Beauty and personal care · County · Indiana
Salons, barbers and spas in Brown County, IN
How Brown County, IN compares with other counties and the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 80 out of 100: High
Ranked #62 of 2,385 scored counties
#2 of 86 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 13
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.8M
- On personal care products and services · $998 a household
- Spending per listing
- $520K
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.2
- 59% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,777
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas in Brown County is 80 (high), #62 of 2,385 scored counties and #2 of 86 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for salons, barbers and spas.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Brown County comes to about $6.8M a year: $998 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $520K per business, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $213K.
There are 13 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in Brown County as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.2, 59% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for personal care services in Brown County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Brown County grew 1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Brown County compares
The same measures for Indiana and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the salons, barbers and spas 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 | Brown County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.2 | 39.5 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $520K | $246K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,157 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.9% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $998 | $971 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $78,528 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 34Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 131 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The 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 personal care services in Brown 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 Brown County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,777+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 6,781
- Median age
- 50.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 87%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 312 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $78,528+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,604
- Median home value
- $269,100
- Jobs located here
- 3,484
- Daytime population
- 12,549Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1LaGrange County, IN | 81 | 19 | 14.7 | $693K | +1.9% | #56 of 2,385 |
| 2Brown County, IN | 80 | 13 | 19.2 | $520K | +1.9% | #62 of 2,385 |
| 3Morgan County, IN | 79 | 86 | 30.4 | $335K | +4.4% | #91 of 2,385 |
| 4Parke County, IN | 78 | 8 | 13.0 | $696K | +3.0% | #96 of 2,385 |
| 5Posey County, IN | 76 | 21 | 19.9 | $505K | −0.8% | #129 of 2,385 |
| 6Shelby County, IN | 76 | 50 | 27.1 | $353K | +1.8% | #148 of 2,385 |
| 7Newton County, IN | 75 | 10 | 17.5 | $519K | +2.9% | #162 of 2,385 |
| 8Gibson County, IN | 75 | 26 | 19.3 | $484K | +0.1% | #165 of 2,385 |
| 9Noble County, IN | 75 | 43 | 23.7 | $398K | +1.0% | #170 of 2,385 |
| 10Hancock County, IN | 75 | 123 | 36.7 | $303K | +13.5% | #174 of 2,385 |
Other business types in Brown 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 spas80
- Hair salons81
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many salons, barbers and spas are in Brown County, IN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 13 salons, barbers and spas in Brown County. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. No official count is published for personal care services in Brown County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 34 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Brown County, IN spend on personal care products and services?
About $6.8M a year, or $998 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $520K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,781 households in Brown County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Brown County, IN compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
Brown County has 19.2 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $520K, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Brown County would have about 32, against 13 on map listings.
How fast is Brown County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Brown County at 15,777 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,781 households. The median household income in Brown County is $78,528 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.7% 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. Brown County scores 80 for salons, barbers and spas (high), #62 of 2,385 scored counties.
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