Beauty and personal care · County · Texas
Hair salons in Fayette County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Fayette County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #842 of 2,339 scored counties
#64 of 159 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 23
- 7 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.3M
- On personal care products and services · $892 a household
- Spending per listing
- $403K
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.1
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,459
- +3.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $892 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Fayette County spend about $9.3M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $403K per salon, 6% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Fayette County has 23 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 30%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.1, 6% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Fayette County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 3,468 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 65 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Fayette County grew 3.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Fayette County has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #842 of 2,339 scored counties and #64 of 159 scored counties in Texas.
How Fayette 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 | Fayette County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.1 | 26.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $403K | $356K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,468 | 1,915 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $892 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $75,854 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 7
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $34K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 65Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 237 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 Fayette 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 Fayette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,459+3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 10,403
- Median age
- 47.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 950 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 26
- Median household income
- $75,854+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,695
- Median home value
- $293,900
- Jobs located here
- 8,991
- Daytime population
- 21,960Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 64Fayette County, TX | 57 | 23 | 22.1 | $403K | +3.9% | #842 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Fayette 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 spas56
- Hair salons57
- Barbershops
- Nail salons40
- Spas and skin care52
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Fayette County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 hair salons in Fayette County. 7 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 65 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Fayette County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $9.3M a year, or $892 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $403K 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 10,403 households in Fayette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fayette County, TX compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Fayette County has 22.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $403K, 6% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Fayette County would have about 22, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,468 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Fayette County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Fayette County at 25,459 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,403 households. Median household income in Fayette County is $75,854, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.0%, 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. Fayette County scores 57 for hair salons (upper middle), #842 of 2,339 scored counties.
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