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Nail salons in Gray County, TX
How Gray 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 11 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,296 of 1,328 scored counties
#110 of 110 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 7
- 4 chain locations (57%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.4M
- On personal care products and services · $807 a household
- Spending per listing
- $921K
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.8
- 47% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,919
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
For nail salons, Gray County has a Groundwork market score of 11 (low): #1,296 of 1,328 scored counties and #110 of 110 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 nail salons in Gray County. 4 of them (57%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 8.8 for every 10,000 households, 47% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Gray County comes to about $6.4M a year: $807 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $921K per salon, 45% 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 Gray County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates show Gray County declined 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Gray 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 | Gray County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.8 | 7.2 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $921K | $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 | −1.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $807 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $59,614 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 11 | 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
- 18Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 74 chain locations
- 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 Gray 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 Gray County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,919−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 7,991
- Median age
- 37.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 926 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 23
- Median household income
- $59,614+24.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,713
- Median home value
- $102,900
- Jobs located here
- 7,219
- Daytime population
- 19,509Residents 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 |
| 110Gray County, TX | 11 | 7 | 8.8 | $921K | −1.3% | #1,296 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Gray 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 spas17
- Hair salons15
- Barbershops
- Nail salons11
- Spas and skin care27
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Gray County, TX?
Gray County has 7 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (57%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Gray County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 18 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Gray County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $6.4M a year, or $807 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $921K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,991 households in Gray County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gray County, TX compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Gray County has 8.8 nail salons per 10,000 households, 47% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $921K, 45% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Gray County would have about 4, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Gray County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Gray County at 20,919 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,991 households. The median household income in Gray County is $59,614 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.3% 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. Gray County scores 11 for nail salons (low), #1,296 of 1,328 scored counties.
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