Beauty and personal care · County · Texas
Hair salons in Medina County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Medina County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #507 of 2,339 scored counties
#34 of 159 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 35
- 10 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $16.1M
- On personal care products and services · $903 a household
- Spending per listing
- $460K
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.7
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 56,881
- +11.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $903 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Medina County spend about $16.1M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 35 hair salons, that is $460K per salon, 7% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Medina County has 35 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.7, 16% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Medina County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 80 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Medina County grew 11.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Medina County has a Groundwork market score of 64 (upper middle): #507 of 2,339 scored counties and #34 of 159 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Medina 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 | Medina County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.7 | 26.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $460K | $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 | +11.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $903 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $78,074 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 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
- 80Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3510 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 37The 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 Medina 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 Medina County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 56,881+11.4% since 2020
- Households
- 17,804
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,325 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 40
- Median household income
- $78,074+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,735
- Median home value
- $239,600
- Jobs located here
- 9,140
- Daytime population
- 39,685Residents 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 |
| 34Medina County, TX | 64 | 35 | 19.7 | $460K | +11.4% | #507 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Medina 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 spas75
- Hair salons64
- Barbershops78
- Nail salons76
- Spas and skin care76
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Medina County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 35 hair salons in Medina County. 10 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Medina County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 80 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Medina County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $16.1M a year, or $903 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $460K 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 17,804 households in Medina County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Medina County, TX compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Medina County has 19.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $460K, 7% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Medina County would have about 37, against 35 on map listings.
How fast is Medina County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Medina County at 56,881 people in 2025, up 11.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,804 households. Median household income in Medina County is $78,074, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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. Medina County scores 64 for hair salons (upper middle), #507 of 2,339 scored counties.
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