Beauty and personal care · County · Texas
Hair salons in Gaines County, TX
How Gaines 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 83 out of 100: High
Ranked #50 of 2,339 scored counties
#5 of 159 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.3M
- On personal care products and services · $904 a household
- Spending per listing
- $783K
- 82% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.5
- 51% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,956
- +10.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Gaines County is 83 (high), #50 of 2,339 scored counties and #5 of 159 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.
Households in Gaines County spend about $6.3M a year on personal care products and services, or $904 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $783K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 82% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 8 hair salons on map listings in Gaines County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 11.5 per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Gaines County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Gaines County grew 10.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Gaines 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 | Gaines County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.5 | 26.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $783K | $356K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,915 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $904 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $74,132 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 83 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 39Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Gaines 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 Gaines County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,956+10.4% since 2020
- Households
- 6,929
- Median age
- 28.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,502 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $74,132+17.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,123
- Median home value
- $200,700
- Jobs located here
- 6,333
- Daytime population
- 21,202Residents 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 |
Other business types in Gaines 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Gaines County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 hair salons in Gaines County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Gaines County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 39 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Gaines County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $6.3M a year, or $904 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $783K 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 6,929 households in Gaines County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gaines County, TX compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Gaines County has 11.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $783K, 82% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Gaines County would have about 15, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Gaines County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Gaines County at 23,956 people in 2025, up 10.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,929 households. Median household income in Gaines County is $74,132, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.6%, 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. Gaines County scores 83 for hair salons (high), #50 of 2,339 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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