Beauty and personal care · County · Texas
Salons, barbers and spas in Bexar County, TX
How Bexar County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,879 of 2,385 scored counties
#113 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 4,103
- 621 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 784
- +23.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $669.3M
- On personal care products and services · $891 a household
- Spending per listing
- $163K
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 54.6
- 16% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,160,088
- +7.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas in Bexar County is 37 (lower middle), #1,879 of 2,385 scored counties and #113 of 162 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Bexar County comes to about $669.3M a year: $891 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $163K of household spending for each business on map listings, 23% below the U.S. figure of $213K.
Bexar County has 4,103 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. 621 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 54.6, 16% above the U.S. rate of 47.2.
In 2023, official counts showed 784 businesses with payroll in Bexar County classed as personal care services, up 23.1% from 2019. That is one for every 958 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 35 SBA-backed loans worth $10.9M have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in Bexar County. Population estimates put the population change in Bexar County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Bexar 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 salons, barbers and spas 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 | Bexar County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 54.6 | 55.0 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $163K | $170K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 958 | 990 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +23.1% | +30.1% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $891 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $72,341 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 637 → 784+23.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,369
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $134.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9,042Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4,103621 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3,147The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 35
- Amount
- $10.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in Bexar 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 Bexar County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,160,088+7.2% since 2020
- Households
- 750,939
- Median age
- 35.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 59%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,241 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,667
- Median household income
- $72,341+26.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,061
- Median home value
- $262,200
- Jobs located here
- 956,308
- Daytime population
- 2,121,878Residents 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 | 89 | 35 | 19.1 | $510K | +21.9% | #15 of 2,385 |
| 2Blanco County, TX | 89 | 11 | 21.3 | $456K | +18.6% | #16 of 2,385 |
| 3Clay County, TX | 81 | 6 | 14.0 | $653K | +5.0% | #57 of 2,385 |
| 4Burleson County, TX | 80 | 17 | 21.5 | $400K | +16.2% | #68 of 2,385 |
| 5Grimes County, TX | 79 | 25 | 24.4 | $351K | +16.3% | #90 of 2,385 |
| 6San Jacinto County, TX | 78 | 6 | 5.5 | $1.5M | +7.1% | #94 of 2,385 |
| 7Callahan County, TX | 77 | 8 | 15.3 | $561K | +5.4% | #115 of 2,385 |
| 8Guadalupe County, TX | 77 | 204 | 31.2 | $316K | +15.8% | #127 of 2,385 |
| 9Upshur County, TX | 76 | 38 | 24.4 | $339K | +8.2% | #150 of 2,385 |
| 10Gaines County, TX | 75 | 17 | 24.5 | $368K | +10.4% | #171 of 2,385 |
| 113Bexar County, TX | 37 | 4,103 | 54.6 | $163K | +7.2% | #1,879 of 2,385 |
Other business types in Bexar 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 spas37
- Hair salons43
- Barbershops41
- Nail salons48
- Spas and skin care44
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many salons, barbers and spas are in Bexar County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4,103 salons, barbers and spas in Bexar County. 621 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 784 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023, up 23.1% from 2019. Another 9,042 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Bexar County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $669.3M a year, or $891 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4,103 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $163K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 750,939 households in Bexar County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bexar County, TX compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
Bexar County has 54.6 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $163K, 23% below the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Bexar County would have about 3,147, against 4,103 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 958 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. The official count rose 23.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +14.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Bexar County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Bexar County at 2,160,088 people in 2025, up 7.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 750,939 households. The median household income in Bexar County is $72,341 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.6% 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. Bexar County scores 37 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #1,879 of 2,385 scored counties.
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