Beauty and personal care · County · Texas
Hair salons in Lavaca County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Lavaca County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,684 of 2,339 scored counties
#114 of 159 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 18
- 7 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.2M
- On personal care products and services · $848 a household
- Spending per listing
- $399K
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.2
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,651
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 hair salons in Lavaca County. Chain locations make up 39% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 21.2, 9% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Lavaca County comes to about $7.2M a year: $848 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 18 hair salons, that is $399K per salon, 7% 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 Lavaca County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 50 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lavaca County grew 1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Lavaca County scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #1,684 of 2,339 scored counties and #114 of 159 scored counties in Texas.
How Lavaca 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 | Lavaca County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.2 | 26.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $399K | $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 | +1.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $848 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $63,240 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 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
- 50Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 187 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 Lavaca 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 Lavaca County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,651+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 8,476
- Median age
- 44.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 970 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 21
- Median household income
- $63,240+16.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,683
- Median home value
- $228,300
- Jobs located here
- 6,202
- Daytime population
- 17,165Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Texas for hair salons, numbered among those based in Texas, with Lavaca County marked.
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 |
| 114Lavaca County, TX | 39 | 18 | 21.2 | $399K | +1.5% | #1,684 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Lavaca 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 spas39
- Hair salons39
- Barbershops
- Nail salons27
- Spas and skin care42
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Lavaca County, TX?
There are 18 hair salons on map listings in Lavaca County as of September 2026. 7 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Lavaca County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 50 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lavaca County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $7.2M a year, or $848 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $399K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,476 households in Lavaca County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lavaca County, TX compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Lavaca County has 21.2 hair salons per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $399K, 7% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Lavaca County would have about 17, against 18 on map listings.
How fast is Lavaca County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Lavaca County at 20,651 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,476 households. The median household income in Lavaca County is $63,240 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.2% 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. Lavaca County scores 39 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,684 of 2,339 scored counties.
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