Beauty and personal care · County · Texas
Hair salons in Aransas County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Aransas County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #499 of 2,339 scored counties
#33 of 159 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 21
- 4 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.8M
- On personal care products and services · $866 a household
- Spending per listing
- $515K
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.8
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,146
- +9.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 hair salons in Aransas County. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 16.8 per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Aransas County comes to about $10.8M a year: $866 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 21 hair salons, that is $515K per salon, 20% above 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Aransas County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 2,080 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 35 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Aransas County grew 9.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Aransas County is 64 (upper middle), #499 of 2,339 scored counties and #33 of 159 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Aransas 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 | Aransas County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.8 | 26.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $515K | $356K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,080 | 1,915 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $866 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $69,466 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 20
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $655K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 35Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 214 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The 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 Aransas 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 Aransas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,146+9.3% since 2020
- Households
- 12,478
- Median age
- 47.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 252 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 99
- Median household income
- $69,466+53.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,246
- Median home value
- $265,400
- Jobs located here
- 5,584
- Daytime population
- 21,119Residents 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 |
| 33Aransas County, TX | 64 | 21 | 16.8 | $515K | +9.3% | #499 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Aransas 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 spas60
- Hair salons64
- Barbershops
- Nail salons50
- Spas and skin care58
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Aransas County, TX?
There are 21 hair salons on map listings in Aransas County as of September 2026. 4 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 35 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Aransas County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $10.8M a year, or $866 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $515K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,478 households in Aransas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Aransas County, TX compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Aransas County has 16.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $515K, 20% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Aransas County would have about 25, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,080 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Aransas County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Aransas County at 26,146 people in 2025, up 9.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,478 households. The median household income in Aransas County is $69,466 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 53.9% 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. Aransas County scores 64 for hair salons (upper middle), #499 of 2,339 scored counties.
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