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Barbershops in Comal County, TX

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for barbershops in Comal County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #474 of 1,356 scored counties
#28 of 109 scored counties in Texas

Listings
49
9 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$75.7M
On personal care products and services · $1,061 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
18% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.9
30% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
209,166
+27.9% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 49 barbershops in Comal County. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 6.9 for every 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Comal County comes to about $75.7M a year: $1,061 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 18% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Comal County classed as barber shops. That is one for every 14,271 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Official counts also show 40 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Comal County grew 27.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for barbershops in Comal County is 59 (upper middle), #474 of 1,356 scored counties and #28 of 109 scored counties in Texas.

How Comal 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.

Barbershops in Comal County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureComal CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.96.95.3
Spending per listing$1.5M$1.4M$1.9M
Households per official establishment14,27118,17016,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+65.8%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+27.9%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,061$937$1,005
Median household income$101,889$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5934

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 5
Employees, 2023
77
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
40Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
499 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
40The 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 Comal 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 Comal County

Population, 2025 estimate
209,166+27.9% since 2020
Households
71,354
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
560 sq. mi.
People per square mile
329
Median household income
$101,889+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$133,953
Median home value
$427,200
Jobs located here
76,984
Daytime population
179,700Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Barbershops across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for barbershops, numbered among those based in Texas, with Comal County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for barbershops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Medina County, TX7852.8$3.2M+11.4%#92 of 1,356
2Burnet County, TX7873.3$2.8M+15.2%#94 of 1,356
3Waller County, TX7773.8$2.5M+21.9%#113 of 1,356
4Guadalupe County, TX77264.0$2.5M+15.8%#114 of 1,356
5Wise County, TX7252.0$5M+21.5%#172 of 1,356
6Denton County, TX711674.6$2.4M+16.9%#209 of 1,356
7Fort Bend County, TX711585.4$2.1M+17.4%#213 of 1,356
8Johnson County, TX70304.6$2.1M+20.5%#245 of 1,356
9Montgomery County, TX691224.9$2.1M+24.9%#268 of 1,356
10Williamson County, TX691325.2$2.1M+22.3%#269 of 1,356
28Comal County, TX59496.9$1.5M+27.9%#474 of 1,356

Other business types in Comal County

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

Questions

How many barbershops are in Comal County, TX?

Comal County has 49 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Another 40 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Comal County, TX spend on personal care products and services?

About $75.7M a year, or $1,061 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 71,354 households in Comal County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Comal County, TX compare with the U.S. for barbershops?

Comal County has 6.9 barbershops per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.5M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Comal County would have about 40, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,271 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.

How fast is Comal County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Comal County at 209,166 people in 2025, up 27.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 71,354 households. Median household income in Comal County is $101,889, 26% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.5%, 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. Comal County scores 59 for barbershops (upper middle), #474 of 1,356 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for barbershops · All 56 business types in Comal County

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