Beauty and personal care · County · Texas
Hair salons in Bexar County, TX
How Bexar 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 #1,531 of 2,339 scored counties
#101 of 159 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 1,919
- 296 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 441
- +11.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $669.3M
- On personal care products and services · $891 a household
- Spending per listing
- $349K
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.6
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,160,088
- +7.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,919 hair salons in Bexar County. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 25.6 for every 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in Bexar County spend about $669.3M a year on personal care products and services, or $891 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $349K per salon, 19% 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 441 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Bexar County in 2023, up 11.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,703 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 3,760 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 13 SBA-backed loans worth $4.1M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Bexar County.
Population estimates show Bexar County grew 7.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Bexar County has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #1,531 of 2,339 scored counties and #101 of 159 scored counties in Texas.
How Bexar 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 | Bexar County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.6 | 26.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $349K | $356K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,703 | 1,915 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.4% | +17.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $891 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $72,341 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 396 → 441+11.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,197
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $67M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3,760Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,919296 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,556The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 13
- Amount
- $4.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Bexar 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 Bexar County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,160,088+7.2% since 2020
- Households
- 750,939
- Median age
- 35.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 59%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,241 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,667
- Median household income
- $72,341+26.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,061
- Median home value
- $262,200
- Jobs located here
- 956,308
- Daytime population
- 2,121,878Residents 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 Bexar 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 |
| 101Bexar County, TX | 43 | 1,919 | 25.6 | $349K | +7.2% | #1,531 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Bexar 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 spas37
- Hair salons43
- Barbershops41
- Nail salons48
- Spas and skin care44
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Bexar County, TX?
There are 1,919 hair salons on map listings in Bexar County as of September 2026. 296 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 441 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 11.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 3,760 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Bexar County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $669.3M a year, or $891 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,919 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $349K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 750,939 households in Bexar County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bexar County, TX compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Bexar County has 25.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $349K, 19% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Bexar County would have about 1,556, against 1,919 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,703 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Bexar County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Bexar County at 2,160,088 people in 2025, up 7.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 750,939 households. The median household income in Bexar County is $72,341 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.6% 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. Bexar County scores 43 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,531 of 2,339 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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