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Hair salons in Kaufman County, TX
The hair salons in Kaufman County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #165 of 2,339 scored counties
#11 of 159 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 100
- 16 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $49.3M
- On personal care products and services · $966 a household
- Spending per listing
- $493K
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.6
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 209,235
- +42.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Kaufman County is 75 (high), #165 of 2,339 scored counties and #11 of 159 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Kaufman County comes to about $49.3M a year: $966 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $493K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 14% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 100 hair salons on map listings in Kaufman County as of September 2026. Of those, 16 are chain locations, or 16%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 19.6 per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Kaufman County in 2023. That is one for every 2,833 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kaufman County grew 42.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Kaufman 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 | Kaufman County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.6 | 26.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $493K | $356K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,833 | 1,915 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +42.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $966 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $89,485 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 18
- Employees, 2023
- 68
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 784Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10016 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 115The 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 Kaufman 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 Kaufman County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 209,235+42.2% since 2020
- Households
- 50,990
- Median age
- 34.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 781 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 221
- Median household income
- $89,485+27.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $106,230
- Median home value
- $320,900
- Jobs located here
- 36,419
- Daytime population
- 125,602Residents 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 |
| 11Kaufman County, TX | 75 | 100 | 19.6 | $493K | +42.2% | #165 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Kaufman 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 spas64
- Hair salons75
- Barbershops62
- Nail salons68
- Spas and skin care72
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Kaufman County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 100 hair salons in Kaufman County. 16 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 784 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Kaufman County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $49.3M a year, or $966 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 100 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $493K 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 50,990 households in Kaufman County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kaufman County, TX compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Kaufman County has 19.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $493K, 14% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Kaufman County would have about 115, against 100 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,833 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Kaufman County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Kaufman County at 209,235 people in 2025, up 42.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,990 households. Median household income in Kaufman County is $89,485, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.6%, 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. Kaufman County scores 75 for hair salons (high), #165 of 2,339 scored counties.
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