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Barbershops in Bowie County, TX
How Bowie County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 14 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,281 of 1,356 scored counties
#104 of 109 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 34
- 1 chain location (3%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $28.2M
- On personal care products and services · $805 a household
- Spending per listing
- $830K
- 56% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.7
- 83% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 92,696
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Bowie County scores 14 (low) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #1,281 of 1,356 scored counties and #104 of 109 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 34 barbershops in Bowie County. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That is 9.7 per 10,000 households, 83% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Bowie County comes to about $28.2M a year: $805 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Spread across 34 barbershops, that is $830K per shop, 56% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in Bowie County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bowie County declined 0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Bowie County compares
The same measures for Texas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the barbershops 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 | Bowie County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.7 | 6.9 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $830K | $1.4M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 18,170 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +65.8% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $805 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $59,803 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 14 | 34 |
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
- 46Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 341 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 barber shops in Bowie 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 Bowie County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 92,696−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 35,073
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 885 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 104
- Median household income
- $59,803+19.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,943
- Median home value
- $173,000
- Jobs located here
- 39,161
- Daytime population
- 93,908Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Medina County, TX | 78 | 5 | 2.8 | $3.2M | +11.4% | #92 of 1,356 |
| 2Burnet County, TX | 78 | 7 | 3.3 | $2.8M | +15.2% | #94 of 1,356 |
| 3Waller County, TX | 77 | 7 | 3.8 | $2.5M | +21.9% | #113 of 1,356 |
| 4Guadalupe County, TX | 77 | 26 | 4.0 | $2.5M | +15.8% | #114 of 1,356 |
| 5Wise County, TX | 72 | 5 | 2.0 | $5M | +21.5% | #172 of 1,356 |
| 6Denton County, TX | 71 | 167 | 4.6 | $2.4M | +16.9% | #209 of 1,356 |
| 7Fort Bend County, TX | 71 | 158 | 5.4 | $2.1M | +17.4% | #213 of 1,356 |
| 8Johnson County, TX | 70 | 30 | 4.6 | $2.1M | +20.5% | #245 of 1,356 |
| 9Montgomery County, TX | 69 | 122 | 4.9 | $2.1M | +24.9% | #268 of 1,356 |
| 10Williamson County, TX | 69 | 132 | 5.2 | $2.1M | +22.3% | #269 of 1,356 |
| 104Bowie County, TX | 14 | 34 | 9.7 | $830K | −0.2% | #1,281 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Bowie County
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 spas25
- Hair salons28
- Barbershops14
- Nail salons27
- Spas and skin care30
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Bowie County, TX?
Bowie County has 34 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Bowie County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 46 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Bowie County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $28.2M a year, or $805 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $830K per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,073 households in Bowie County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bowie County, TX compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Bowie County has 9.7 barbershops per 10,000 households, 83% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $830K, 56% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Bowie County would have about 15, against 34 on map listings.
How fast is Bowie County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Bowie County at 92,696 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 35,073 households. Median household income in Bowie County is $59,803, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.2%, 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. Bowie County scores 14 for barbershops (low), #1,281 of 1,356 scored counties.
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