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Nail salons in Gonzales County, TX
The nail salons in Gonzales County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 21 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,229 of 1,328 scored counties
#101 of 110 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.1M
- On personal care products and services · $768 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.6
- 27% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,159
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Gonzales County scores 21 (low) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #1,229 of 1,328 scored counties and #101 of 110 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 nail salons in Gonzales County. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 7.6 for every 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
At $768 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in Gonzales County spend about $6.1M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $1M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 39% below 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 Gonzales County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Gonzales County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Gonzales 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 | Gonzales County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.6 | 7.2 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $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 | +2.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $768 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $58,672 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 21 | 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
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Gonzales 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 Gonzales County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,159+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 7,926
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,067 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $58,672+9.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,588
- Median home value
- $159,100
- Jobs located here
- 6,995
- Daytime population
- 17,515Residents 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 |
| 101Gonzales County, TX | 21 | 6 | 7.6 | $1M | +2.5% | #1,229 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Gonzales 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 spas35
- Hair salons46
- Barbershops
- Nail salons21
- Spas and skin care33
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Gonzales County, TX?
There are 6 nail salons on map listings in Gonzales County as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Gonzales County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Gonzales County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $6.1M a year, or $768 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,926 households in Gonzales County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gonzales County, TX compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Gonzales County has 7.6 nail salons per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Gonzales County would have about 4, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Gonzales County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Gonzales County at 20,159 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,926 households. The median household income in Gonzales County is $58,672 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 9.5% 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. Gonzales County scores 21 for nail salons (low), #1,229 of 1,328 scored counties.
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