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Salons, barbers and spas in LaPorte County, IN

How LaPorte 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #932 of 2,385 scored counties
#57 of 86 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
145
28 chain locations (19%)
Official establishments
33
+3.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$41.3M
On personal care products and services · $947 a household
Spending per listing
$285K
34% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
33.2
30% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
111,294
−0.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on personal care products and services in LaPorte County comes to about $41.3M a year: $947 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $285K of household spending for each business on map listings, 34% above the U.S. figure of $213K.

LaPorte County has 145 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. 28 of them (19%) are chain locations, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 33.2, 30% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in LaPorte County was 33 in 2023, up 3.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,322 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Another 379 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $374K have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in LaPorte County.

Population estimates show LaPorte County declined 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. LaPorte County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas, ranking #932 of 2,385 scored counties and #57 of 86 scored counties in Indiana.

How LaPorte 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.

Salons, barbers and spas in LaPorte County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureLaPorte CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households33.239.547.2
Spending per listing$285K$246K$213K
Households per official establishment1,3221,157804
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+3.1%+13.9%+14.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.9%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$947$971$1,005
Median household income$71,055$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score5459

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
32 → 33+3.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
162
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
379Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
14528 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
194The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$374K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in LaPorte 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 LaPorte County

Population, 2025 estimate
111,294−0.9% since 2020
Households
43,633
Median age
41.6
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
598 sq. mi.
People per square mile
187
Median household income
$71,055+32.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,682
Median home value
$195,500
Jobs located here
39,820
Daytime population
107,276Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Salons, barbers and spas across Indiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Indiana for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Indiana, with LaPorte County marked.

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for salons, barbers and spas by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1LaGrange County, IN811914.7$693K+1.9%#56 of 2,385
2Brown County, IN801319.2$520K+1.9%#62 of 2,385
3Morgan County, IN798630.4$335K+4.4%#91 of 2,385
4Parke County, IN78813.0$696K+3.0%#96 of 2,385
5Posey County, IN762119.9$505K−0.8%#129 of 2,385
6Shelby County, IN765027.1$353K+1.8%#148 of 2,385
7Newton County, IN751017.5$519K+2.9%#162 of 2,385
8Gibson County, IN752619.3$484K+0.1%#165 of 2,385
9Noble County, IN754323.7$398K+1.0%#170 of 2,385
10Hancock County, IN7512336.7$303K+13.5%#174 of 2,385
57LaPorte County, IN5414533.2$285K−0.9%#932 of 2,385

Other business types in LaPorte County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many salons, barbers and spas are in LaPorte County, IN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 145 salons, barbers and spas in LaPorte County. 28 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023, up 3.1% from 2019. Official counts list 379 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in LaPorte County, IN spend on personal care products and services?

About $41.3M a year, or $947 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 145 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $285K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 43,633 households in LaPorte County and national spending patterns by income.

How does LaPorte County, IN compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?

LaPorte County has 33.2 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $285K, 34% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, LaPorte County would have about 194, against 145 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,322 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +14.1% for the U.S.

How fast is LaPorte County, IN growing?

Population estimates put LaPorte County at 111,294 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 43,633 households. The median household income in LaPorte County is $71,055 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.4% 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. LaPorte County scores 54 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #932 of 2,385 scored counties.

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