from 2019. Official counts also show 211 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Laramie County, WY spend on personal care products and services?
About $42.8M a year, or $990 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 106 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $404K 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 43,279 households in Laramie County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Laramie County, WY compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Laramie County has 24.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $404K, 6% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Laramie County would have about 100, against 106 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,352 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 23.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Laramie County, WY growing?
Population estimates put Laramie County at 102,938 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 43,279 households. Median household income in Laramie County is $80,173, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.8%, 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. Laramie County scores 45 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,434 of 2,339 scored counties.
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