Beauty and personal care · County · Texas
Hair salons in Shelby County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Shelby County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,152 of 2,339 scored counties
#148 of 159 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 27
- 4 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7M
- On personal care products and services · $751 a household
- Spending per listing
- $260K
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 28.8
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 24,286
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Shelby County scores 24 (low) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #2,152 of 2,339 scored counties and #148 of 159 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $751 per household (25% below the U.S. average), households in Shelby County spend about $7M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $260K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 39% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 27 hair salons on map listings in Shelby County as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 15%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 28.8 per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Shelby County in 2023. That is one for every 1,873 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Population estimates show Shelby County grew 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Shelby 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 | Shelby County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 28.8 | 26.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $260K | $356K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,873 | 1,915 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $751 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $49,776 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 9
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $225K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 70Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 274 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Shelby 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 Shelby County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 24,286+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 9,366
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 796 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 30
- Median household income
- $49,776+17.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,187
- Median home value
- $101,500
- Jobs located here
- 8,915
- Daytime population
- 24,049Residents 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 |
| 148Shelby County, TX | 24 | 27 | 28.8 | $260K | +1.0% | #2,152 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Shelby 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 spas32
- Hair salons24
- Barbershops19
- Nail salons26
- Spas and skin care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Shelby County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 27 hair salons in Shelby County. 4 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 70 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Shelby County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $7M a year, or $751 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $260K 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 9,366 households in Shelby County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shelby County, TX compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Shelby County has 28.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $260K, 39% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Shelby County would have about 16, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,873 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Shelby County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Shelby County at 24,286 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,366 households. Median household income in Shelby County is $49,776, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.1%, 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. Shelby County scores 24 for hair salons (low), #2,152 of 2,339 scored counties.
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