Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Texas
Hair salons in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area
The hair salons in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #209 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 8,419
- 1,077 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 1,791
- +24.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.9B
- On personal care products and services · $1,007 a household
- Spending per listing
- $346K
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 29.1
- 24% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 8,477,157
- +10.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,007 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area spend about $2.9B a year on personal care products and services. That is about $346K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 20% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 8,419 hair salons on map listings in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 29.1 per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 1,791 businesses with payroll in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area classed as beauty salons, up 24.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,615 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 27,666 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 113 SBA-backed loans worth $37.6M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area.
Population estimates show the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area grew 10.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area is 48 (lower middle), #209 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas.
How the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro 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 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 29.1 | 26.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $346K | $356K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,615 | 1,915 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +24.6% | +17.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,007 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $90,275 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 1,791+24.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 9,424
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $327.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 27,666Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8,4191,077 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6,764The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 113
- Amount
- $37.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro 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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 8,477,157+10.6% since 2020
- Households
- 2,891,725
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 8,676 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 920
- Median household income
- $90,275+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,389
- Median home value
- $359,500
- Jobs located here
- 4,175,571
- Daytime population
- 8,229,586Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Midland, TX | 77 | 150 | 21.5 | $473K | +9.8% | #9 of 387 |
| 2Odessa, TX | 76 | 105 | 16.3 | $538K | +5.0% | #13 of 387 |
| 3College Station-Bryan, TX | 64 | 181 | 17.1 | $486K | +6.9% | #68 of 387 |
| 4Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 60 | 2,415 | 24.4 | $435K | +14.0% | #105 of 387 |
| 5Sherman-Denison, TX | 53 | 158 | 28.6 | $310K | +12.8% | #152 of 387 |
| 6Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 48 | 8,419 | 29.1 | $346K | +10.6% | #209 of 387 |
| 7San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 47 | 2,387 | 24.7 | $371K | +9.5% | #220 of 387 |
| 8Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 47 | 7,528 | 28.3 | $342K | +10.3% | #222 of 387 |
| 9Amarillo, TX | 45 | 225 | 21.8 | $399K | +2.7% | #236 of 387 |
| 10Lubbock, TX | 44 | 293 | 20.8 | $403K | +4.6% | #246 of 387 |
Other business types in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro 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 spas44
- Hair salons48
- Barbershops46
- Nail salons52
- Spas and skin care40
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 8,419 hair salons in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area. 1,077 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 1,791 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 24.6% from 2019. Official counts list 27,666 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $2.9B a year, or $1,007 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8,419 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $346K per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,891,725 households in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area has 29.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $346K, 20% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area would have about 6,764, against 8,419 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,615 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 24.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area at 8,477,157 people in 2025, up 10.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,891,725 households. Median household income in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area is $90,275, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.5%, 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. The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area scores 48 for hair salons (lower middle), #209 of 387 scored metro areas.
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