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Hair salons in Pecos County, TX

How Pecos 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 30 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #2,012 of 2,339 scored counties
#139 of 159 scored counties in Texas

Listings
11
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$4.5M
On personal care products and services · $863 a household
Spending per listing
$411K
5% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
21.0
10% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
14,560
−4.1% 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

For hair salons, Pecos County has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #2,012 of 2,339 scored counties and #139 of 159 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 hair salons in Pecos County. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 21.0 for every 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

At $863 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Pecos County spend about $4.5M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 11 hair salons, that is $411K per salon, 5% below 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Pecos County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Pecos County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Pecos 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 Pecos County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasurePecos CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households21.026.323.4
Spending per listing$411K$356K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,9151,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.4%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.1%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$863$937$1,005
Median household income$72,750$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3044

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
38Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
110 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Pecos 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 Pecos County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,560−4.1% since 2020
Households
5,238
Median age
37.7
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
4,764 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3
Median household income
$72,750+38.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,352
Median home value
$165,700
Jobs located here
3,945
Daytime population
12,681Residents 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 Pecos 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
139Pecos County, TX301121.0$411K−4.1%#2,012 of 2,339

Other business types in Pecos County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Pecos County, TX?

There are 11 hair salons on map listings in Pecos County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Pecos County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 38 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $4.5M a year, or $863 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $411K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,238 households in Pecos County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Pecos County has 21.0 hair salons per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $411K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending.

How fast is Pecos County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Pecos County at 14,560 people in 2025, down 4.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,238 households. The median household income in Pecos County is $72,750 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.8% 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. Pecos County scores 30 for hair salons (lower middle), #2,012 of 2,339 scored counties.

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