Beauty and personal care · County · Texas
Nail salons in Brazos County, TX
How Brazos County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #781 of 1,328 scored counties
#47 of 110 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 45
- 23 chain locations (51%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $75.4M
- On personal care products and services · $828 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.9
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 249,088
- +6.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 45 nail salons in Brazos County. Chain locations make up 51% of them, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.9, 18% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
At $828 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Brazos County spend about $75.4M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $1.7M per salon, in line with the U.S. figure of $1.7M. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which nail salons share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 21 businesses with payroll in Brazos County classed as nail salons. That is one for every 4,337 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Another 227 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Brazos County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Brazos County grew 6.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for nail salons in Brazos County is 47 (lower middle), #781 of 1,328 scored counties and #47 of 110 scored counties in Texas.
How Brazos 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 nail 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 | Brazos County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.9 | 7.2 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $1.3M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,337 | 5,844 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +51.5% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $828 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $58,553 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 21
- Employees, 2023
- 113
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 227Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4523 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
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Brazos 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 Brazos County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 249,088+6.2% since 2020
- Households
- 91,087
- Median age
- 31.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 47%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 586 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 413
- Median household income
- $58,553+19.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,892
- Median home value
- $296,000
- Jobs located here
- 119,110
- Daytime population
- 263,107Residents 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 | 87 | 5 | 2.7 | $3.6M | +21.9% | #10 of 1,328 |
| 2Medina County, TX | 76 | 6 | 3.4 | $2.7M | +11.4% | #73 of 1,328 |
| 3Guadalupe County, TX | 74 | 33 | 5.0 | $2M | +15.8% | #109 of 1,328 |
| 4Wise County, TX | 70 | 12 | 4.8 | $2.1M | +21.5% | #153 of 1,328 |
| 5Bastrop County, TX | 70 | 20 | 5.4 | $1.8M | +21.3% | #156 of 1,328 |
| 6Hays County, TX | 68 | 56 | 5.6 | $1.8M | +24.8% | #198 of 1,328 |
| 7Kaufman County, TX | 68 | 33 | 6.5 | $1.5M | +42.2% | #199 of 1,328 |
| 8Cherokee County, TX | 67 | 5 | 2.7 | $3M | +5.4% | #206 of 1,328 |
| 9Fannin County, TX | 67 | 5 | 3.9 | $2.3M | +9.2% | #214 of 1,328 |
| 10Parker County, TX | 67 | 33 | 5.8 | $1.8M | +23.5% | #223 of 1,328 |
| 47Brazos County, TX | 47 | 45 | 4.9 | $1.7M | +6.2% | #781 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Brazos 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 spas43
- Hair salons58
- Barbershops53
- Nail salons47
- Spas and skin care46
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Brazos County, TX?
Brazos County has 45 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 23 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts list 227 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Brazos County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $75.4M a year, or $828 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 91,087 households in Brazos County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Brazos County, TX compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Brazos County has 4.9 nail salons per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.7M, in line with the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,337 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is Brazos County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Brazos County at 249,088 people in 2025, up 6.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 91,087 households. The median household income in Brazos County is $58,553 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.1% 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. Brazos County scores 47 for nail salons (lower middle), #781 of 1,328 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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