Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Texas
Hair salons in the Gainesville, TX area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in the Gainesville, TX area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #23 of 538 scored small-town markets
#1 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 31
- 5 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15.1M
- On personal care products and services · $912 a household
- Spending per listing
- $486K
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.8
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 44,461
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in the Gainesville area is 77 (high), #23 of 538 scored small-town markets and #1 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for hair salons.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Gainesville area comes to about $15.1M a year: $912 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 31 hair salons, that is $486K per salon, 13% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 31 hair salons on map listings in the Gainesville area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 18.8 per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Gainesville area classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 4,132 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Gainesville area grew 6.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Gainesville 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 | Gainesville area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.8 | 26.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $486K | $356K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,132 | 1,915 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $912 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $73,932 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 9
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $249K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 89Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 315 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The 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 Gainesville 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 Gainesville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 44,461+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 16,528
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 875 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 49
- Median household income
- $73,932+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,815
- Median home value
- $240,400
- Jobs located here
- 14,462
- Daytime population
- 37,643Residents 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 Gainesville 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 |
Other business types in the Gainesville 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 spas65
- Hair salons77
- Barbershops54
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care54
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Gainesville, TX area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 31 hair salons in the Gainesville area. 5 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 89 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Gainesville, TX area spend on personal care products and services?
About $15.1M a year, or $912 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $486K 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 16,528 households in the Gainesville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Gainesville, TX area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Gainesville area has 18.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $486K, 13% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Gainesville area would have about 35, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,132 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Gainesville, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Gainesville area at 44,461 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,528 households. Median household income in the Gainesville area is $73,932, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.8%, 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 Gainesville area scores 77 for hair salons (high), #23 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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