Beauty and personal care · County · Texas
Hair salons in Zapata County, TX
How Zapata 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 7 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #2,328 of 2,339 scored counties
#159 of 159 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 13
- 2 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.1M
- On personal care products and services · $669 a household
- Spending per listing
- $235K
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 28.5
- 22% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,753
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, Zapata County has a Groundwork market score of 7 (very low): #2,328 of 2,339 scored counties and #159 of 159 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Zapata County comes to about $3.1M a year: $669 per household, 33% below the U.S. average. Spread across 13 hair salons, that is $235K per salon, 45% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Zapata County has 13 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 28.5 for every 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Zapata County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Zapata County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Zapata 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 | Zapata County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 28.5 | 26.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $235K | $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 | −0.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $669 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $39,239 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 7 | 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
- 28Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 132 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Zapata 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 Zapata County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,753−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 4,565
- Median age
- 33.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 998 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 14
- Median household income
- $39,239+15.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $55,044
- Median home value
- $97,100
- Jobs located here
- 2,023
- Daytime population
- 10,968Residents 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 |
| 159Zapata County, TX | 7 | 13 | 28.5 | $235K | −0.9% | #2,328 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Zapata 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Zapata County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 hair salons in Zapata County. 2 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Zapata County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 28 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Zapata County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $3.1M a year, or $669 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $235K 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 4,565 households in Zapata County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Zapata County, TX compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Zapata County has 28.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $235K, 45% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Zapata County would have about 7, against 13 on map listings.
How fast is Zapata County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Zapata County at 13,753 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,565 households. Median household income in Zapata County is $39,239, 51% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.6%, 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. Zapata County scores 7 for hair salons (very low), #2,328 of 2,339 scored counties.
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