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Nail salons in Gillespie County, TX
The nail salons in Gillespie County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #353 of 1,328 scored counties
#19 of 110 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 6
- 3 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $11M
- On personal care products and services · $953 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.2
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,527
- +6.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 nail salons in Gillespie County. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 5.2 for every 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Households in Gillespie County spend about $11M a year on personal care products and services, or $953 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 9% above 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Gillespie County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 20 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Gillespie County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Gillespie County scores 62 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #353 of 1,328 scored counties and #19 of 110 scored counties in Texas.
How Gillespie 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 | Gillespie County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.2 | 7.2 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.3M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,844 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +51.5% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $953 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $76,162 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 40 |
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
- 20Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 63 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 nail salons in Gillespie 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 Gillespie County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,527+6.6% since 2020
- Households
- 11,513
- Median age
- 49.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,058 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 26
- Median household income
- $76,162+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $116,131
- Median home value
- $460,700
- Jobs located here
- 11,821
- Daytime population
- 27,066Residents 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 |
| 19Gillespie County, TX | 62 | 6 | 5.2 | $1.8M | +6.6% | #353 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Gillespie 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 spas44
- Hair salons49
- Barbershops65
- Nail salons62
- Spas and skin care39
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Gillespie County, TX?
Gillespie County has 6 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Gillespie County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 20 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Gillespie County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $11M a year, or $953 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,513 households in Gillespie County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gillespie County, TX compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Gillespie County has 5.2 nail salons per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.8M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Gillespie County would have about 7, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Gillespie County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Gillespie County at 28,527 people in 2025, up 6.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,513 households. The median household income in Gillespie County is $76,162 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.8% 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. Gillespie County scores 62 for nail salons (upper middle), #353 of 1,328 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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