Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Indiana
Salons, barbers and spas in the Decatur, IN area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for salons, barbers and spas in the Decatur, IN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #269 of 538 scored small-town markets
#23 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Indiana
- Listings
- 45
- 12 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.4M
- On personal care products and services · $918 a household
- Spending per listing
- $253K
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 36.3
- 23% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,650
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 45 salons, barbers and spas in the Decatur area. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 27%, against 15% across the U.S. That is 36.3 per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
At $918 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the Decatur area spend about $11.4M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 45 salons, barbers and spas, that is $253K per business, 19% above the U.S. figure of $213K.
Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in the Decatur area in 2023. That is one for every 827 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Another 111 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $197K have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in the Decatur area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Decatur area grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For salons, barbers and spas, the Decatur area has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #269 of 538 scored small-town markets and #23 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Indiana.
How the Decatur area 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 | Decatur area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 36.3 | 39.5 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $253K | $246K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 827 | 1,157 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.9% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $918 | $971 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $65,289 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15
- Employees, 2023
- 26
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $508K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 111Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4512 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 54The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $197K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in the Decatur 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 Decatur area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,650+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 12,401
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 339 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 107
- Median household income
- $65,289+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,576
- Median home value
- $178,400
- Jobs located here
- 13,315
- Daytime population
- 33,956Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kendallville, IN | 82 | 43 | 23.7 | $398K | +1.0% | #4 of 538 |
| 2Greensburg, IN | 79 | 34 | 31.7 | $304K | +0.4% | #13 of 538 |
| 3Auburn, IN | 78 | 48 | 28.1 | $339K | +2.9% | #17 of 538 |
| 4Greencastle, IN | 76 | 43 | 30.4 | $317K | +3.2% | #22 of 538 |
| 5Seymour, IN | 74 | 65 | 35.8 | $263K | +1.9% | #31 of 538 |
| 6Monticello, IN | 71 | 29 | 28.3 | $326K | +2.0% | #46 of 538 |
| 7Frankfort, IN | 70 | 42 | 33.6 | $272K | +0.4% | #54 of 538 |
| 8Bedford, IN | 66 | 57 | 29.8 | $305K | +1.2% | #80 of 538 |
| 9Connersville, IN | 66 | 30 | 31.8 | $271K | +0.7% | #83 of 538 |
| 10Washington, IN | 66 | 46 | 38.9 | $239K | +2.5% | #84 of 538 |
| 23Decatur, IN | 50 | 45 | 36.3 | $253K | +2.2% | #269 of 538 |
Other business types in the Decatur 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 spas50
- Hair salons42
- Barbershops
- Nail salons58
- Spas and skin care59
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 the Decatur, IN area?
The Decatur area has 45 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. 12 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Official counts list 111 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Decatur, IN area spend on personal care products and services?
About $11.4M a year, or $918 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $253K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,401 households in the Decatur area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Decatur, IN area compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
The Decatur area has 36.3 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $253K, 19% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Decatur area would have about 54, against 45 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 827 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.
How fast is the Decatur, IN area growing?
Population estimates put the Decatur area at 36,650 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,401 households. Median household income in the Decatur area is $65,289, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.4%, 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. 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 Decatur area scores 50 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #269 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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