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Hair salons in Montgomery County, TX

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #611 of 2,339 scored counties
#44 of 159 scored counties in Texas

Listings
607
110 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
148
+13.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$259.9M
On personal care products and services · $1,050 a household
Spending per listing
$428K
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
24.5
5% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
781,194
+24.9% 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 607 hair salons in Montgomery County. 110 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 24.5 for every 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Montgomery County comes to about $259.9M a year: $1,050 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. Spread across 607 hair salons, that is $428K per salon, in line with 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 148 businesses with payroll in Montgomery County classed as beauty salons, up 13.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,673 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 1,479 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $1.8M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Montgomery County.

Population estimates put the population change in Montgomery County from 2020 to 2025 at +24.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Montgomery County is 62 (upper middle), #611 of 2,339 scored counties and #44 of 159 scored counties in Texas.

How Montgomery 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 Montgomery County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureMontgomery CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households24.526.323.4
Spending per listing$428K$356K$430K
Households per official establishment1,6731,9151,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+13.9%+17.4%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+24.9%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,050$937$1,005
Median household income$97,701$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6244

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
130 → 148+13.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,045
Annual payroll, 2023
$36.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
1,479Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
607110 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
604The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
7
Amount
$1.8M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
781,194+24.9% since 2020
Households
247,541
Median age
37.8
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,042 sq. mi.
People per square mile
657
Median household income
$97,701+20.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$135,795
Median home value
$346,200
Jobs located here
236,728
Daytime population
606,290Residents 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 Montgomery 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
44Montgomery County, TX6260724.5$428K+24.9%#611 of 2,339

Other business types in Montgomery County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Montgomery County, TX?

There are 607 hair salons on map listings in Montgomery County as of September 2026. 110 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 148 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 13.9% from 2019. Official counts list 1,479 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $259.9M a year, or $1,050 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 607 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $428K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 247,541 households in Montgomery County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Montgomery County has 24.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $428K, in line with the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Montgomery County would have about 604, against 607 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,673 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Montgomery County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Montgomery County at 781,194 people in 2025, up 24.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 247,541 households. The median household income in Montgomery County is $97,701 a year, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.8% 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. Montgomery County scores 62 for hair salons (upper middle), #611 of 2,339 scored counties.

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