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Barbershops in Lee County, TX

How Lee 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 #987 of 1,356 scored counties
#60 of 109 scored counties in Texas

Listings
6
2 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6.2M
On personal care products and services · $883 a household
Spending per listing
$1M
45% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.6
62% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
18,729
+7.0% 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

Household spending on personal care products and services in Lee County comes to about $6.2M a year: $883 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1M per shop, 45% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.

Lee County has 6 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 8.6 for every 10,000 households, 62% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in Lee County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 9 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Lee County grew 7.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Lee County scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #987 of 1,356 scored counties and #60 of 109 scored counties in Texas.

How Lee 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 Lee County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureLee CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.66.95.3
Spending per listing$1M$1.4M$1.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a18,17016,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+65.8%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$883$937$1,005
Median household income$76,371$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3734

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
9Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
62 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Lee 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 Lee County

Population, 2025 estimate
18,729+7.0% since 2020
Households
6,984
Median age
44.2
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
629 sq. mi.
People per square mile
29
Median household income
$76,371+39.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,728
Median home value
$267,800
Jobs located here
6,569
Daytime population
16,295Residents 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 Lee 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
60Lee County, TX3768.6$1M+7.0%#987 of 1,356

Other business types in Lee County

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

Questions

How many barbershops are in Lee County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 barbershops in Lee County. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Lee County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 9 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $6.2M a year, or $883 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1M per shop. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,984 households in Lee County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lee County has 8.6 barbershops per 10,000 households, 62% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Lee County would have about 3, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is Lee County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Lee County at 18,729 people in 2025, up 7.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,984 households. The median household income in Lee County is $76,371 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.5% 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. Lee County scores 37 for barbershops (lower middle), #987 of 1,356 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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

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