Beauty and personal care · County · Texas
Hair salons in Gray County, TX
The hair salons in Gray County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 15 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,275 of 2,339 scored counties
#156 of 159 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 22
- 5 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.4M
- On personal care products and services · $807 a household
- Spending per listing
- $293K
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 27.5
- 18% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,919
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Gray County is 15 (low), #2,275 of 2,339 scored counties and #156 of 159 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 22 hair salons in Gray County. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 23%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 27.5, 18% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Gray County comes to about $6.4M a year: $807 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $293K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 32% below the U.S. figure of $430K. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Gray County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Gray County declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Gray 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 | Gray County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 27.5 | 26.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $293K | $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 | −1.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $807 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $59,614 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 15 | 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
- 60Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 225 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 Gray 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 Gray County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,919−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 7,991
- Median age
- 37.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 926 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 23
- Median household income
- $59,614+24.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,713
- Median home value
- $102,900
- Jobs located here
- 7,219
- Daytime population
- 19,509Residents 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 |
| 156Gray County, TX | 15 | 22 | 27.5 | $293K | −1.3% | #2,275 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Gray 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 spas17
- Hair salons15
- Barbershops
- Nail salons11
- Spas and skin care27
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Gray County, TX?
Gray County has 22 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Gray County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 60 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Gray County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $6.4M a year, or $807 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $293K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,991 households in Gray County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gray County, TX compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Gray County has 27.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $293K, 32% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Gray County would have about 15, against 22 on map listings.
How fast is Gray County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Gray County at 20,919 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,991 households. The median household income in Gray County is $59,614 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.3% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Gray County scores 15 for hair salons (low), #2,275 of 2,339 scored counties.
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