Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Texas
Hair salons in the Brownwood, TX area
The hair salons in the Brownwood, TX area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #396 of 538 scored small-town markets
#23 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 34
- 9 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.6M
- On personal care products and services · $773 a household
- Spending per listing
- $340K
- 21% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.7
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,711
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 hair salons in the Brownwood area. 9 of them (26%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 22.7 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Brownwood area comes to about $11.6M a year: $773 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Spread across 34 hair salons, that is $340K per salon, 21% 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 5 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Brownwood area in 2023. That is one for every 2,994 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 94 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Brownwood area grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, the Brownwood area has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #396 of 538 scored small-town markets and #23 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas.
How the Brownwood area 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 | Brownwood area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.7 | 26.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $340K | $356K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,994 | 1,915 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $773 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $57,470 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 20
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $543K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 94Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 349 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The 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 the Brownwood area, 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 the Brownwood area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,711+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 14,972
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 945 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $57,470+18.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,477
- Median home value
- $158,900
- Jobs located here
- 14,839
- Daytime population
- 36,518Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Texas for hair salons, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Brownwood area marked.
Top small-town markets in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gainesville, TX | 77 | 31 | 18.8 | $486K | +6.5% | #23 of 538 |
| 2Jacksonville, TX | 76 | 22 | 12.1 | $672K | +5.4% | #24 of 538 |
| 3Andrews, TX | 73 | 11 | 16.1 | $563K | +1.6% | #39 of 538 |
| 4Bonham, TX | 72 | 18 | 14.1 | $625K | +9.2% | #43 of 538 |
| 5Huntsville, TX | 66 | 42 | 16.1 | $463K | +9.5% | #85 of 538 |
| 6Corsicana, TX | 65 | 39 | 20.5 | $402K | +8.2% | #100 of 538 |
| 7Brenham, TX | 64 | 38 | 24.5 | $367K | +7.0% | #115 of 538 |
| 8Granbury, TX | 63 | 64 | 25.1 | $383K | +13.6% | #125 of 538 |
| 9Athens, TX | 61 | 75 | 22.3 | $372K | +7.5% | #148 of 538 |
| 10Mineral Wells, TX | 55 | 23 | 20.5 | $405K | +8.2% | #218 of 538 |
| 23Brownwood, TX | 39 | 34 | 22.7 | $340K | +1.7% | #396 of 538 |
Other business types in the Brownwood area
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 spas35
- Hair salons39
- Barbershops
- Nail salons34
- Spas and skin care25
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Brownwood, TX area?
There are 34 hair salons on map listings in the Brownwood area as of September 2026. 9 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 94 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Brownwood, TX area spend on personal care products and services?
About $11.6M a year, or $773 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $340K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,972 households in the Brownwood area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Brownwood, TX area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Brownwood area has 22.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $340K, 21% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Brownwood area would have about 27, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,994 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Brownwood, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Brownwood area at 38,711 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,972 households. The median household income in the Brownwood area is $57,470 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.8% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Brownwood area scores 39 for hair salons (lower middle), #396 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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