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Hair salons in Leon County, TX

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Leon County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #921 of 2,339 scored counties
#72 of 159 scored counties in Texas

Listings
12
3 chain locations (25%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$5.4M
On personal care products and services · $804 a household
Spending per listing
$452K
5% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.8
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
16,894
+7.1% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 hair salons in Leon County. 3 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 17.8 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Households in Leon County spend about $5.4M a year on personal care products and services, or $804 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $452K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 5% above 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Leon County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 2,247 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 40 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Leon County grew 7.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Leon County scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #921 of 2,339 scored counties and #72 of 159 scored counties in Texas.

How Leon 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 Leon County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureLeon CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.826.323.4
Spending per listing$452K$356K$430K
Households per official establishment2,2471,9151,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.4%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.1%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$804$937$1,005
Median household income$61,449$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5544

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
7
Annual payroll, 2023
$130K
One-person businesses, 2023
40Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
123 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The 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 Leon 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 Leon County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,894+7.1% since 2020
Households
6,741
Median age
44.0
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,073 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$61,449+42.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,708
Median home value
$186,400
Jobs located here
4,569
Daytime population
14,354Residents 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 Leon 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
72Leon County, TX551217.8$452K+7.1%#921 of 2,339

Other business types in Leon County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Leon County, TX?

There are 12 hair salons on map listings in Leon County as of September 2026. 3 of them (25%) 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 40 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $5.4M a year, or $804 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $452K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,741 households in Leon County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Leon County has 17.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $452K, 5% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Leon County would have about 13, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,247 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.

How fast is Leon County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Leon County at 16,894 people in 2025, up 7.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,741 households. The median household income in Leon County is $61,449 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 42.8% 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. Leon County scores 55 for hair salons (upper middle), #921 of 2,339 scored counties.

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