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Hair salons in Howard County, TX
The hair salons in Howard County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,654 of 2,339 scored counties
#112 of 159 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 28
- 8 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.6M
- On personal care products and services · $866 a household
- Spending per listing
- $377K
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.0
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,504
- −12.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 hair salons in Howard County. 8 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 23.0 for every 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Howard County comes to about $10.6M a year: $866 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $377K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 12% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Howard County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 4,064 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 47 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Howard County from 2020 to 2025 at −12.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Howard County is 40 (lower middle), #1,654 of 2,339 scored counties and #112 of 159 scored counties in Texas.
How Howard 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 | Howard County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.0 | 26.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $377K | $356K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,064 | 1,915 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −12.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $866 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $69,649 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 5
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $127K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 47Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 288 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The 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 Howard 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 Howard County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,504−12.4% since 2020
- Households
- 12,191
- Median age
- 37.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 901 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $69,649+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,688
- Median home value
- $155,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,735
- Daytime population
- 29,322Residents 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 |
| 112Howard County, TX | 40 | 28 | 23.0 | $377K | −12.4% | #1,654 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Howard 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 spas41
- Hair salons40
- Barbershops29
- Nail salons33
- Spas and skin care29
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Howard County, TX?
There are 28 hair salons on map listings in Howard County as of September 2026. 8 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 47 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Howard County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $10.6M a year, or $866 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $377K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,191 households in Howard County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Howard County, TX compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Howard County has 23.0 hair salons per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $377K, 12% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Howard County would have about 25, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,064 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Howard County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Howard County at 30,504 people in 2025, down 12.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,191 households. The median household income in Howard County is $69,649 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% 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. Howard County scores 40 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,654 of 2,339 scored counties.
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