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Barbershops in Hidalgo County, TX
How Hidalgo 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #990 of 1,356 scored counties
#62 of 109 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 337
- 31 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $206.5M
- On personal care products and services · $764 a household
- Spending per listing
- $613K
- 68% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.5
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 921,549
- +5.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 337 barbershops in Hidalgo County. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.5, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Hidalgo County comes to about $206.5M a year: $764 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Spread across 337 barbershops, that is $613K per shop, 68% 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.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in Hidalgo County in 2023. That is one for every 22,518 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Official counts also show 431 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $500K has gone to businesses classed as barber shops in Hidalgo County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hidalgo County grew 5.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For barbershops, Hidalgo County has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #990 of 1,356 scored counties and #62 of 109 scored counties in Texas.
How Hidalgo 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 | Hidalgo County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.5 | 6.9 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $613K | $1.4M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 22,518 | 18,170 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +65.8% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $764 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $54,338 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 58
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 431Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 33731 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 110The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $500K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in Hidalgo 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 Hidalgo County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 921,549+5.6% since 2020
- Households
- 270,210
- Median age
- 31.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,571 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 568
- Median household income
- $54,338+35.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,309
- Median home value
- $140,900
- Jobs located here
- 292,679
- Daytime population
- 862,027Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Texas for barbershops, numbered among those based in Texas, with Hidalgo County marked.
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 |
| 62Hidalgo County, TX | 37 | 337 | 12.5 | $613K | +5.6% | #990 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Hidalgo 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 spas35
- Hair salons38
- Barbershops37
- Nail salons42
- Spas and skin care38
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Hidalgo County, TX?
There are 337 barbershops on map listings in Hidalgo County as of September 2026. 31 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Another 431 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Hidalgo County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $206.5M a year, or $764 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 337 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $613K per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 270,210 households in Hidalgo County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hidalgo County, TX compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Hidalgo County has 12.5 barbershops per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $613K, 68% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Hidalgo County would have about 110, against 337 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 22,518 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is Hidalgo County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Hidalgo County at 921,549 people in 2025, up 5.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 270,210 households. Median household income in Hidalgo County is $54,338, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.8%, 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. Hidalgo County scores 37 for barbershops (lower middle), #990 of 1,356 scored counties.
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