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Salons, barbers and spas in St. Tammany Parish, LA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for salons, barbers and spas in St. Tammany Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,972 of 2,385 scored counties
#31 of 55 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
636
106 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
155
+34.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$99.7M
On personal care products and services · $949 a household
Spending per listing
$157K
26% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
60.5
28% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
279,108
+5.3% 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

The Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas in St. Tammany Parish is 35 (lower middle), #1,972 of 2,385 scored counties and #31 of 55 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 636 salons, barbers and spas in St. Tammany Parish. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 60.5, 28% above the U.S. rate of 47.2.

Household spending on personal care products and services in St. Tammany Parish comes to about $99.7M a year: $949 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $157K of household spending for each business on map listings, 26% below the U.S. figure of $213K.

In 2023, official counts showed 155 businesses with payroll in St. Tammany Parish classed as personal care services, up 34.8% from 2019. That is one for every 678 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $1.5M have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in St. Tammany Parish. Population estimates show St. Tammany Parish grew 5.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How St. Tammany 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 St. Tammany Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Tammany ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households60.549.947.2
Spending per listing$157K$166K$213K
Households per official establishment6781,135804
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+34.8%+15.5%+14.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.3%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$949$826$1,005
Median household income$81,202$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score3521

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
115 → 155+34.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
708
Annual payroll, 2023
$21.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
1,288Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
636106 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
469The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
9
Amount
$1.5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in St. Tammany 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 St. Tammany Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
279,108+5.3% since 2020
Households
105,082
Median age
41.5
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
845 sq. mi.
People per square mile
322
Median household income
$81,202+17.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$109,896
Median home value
$284,000
Jobs located here
97,233
Daytime population
260,408Residents 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 St. Tammany 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
31St. Tammany Parish, LA3563660.5$157K+5.3%#1,972 of 2,385

Other business types in St. Tammany Parish

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

Questions

How many salons, barbers and spas are in St. Tammany Parish, LA?

St. Tammany Parish has 636 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. 106 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 155 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023, up 34.8% from 2019. Official counts list 1,288 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $99.7M a year, or $949 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 636 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $157K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 105,082 households in St. Tammany Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

St. Tammany Parish has 60.5 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $157K, 26% below the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, St. Tammany Parish would have about 469, against 636 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 678 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. The official count rose 34.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +14.1% for the U.S.

How fast is St. Tammany Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put St. Tammany Parish at 279,108 people in 2025, up 5.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,082 households. Median household income in St. Tammany Parish is $81,202, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.9%, 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. St. Tammany Parish scores 35 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #1,972 of 2,385 scored counties.

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