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Hair salons in Anderson County, TX
The hair salons in Anderson County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,258 of 2,339 scored counties
#88 of 159 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 38
- 9 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.9M
- On personal care products and services · $793 a household
- Spending per listing
- $367K
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.6
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 59,805
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 38 hair salons in Anderson County. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 21.6, 8% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in Anderson County spend about $13.9M a year on personal care products and services, or $793 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $367K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 15% below the U.S. figure of $430K. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Anderson County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 4,395 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 118 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Anderson County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Anderson County has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #1,258 of 2,339 scored counties and #88 of 159 scored counties in Texas.
How Anderson 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 hair salons 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 | Anderson County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.6 | 26.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $367K | $356K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,395 | 1,915 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $793 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $62,068 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 19
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $437K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 118Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 389 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The 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 beauty salons in Anderson 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 Anderson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 59,805+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 17,579
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,063 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 55
- Median household income
- $62,068+42.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,026
- Median home value
- $185,300
- Jobs located here
- 14,091
- Daytime population
- 53,590Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Waller County, TX | 90 | 16 | 8.7 | $1.1M | +21.9% | #10 of 2,339 |
| 2Guadalupe County, TX | 85 | 98 | 15.0 | $658K | +15.8% | #41 of 2,339 |
| 3Blanco County, TX | 85 | 8 | 15.5 | $626K | +18.6% | #42 of 2,339 |
| 4Chambers County, TX | 84 | 31 | 18.0 | $589K | +22.6% | #47 of 2,339 |
| 5Gaines County, TX | 83 | 8 | 11.5 | $783K | +10.4% | #50 of 2,339 |
| 6Burleson County, TX | 78 | 10 | 12.7 | $681K | +16.2% | #102 of 2,339 |
| 7Upshur County, TX | 78 | 20 | 12.8 | $644K | +8.2% | #103 of 2,339 |
| 8San Jacinto County, TX | 77 | 5 | 4.6 | $1.8M | +7.1% | #110 of 2,339 |
| 9Hays County, TX | 77 | 164 | 16.4 | $604K | +24.8% | #122 of 2,339 |
| 10Caldwell County, TX | 76 | 24 | 14.4 | $593K | +20.0% | #143 of 2,339 |
| 88Anderson County, TX | 49 | 38 | 21.6 | $367K | +3.2% | #1,258 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Anderson 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 spas42
- Hair salons49
- Barbershops32
- Nail salons35
- Spas and skin care45
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Anderson County, TX?
Anderson County has 38 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 118 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Anderson County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $13.9M a year, or $793 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 38 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $367K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,579 households in Anderson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Anderson County, TX compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Anderson County has 21.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $367K, 15% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Anderson County would have about 32, against 38 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,395 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Anderson County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Anderson County at 59,805 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,579 households. The median household income in Anderson County is $62,068 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 42.8% 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. Anderson County scores 49 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,258 of 2,339 scored counties.
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