Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Texas
Hair salons in the Plainview, TX area
How the Plainview, TX area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #516 of 538 scored small-town markets
#37 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 31
- 5 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.8M
- On personal care products and services · $754 a household
- Spending per listing
- $315K
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.9
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,700
- −3.0% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, the Plainview area has a Groundwork market score of 20 (low): #516 of 538 scored small-town markets and #37 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
As of September 2026, map listings count 31 hair salons in the Plainview area. 5 of them (16%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 23.9, 2% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in the Plainview area spend about $9.8M a year on personal care products and services, or $754 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. Spread across 31 hair salons, that is $315K per salon, 27% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in the Plainview area classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 2,163 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Plainview area declined 3.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Plainview area 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 | Plainview area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.9 | 26.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $315K | $356K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,163 | 1,915 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $754 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $52,707 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 17
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $395K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 97Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 315 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The 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 the Plainview area, 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 the Plainview area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,700−3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 12,976
- Median age
- 36.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,997 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $52,707
- Average household income
- $72,268
- Median home value
- $109,000
- Jobs located here
- 12,210
- Daytime population
- 32,764Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gainesville, TX | 77 | 31 | 18.8 | $486K | +6.5% | #23 of 538 |
| 2Jacksonville, TX | 76 | 22 | 12.1 | $672K | +5.4% | #24 of 538 |
| 3Andrews, TX | 73 | 11 | 16.1 | $563K | +1.6% | #39 of 538 |
| 4Bonham, TX | 72 | 18 | 14.1 | $625K | +9.2% | #43 of 538 |
| 5Huntsville, TX | 66 | 42 | 16.1 | $463K | +9.5% | #85 of 538 |
| 6Corsicana, TX | 65 | 39 | 20.5 | $402K | +8.2% | #100 of 538 |
| 7Brenham, TX | 64 | 38 | 24.5 | $367K | +7.0% | #115 of 538 |
| 8Granbury, TX | 63 | 64 | 25.1 | $383K | +13.6% | #125 of 538 |
| 9Athens, TX | 61 | 75 | 22.3 | $372K | +7.5% | #148 of 538 |
| 10Mineral Wells, TX | 55 | 23 | 20.5 | $405K | +8.2% | #218 of 538 |
| 37Plainview, TX | 20 | 31 | 23.9 | $315K | −3.0% | #516 of 538 |
Other business types in the Plainview area
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 spas20
- Hair salons20
- Barbershops21
- Nail salons20
- Spas and skin care45
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Plainview, TX area?
The Plainview area has 31 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 97 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Plainview, TX area spend on personal care products and services?
About $9.8M a year, or $754 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $315K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,976 households in the Plainview area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Plainview, TX area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Plainview area has 23.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $315K, 27% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Plainview area would have about 23, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,163 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Plainview, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Plainview area at 36,700 people in 2025, down 3.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,976 households. The median household income in the Plainview area is $52,707 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Plainview area scores 20 for hair salons (low), #516 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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