Beauty and personal care · County · Louisiana
Salons, barbers and spas in Union Parish, LA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for salons, barbers and spas in Union Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,145 of 2,385 scored counties
#38 of 55 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 23
- 4 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6M
- On personal care products and services · $702 a household
- Spending per listing
- $260K
- 22% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 27.0
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,561
- −2.5% since 2020
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What this means
For salons, barbers and spas, Union Parish has a Groundwork market score of 29 (lower middle): #2,145 of 2,385 scored counties and #38 of 55 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Union Parish spend about $6M a year on personal care products and services, or $702 per household, 30% below the U.S. average. That works out to $260K per business, 22% above the U.S. figure of $213K.
Union Parish has 23 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 17%, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 27.0, 43% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for personal care services in Union Parish, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Union Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Union 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.
| Measure | Union Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 27.0 | 49.9 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $260K | $166K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,135 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.5% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $702 | $826 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $42,885 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 21 |
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
- 127Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 234 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 28The 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 Union 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 Union Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,561−2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 8,508
- Median age
- 43.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 877 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $42,885−2.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $64,327
- Median home value
- $112,500
- Jobs located here
- 4,997
- Daytime population
- 17,220Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1De Soto Parish, LA | 66 | 23 | 21.9 | $348K | +2.0% | #412 of 2,385 |
| 2East Feliciana Parish, LA | 60 | 11 | 17.2 | $515K | −2.8% | #629 of 2,385 |
| 3Grant Parish, LA | 60 | 12 | 16.1 | $509K | −0.3% | #630 of 2,385 |
| 4St. Martin Parish, LA | 60 | 49 | 25.0 | $315K | −1.0% | #640 of 2,385 |
| 5St. James Parish, LA | 59 | 16 | 21.2 | $416K | −5.9% | #673 of 2,385 |
| 6St. Charles Parish, LA | 53 | 58 | 31.2 | $301K | −3.7% | #973 of 2,385 |
| 7Livingston Parish, LA | 53 | 202 | 37.7 | $237K | +8.5% | #1,008 of 2,385 |
| 8West Feliciana Parish, LA | 52 | 13 | 32.3 | $283K | −0.7% | #1,039 of 2,385 |
| 9Jackson Parish, LA | 52 | 14 | 25.1 | $281K | +5.6% | #1,040 of 2,385 |
| 10Lafourche Parish, LA | 52 | 120 | 31.8 | $262K | −2.0% | #1,048 of 2,385 |
| 38Union Parish, LA | 29 | 23 | 27.0 | $260K | −2.5% | #2,145 of 2,385 |
Other business types in Union Parish
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 spas29
- Hair salons29
- 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 Union Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 salons, barbers and spas in Union Parish. 4 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. No official count is published for personal care services in Union Parish: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 127 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Union Parish, LA spend on personal care products and services?
About $6M a year, or $702 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $260K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,508 households in Union Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Union Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
Union Parish has 27.0 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $260K, 22% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Union Parish would have about 28, against 23 on map listings.
How fast is Union Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Union Parish at 20,561 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,508 households. The median household income in Union Parish is $42,885 a year, 47% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That fell 2.8% 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. Union Parish scores 29 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #2,145 of 2,385 scored counties.
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