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Salons, barbers and spas in Lafayette Parish, LA

How Lafayette Parish, LA 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 31 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #2,119 of 2,385 scored counties
#37 of 55 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
709
116 chain locations (16%)
Official establishments
120
+3.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$87.3M
On personal care products and services · $865 a household
Spending per listing
$123K
42% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
70.3
49% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
257,949
+6.5% 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

Lafayette Parish scores 31 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas, ranking #2,119 of 2,385 scored counties and #37 of 55 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 709 salons, barbers and spas in Lafayette Parish. Of those, 116 are chain locations, or 16%, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 70.3, 49% above the U.S. rate of 47.2.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Lafayette Parish comes to about $87.3M a year: $865 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $123K of household spending for each business on map listings, 42% below the U.S. figure of $213K.

Official counts show 120 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in Lafayette Parish in 2023, up 3.5% from 2019. That is one for every 841 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $3.4M have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in Lafayette Parish. Population estimates show Lafayette Parish grew 6.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Lafayette Parish compares

The same measures for Louisiana 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 Lafayette Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureLafayette ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households70.349.947.2
Spending per listing$123K$166K$213K
Households per official establishment8411,135804
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+3.5%+15.5%+14.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.5%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$865$826$1,005
Median household income$67,451$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score3121

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
116 → 120+3.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
548
Annual payroll, 2023
$16.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
1,608Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
709116 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
410The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$3.4M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in Lafayette Parish, 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 Lafayette Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
257,949+6.5% since 2020
Households
100,903
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
269 sq. mi.
People per square mile
922
Median household income
$67,451+18.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,745
Median home value
$242,900
Jobs located here
135,780
Daytime population
279,185Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Salons, barbers and spas across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Lafayette Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for salons, barbers and spas by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1De Soto Parish, LA662321.9$348K+2.0%#412 of 2,385
2East Feliciana Parish, LA601117.2$515K−2.8%#629 of 2,385
3Grant Parish, LA601216.1$509K−0.3%#630 of 2,385
4St. Martin Parish, LA604925.0$315K−1.0%#640 of 2,385
5St. James Parish, LA591621.2$416K−5.9%#673 of 2,385
6St. Charles Parish, LA535831.2$301K−3.7%#973 of 2,385
7Livingston Parish, LA5320237.7$237K+8.5%#1,008 of 2,385
8West Feliciana Parish, LA521332.3$283K−0.7%#1,039 of 2,385
9Jackson Parish, LA521425.1$281K+5.6%#1,040 of 2,385
10Lafourche Parish, LA5212031.8$262K−2.0%#1,048 of 2,385
37Lafayette Parish, LA3170970.3$123K+6.5%#2,119 of 2,385

Other business types in Lafayette Parish

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

Questions

How many salons, barbers and spas are in Lafayette Parish, LA?

Lafayette Parish has 709 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. 116 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 120 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023, up 3.5% from 2019. Another 1,608 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Lafayette Parish, LA spend on personal care products and services?

About $87.3M a year, or $865 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 709 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $123K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 100,903 households in Lafayette Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lafayette Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?

Lafayette Parish has 70.3 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 49% above the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $123K, 42% below the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Lafayette Parish would have about 410, against 709 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 841 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +14.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Lafayette Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Lafayette Parish at 257,949 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 100,903 households. Median household income in Lafayette Parish is $67,451, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.3%, 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. Lafayette Parish scores 31 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #2,119 of 2,385 scored counties.

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