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Hair salons in Dallas County, TX

How Dallas 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 36 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,850 of 2,339 scored counties
#125 of 159 scored counties in Texas

Listings
2,984
272 chain locations (9%)
Official establishments
558
+14.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$915.6M
On personal care products and services · $932 a household
Spending per listing
$307K
29% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
30.4
30% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,661,397
+1.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For hair salons, Dallas County has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #1,850 of 2,339 scored counties and #125 of 159 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 2,984 hair salons in Dallas County. Of those, 272 are chain locations, or 9%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 30.4 per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Households in Dallas County spend about $915.6M a year on personal care products and services, or $932 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2,984 hair salons, that is $307K per salon, 29% 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 558 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Dallas County in 2023, up 14.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,761 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 29 SBA-backed loans worth $7.8M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Dallas County. Population estimates put the population change in Dallas County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Dallas 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.

Hair salons in Dallas County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureDallas CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households30.426.323.4
Spending per listing$307K$356K$430K
Households per official establishment1,7611,9151,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+14.6%+17.4%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.9%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$932$937$1,005
Median household income$76,547$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3644

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
487 → 558+14.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
3,133
Annual payroll, 2023
$113.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
10,200Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2,984272 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2,128The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
29
Amount
$7.8M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Dallas 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 Dallas County

Population, 2025 estimate
2,661,397+1.9% since 2020
Households
982,737
Median age
35.4
Homes lived in by their owners
51%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
873 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3,002
Median household income
$76,547+28.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$112,403
Median home value
$303,000
Jobs located here
1,894,804
Daytime population
3,279,819Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for hair salons, numbered among those based in Texas, with Dallas County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Waller County, TX90168.7$1.1M+21.9%#10 of 2,339
2Guadalupe County, TX859815.0$658K+15.8%#41 of 2,339
3Blanco County, TX85815.5$626K+18.6%#42 of 2,339
4Chambers County, TX843118.0$589K+22.6%#47 of 2,339
5Gaines County, TX83811.5$783K+10.4%#50 of 2,339
6Burleson County, TX781012.7$681K+16.2%#102 of 2,339
7Upshur County, TX782012.8$644K+8.2%#103 of 2,339
8San Jacinto County, TX7754.6$1.8M+7.1%#110 of 2,339
9Hays County, TX7716416.4$604K+24.8%#122 of 2,339
10Caldwell County, TX762414.4$593K+20.0%#143 of 2,339
125Dallas County, TX362,98430.4$307K+1.9%#1,850 of 2,339

Other business types in Dallas County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many hair salons are in Dallas County, TX?

Dallas County has 2,984 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 272 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 558 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 14.6% from 2019. Official counts list 10,200 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Dallas County, TX spend on personal care products and services?

About $915.6M a year, or $932 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2,984 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $307K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 982,737 households in Dallas County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Dallas County, TX compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Dallas County has 30.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $307K, 29% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Dallas County would have about 2,128, against 2,984 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,761 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Dallas County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Dallas County at 2,661,397 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 982,737 households. The median household income in Dallas County is $76,547 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.4% 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. Dallas County scores 36 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,850 of 2,339 scored counties.

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