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Hair salons in Lubbock County, TX

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,521 of 2,339 scored counties
#100 of 159 scored counties in Texas

Listings
279
45 chain locations (16%)
Official establishments
72
+26.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$106.5M
On personal care products and services · $844 a household
Spending per listing
$382K
11% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
22.1
6% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
328,906
+5.6% 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

At $844 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Lubbock County spend about $106.5M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $382K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 11% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

Lubbock County has 279 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 45 of them (16%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 22.1 for every 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Lubbock County was 72 in 2023, up 26.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,753 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 839 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.4M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Lubbock County.

Population estimates put the population change in Lubbock County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Lubbock County has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #1,521 of 2,339 scored counties and #100 of 159 scored counties in Texas.

How Lubbock 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 Lubbock County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureLubbock CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households22.126.323.4
Spending per listing$382K$356K$430K
Households per official establishment1,7531,9151,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+26.3%+17.4%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.6%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$844$937$1,005
Median household income$64,155$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score4344

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
57 → 72+26.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
269
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
839Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
27945 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
247The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$1.4M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
328,906+5.6% since 2020
Households
126,225
Median age
34.2
Homes lived in by their owners
56%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
896 sq. mi.
People per square mile
356
Median household income
$64,155+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,750
Median home value
$214,100
Jobs located here
164,092
Daytime population
331,188Residents 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 Lubbock 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
100Lubbock County, TX4327922.1$382K+5.6%#1,521 of 2,339

Other business types in Lubbock County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Lubbock County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 279 hair salons in Lubbock County. 45 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 72 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 26.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 839 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $106.5M a year, or $844 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 279 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $382K 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 126,225 households in Lubbock County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lubbock County has 22.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $382K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Lubbock County would have about 247, against 279 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,753 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 26.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Lubbock County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Lubbock County at 328,906 people in 2025, up 5.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 126,225 households. Median household income in Lubbock County is $64,155, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.4%, 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. Lubbock County scores 43 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,521 of 2,339 scored counties.

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