Beauty and personal care · County · Texas
Hair salons in Bell County, TX
How Bell County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,533 of 2,339 scored counties
#103 of 159 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 363
- 52 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 69
- +6.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $119.9M
- On personal care products and services · $843 a household
- Spending per listing
- $330K
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.5
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 402,248
- +8.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 363 hair salons in Bell County. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 25.5, 9% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Bell County comes to about $119.9M a year: $843 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $330K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 23% 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.
Official counts show 69 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Bell County in 2023, up 6.2% from 2019. That is one for every 2,062 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 1,031 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $2.2M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Bell County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bell County grew 8.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Bell County is 43 (lower middle), #1,533 of 2,339 scored counties and #103 of 159 scored counties in Texas.
How Bell 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 | Bell County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.5 | 26.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $330K | $356K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,062 | 1,915 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +6.2% | +17.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $843 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $68,865 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 65 → 69+6.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 372
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,031Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 36352 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 279The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $2.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Bell 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 Bell County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 402,248+8.0% since 2020
- Households
- 142,305
- Median age
- 34.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,054 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 367
- Median household income
- $68,865+25.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,513
- Median home value
- $241,000
- Jobs located here
- 118,827
- Daytime population
- 363,152Residents 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 hair salons, numbered among those based in Texas, with Bell County marked.
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 |
| 103Bell County, TX | 43 | 363 | 25.5 | $330K | +8.0% | #1,533 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Bell 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 spas34
- Hair salons43
- Barbershops49
- Nail salons37
- Spas and skin care38
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Bell County, TX?
Bell County has 363 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 52 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 69 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 6.2% from 2019. Official counts list 1,031 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Bell County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $119.9M a year, or $843 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 363 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $330K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 142,305 households in Bell County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bell County, TX compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Bell County has 25.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $330K, 23% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Bell County would have about 279, against 363 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,062 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Bell County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Bell County at 402,248 people in 2025, up 8.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 142,305 households. The median household income in Bell County is $68,865 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.5% 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. Bell County scores 43 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,533 of 2,339 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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