Beauty and personal care · County · Louisiana
Spas and skin care studios in Lafayette Parish, LA
How Lafayette Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for spas and skin care studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,402 of 1,769 scored counties
#21 of 39 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 177
- 17 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- +9.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $87.3M
- On personal care products and services · $865 a household
- Spending per listing
- $493K
- 44% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.5
- 52% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 257,949
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
Lafayette Parish scores 36 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios, ranking #1,402 of 1,769 scored counties and #21 of 39 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 177 spas and skin care studios in Lafayette Parish. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.5, 52% above the U.S. rate of 11.5.
At $865 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Lafayette Parish spend about $87.3M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $493K per studio, 44% below the U.S. figure of $876K. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which spas and skin care studios share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Lafayette Parish in 2023, up 9.5% from 2019. That is one for every 4,387 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.6M have gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in Lafayette Parish. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lafayette Parish grew 6.5%, 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 spas and skin care studios 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 | Lafayette Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.5 | 10.1 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $493K | $814K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,387 | 6,836 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.5% | +30.7% | +29.8% |
| 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 score | 36 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21 → 23+9.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 111
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 17717 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 100The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $2.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other 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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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Lafayette Parish marked.
Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 78 | 5 | 4.6 | $2M | +5.5% | #86 of 1,769 |
| 2Livingston Parish, LA | 74 | 37 | 6.9 | $1.3M | +8.5% | #147 of 1,769 |
| 3Ascension Parish, LA | 64 | 40 | 8.4 | $1.2M | +6.4% | #397 of 1,769 |
| 4St. Charles Parish, LA | 62 | 7 | 3.8 | $2.5M | −3.7% | #435 of 1,769 |
| 5Beauregard Parish, LA | 59 | 6 | 4.4 | $1.9M | +0.2% | #539 of 1,769 |
| 6Tangipahoa Parish, LA | 58 | 42 | 8.1 | $982K | +5.8% | #591 of 1,769 |
| 7St. Martin Parish, LA | 53 | 8 | 4.1 | $1.9M | −1.0% | #755 of 1,769 |
| 8Plaquemines Parish, LA | 53 | 5 | 6.1 | $1.5M | −5.3% | #757 of 1,769 |
| 9Vermilion Parish, LA | 51 | 11 | 5.0 | $1.5M | +1.3% | #829 of 1,769 |
| 10St. John the Baptist Parish, LA | 47 | 7 | 4.6 | $1.8M | −5.9% | #976 of 1,769 |
| 21Lafayette Parish, LA | 36 | 177 | 17.5 | $493K | +6.5% | #1,402 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Lafayette 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 spas31
- Hair salons33
- Barbershops33
- Nail salons39
- Spas and skin care36
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many spas and skin care studios are in Lafayette Parish, LA?
There are 177 spas and skin care studios on map listings in Lafayette Parish as of September 2026. 17 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023, up 9.5% from 2019.
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 177 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $493K per studio. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios. 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 spas and skin care studios?
Lafayette Parish has 17.5 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 52% above the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $493K, 44% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Lafayette Parish would have about 100, against 177 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,387 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +29.8% 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 36 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #1,402 of 1,769 scored counties.
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