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Hair salons in Orange County, TX

How Orange County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #792 of 2,339 scored counties
#59 of 159 scored counties in Texas

Listings
68
9 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$28.8M
On personal care products and services · $888 a household
Spending per listing
$424K
2% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
21.0
10% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
86,266
+1.8% 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 $888 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Orange County spend about $28.8M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $424K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 2% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

Orange County has 68 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 21.0, 10% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Orange County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 4,634 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 287 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Orange County grew 1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Orange County is 58 (upper middle), #792 of 2,339 scored counties and #59 of 159 scored counties in Texas.

How Orange 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 Orange County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureOrange CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households21.026.323.4
Spending per listing$424K$356K$430K
Households per official establishment4,6341,9151,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.4%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.8%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$888$937$1,005
Median household income$72,104$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5844

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 7
Employees, 2023
25
Annual payroll, 2023
$416K
One-person businesses, 2023
287Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
689 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
67The 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 Orange 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 Orange County

Population, 2025 estimate
86,266+1.8% since 2020
Households
32,437
Median age
38.8
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
334 sq. mi.
People per square mile
256
Median household income
$72,104+21.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,821
Median home value
$173,400
Jobs located here
21,842
Daytime population
69,740Residents 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 Orange 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
59Orange County, TX586821.0$424K+1.8%#792 of 2,339

Other business types in Orange County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Orange County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 68 hair salons in Orange County. 9 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 287 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $28.8M a year, or $888 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 68 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $424K 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 32,437 households in Orange County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Orange County has 21.0 hair salons per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $424K, 2% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Orange County would have about 67, against 68 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,634 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.

How fast is Orange County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Orange County at 86,266 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,437 households. Median household income in Orange County is $72,104, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.4%, 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. Orange County scores 58 for hair salons (upper middle), #792 of 2,339 scored counties.

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