Beauty and personal care · County · Texas
Hair salons in Van Zandt County, TX
How Van Zandt 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 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,494 of 2,339 scored counties
#98 of 159 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 54
- 7 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $19.1M
- On personal care products and services · $844 a household
- Spending per listing
- $354K
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.8
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 66,130
- +10.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 54 hair salons in Van Zandt County. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 23.8 for every 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in Van Zandt County spend about $19.1M a year on personal care products and services, or $844 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $354K per salon, 18% 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 Van Zandt County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 167 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Van Zandt County grew 10.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Van Zandt County is 44 (lower middle), #1,494 of 2,339 scored counties and #98 of 159 scored counties in Texas.
How Van Zandt 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 | Van Zandt County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.8 | 26.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $354K | $356K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,915 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $844 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $69,475 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 44 |
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
- 167Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 547 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 45The 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 Van Zandt 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 Van Zandt County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 66,130+10.7% since 2020
- Households
- 22,682
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 843 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 74
- Median household income
- $69,475+27.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,380
- Median home value
- $222,100
- Jobs located here
- 12,630
- Daytime population
- 54,002Residents 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 |
| 98Van Zandt County, TX | 44 | 54 | 23.8 | $354K | +10.7% | #1,494 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Van Zandt 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 spas57
- Hair salons44
- Barbershops48
- Nail salons59
- Spas and skin care57
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Van Zandt County, TX?
Van Zandt County has 54 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Van Zandt County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 167 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Van Zandt County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $19.1M a year, or $844 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 54 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $354K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,682 households in Van Zandt County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Van Zandt County, TX compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Van Zandt County has 23.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $354K, 18% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Van Zandt County would have about 45, against 54 on map listings.
How fast is Van Zandt County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Van Zandt County at 66,130 people in 2025, up 10.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,682 households. The median household income in Van Zandt County is $69,475 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.1% 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. Van Zandt County scores 44 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,494 of 2,339 scored counties.
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