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Hair salons in Guadalupe County, TX

How Guadalupe 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 85 out of 100: High

Ranked #41 of 2,339 scored counties
#2 of 159 scored counties in Texas

Listings
98
24 chain locations (24%)
Official establishments
20
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$64.5M
On personal care products and services · $985 a household
Spending per listing
$658K
53% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.0
36% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
201,111
+15.8% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For hair salons, Guadalupe County has a Groundwork market score of 85 (high): #41 of 2,339 scored counties and #2 of 159 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.

At $985 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in Guadalupe County spend about $64.5M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $658K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 53% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

There are 98 hair salons on map listings in Guadalupe County as of September 2026. Of those, 24 are chain locations, or 24%, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 15.0 for every 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 20 businesses with payroll in Guadalupe County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 3,271 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Guadalupe County. Population estimates show Guadalupe County grew 15.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Guadalupe 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.

Hair salons in Guadalupe County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureGuadalupe CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.026.323.4
Spending per listing$658K$356K$430K
Households per official establishment3,2711,9151,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.4%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+15.8%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$985$937$1,005
Median household income$92,375$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score8544

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14 → 20
Employees, 2023
76
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
416Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
9824 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
150The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Guadalupe 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 Guadalupe County

Population, 2025 estimate
201,111+15.8% since 2020
Households
65,424
Median age
38.8
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
711 sq. mi.
People per square mile
258
Median household income
$92,375+24.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$111,083
Median home value
$304,400
Jobs located here
49,144
Daytime population
142,907Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for hair salons, numbered among those based in Texas, with Guadalupe County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Waller County, TX90168.7$1.1M+21.9%#10 of 2,339
2Guadalupe County, TX859815.0$658K+15.8%#41 of 2,339
3Blanco County, TX85815.5$626K+18.6%#42 of 2,339
4Chambers County, TX843118.0$589K+22.6%#47 of 2,339
5Gaines County, TX83811.5$783K+10.4%#50 of 2,339
6Burleson County, TX781012.7$681K+16.2%#102 of 2,339
7Upshur County, TX782012.8$644K+8.2%#103 of 2,339
8San Jacinto County, TX7754.6$1.8M+7.1%#110 of 2,339
9Hays County, TX7716416.4$604K+24.8%#122 of 2,339
10Caldwell County, TX762414.4$593K+20.0%#143 of 2,339

Other business types in Guadalupe County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many hair salons are in Guadalupe County, TX?

As of September 2026, map listings count 98 hair salons in Guadalupe County. 24 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 416 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Guadalupe County, TX spend on personal care products and services?

About $64.5M a year, or $985 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 98 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $658K 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 65,424 households in Guadalupe County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Guadalupe County, TX compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Guadalupe County has 15.0 hair salons per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $658K, 53% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Guadalupe County would have about 150, against 98 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,271 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.

How fast is Guadalupe County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Guadalupe County at 201,111 people in 2025, up 15.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 65,424 households. Median household income in Guadalupe County is $92,375, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.0%, 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. Guadalupe County scores 85 for hair salons (high), #41 of 2,339 scored counties.

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