Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Texas
Hair salons in the Waco, TX metro area
The hair salons in the Waco, TX metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #259 of 387 scored metro areas
#13 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 264
- 40 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 48
- +9.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $94.6M
- On personal care products and services · $851 a household
- Spending per listing
- $358K
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.7
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 308,807
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 264 hair salons in the Waco metro area. Of those, 40 are chain locations, or 15%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 23.7 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $851 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in the Waco metro area spend about $94.6M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $358K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 17% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Waco metro area was 48 in 2023, up 9.3% from 2019. That is one for every 2,316 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 769 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $749K have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Waco metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Waco metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Waco metro area scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #259 of 387 scored metro areas and #13 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas.
How the Waco metro 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 | Waco metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.7 | 26.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $358K | $356K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,316 | 1,915 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.3% | +17.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $851 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $66,205 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 48+9.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 297
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 769Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 26440 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 220The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $749K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Waco metro 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 Waco metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 308,807+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 111,178
- Median age
- 37.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,785 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 108
- Median household income
- $66,205
- Average household income
- $91,997
- Median home value
- $234,100
- Jobs located here
- 129,143
- Daytime population
- 295,622Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Midland, TX | 77 | 150 | 21.5 | $473K | +9.8% | #9 of 387 |
| 2Odessa, TX | 76 | 105 | 16.3 | $538K | +5.0% | #13 of 387 |
| 3College Station-Bryan, TX | 64 | 181 | 17.1 | $486K | +6.9% | #68 of 387 |
| 4Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 60 | 2,415 | 24.4 | $435K | +14.0% | #105 of 387 |
| 5Sherman-Denison, TX | 53 | 158 | 28.6 | $310K | +12.8% | #152 of 387 |
| 6Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 48 | 8,419 | 29.1 | $346K | +10.6% | #209 of 387 |
| 7San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 47 | 2,387 | 24.7 | $371K | +9.5% | #220 of 387 |
| 8Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 47 | 7,528 | 28.3 | $342K | +10.3% | #222 of 387 |
| 9Amarillo, TX | 45 | 225 | 21.8 | $399K | +2.7% | #236 of 387 |
| 10Lubbock, TX | 44 | 293 | 20.8 | $403K | +4.6% | #246 of 387 |
| 13Waco, TX | 43 | 264 | 23.7 | $358K | +4.2% | #259 of 387 |
Other business types in the Waco metro 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 spas45
- Hair salons43
- Barbershops45
- Nail salons38
- Spas and skin care53
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Waco, TX metro area?
There are 264 hair salons on map listings in the Waco metro area as of September 2026. 40 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 9.3% from 2019. Another 769 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Waco, TX metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $94.6M a year, or $851 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 264 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $358K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 111,178 households in the Waco metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Waco, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Waco metro area has 23.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $358K, 17% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Waco metro area would have about 220, against 264 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,316 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Waco, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Waco metro area at 308,807 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 111,178 households. The median household income in the Waco metro area is $66,205 a year, 18% 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. 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 Waco metro area scores 43 for hair salons (lower middle), #259 of 387 scored metro areas.
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