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Hair salons in Tom Green County, TX

How Tom Green 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 40 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,652 of 2,339 scored counties
#111 of 159 scored counties in Texas

Listings
103
20 chain locations (19%)
Official establishments
20
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$39.4M
On personal care products and services · $843 a household
Spending per listing
$383K
11% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
22.0
6% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
120,602
+0.4% 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

Household spending on personal care products and services in Tom Green County comes to about $39.4M a year: $843 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $383K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 11% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

There are 103 hair salons on map listings in Tom Green County as of September 2026. 20 of them (19%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 22.0 per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 20 businesses with payroll in Tom Green County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 2,338 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 335 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Tom Green County grew 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Tom Green County is 40 (lower middle), #1,652 of 2,339 scored counties and #111 of 159 scored counties in Texas.

How Tom Green 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 Tom Green County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureTom Green CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households22.026.323.4
Spending per listing$383K$356K$430K
Households per official establishment2,3381,9151,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.4%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$843$937$1,005
Median household income$68,370$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score4044

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19 → 20
Employees, 2023
72
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
335Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10320 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
92The 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 Tom Green 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 Tom Green County

Population, 2025 estimate
120,602+0.4% since 2020
Households
46,756
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,522 sq. mi.
People per square mile
79
Median household income
$68,370+26.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,590
Median home value
$197,000
Jobs located here
47,889
Daytime population
118,619Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Texas

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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
111Tom Green County, TX4010322.0$383K+0.4%#1,652 of 2,339

Other business types in Tom Green County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Tom Green County, TX?

As of September 2026, map listings count 103 hair salons in Tom Green County. 20 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 335 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $39.4M a year, or $843 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 103 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $383K 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 46,756 households in Tom Green County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Tom Green County has 22.0 hair salons per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $383K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Tom Green County would have about 92, against 103 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,338 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.

How fast is Tom Green County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Tom Green County at 120,602 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,756 households. Median household income in Tom Green County is $68,370, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.8%, 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. Tom Green County scores 40 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,652 of 2,339 scored counties.

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