Beauty and personal care · County · Texas
Hair salons in Galveston County, TX
How Galveston 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #400 of 2,339 scored counties
#26 of 159 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 279
- 47 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 67
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $137.7M
- On personal care products and services · $979 a household
- Spending per listing
- $494K
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.8
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 372,207
- +5.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Galveston County spend about $137.7M a year on personal care products and services, or $979 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 279 hair salons, that is $494K per salon, 15% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Galveston County has 279 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 47 are chain locations, or 17%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 19.8 per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 67 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Galveston County in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 2,099 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 959 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $500K have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Galveston County.
Population estimates show Galveston County grew 5.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Galveston County scores 67 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #400 of 2,339 scored counties and #26 of 159 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Galveston 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 | Galveston County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.8 | 26.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $494K | $356K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,099 | 1,915 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +17.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $979 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $86,105 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 67 → 670.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 364
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 959Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 27947 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 320The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $500K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Galveston 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 Galveston County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 372,207+5.9% since 2020
- Households
- 140,660
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 379 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 946
- Median household income
- $86,105+17.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $114,259
- Median home value
- $314,600
- Jobs located here
- 122,596
- Daytime population
- 313,358Residents 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 |
| 26Galveston County, TX | 67 | 279 | 19.8 | $494K | +5.9% | #400 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Galveston 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 salons67
- Barbershops61
- Nail salons50
- Spas and skin care68
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Galveston County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 279 hair salons in Galveston County. 47 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 67 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Another 959 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Galveston County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $137.7M a year, or $979 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 279 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $494K 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 140,660 households in Galveston County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Galveston County, TX compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Galveston County has 19.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $494K, 15% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Galveston County would have about 320, against 279 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,099 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Galveston County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Galveston County at 372,207 people in 2025, up 5.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 140,660 households. Median household income in Galveston County is $86,105, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.4%, 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. Galveston County scores 67 for hair salons (upper middle), #400 of 2,339 scored counties.
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