Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Texas
Salons, barbers and spas in the Brownwood, TX area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for salons, barbers and spas in the Brownwood, TX area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #446 of 538 scored small-town markets
#27 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 63
- 11 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.6M
- On personal care products and services · $773 a household
- Spending per listing
- $184K
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 42.1
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,711
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas in the Brownwood area is 35 (lower middle), #446 of 538 scored small-town markets and #27 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $773 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in the Brownwood area spend about $11.6M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $184K of household spending for each business on map listings, 14% below the U.S. figure of $213K.
The Brownwood area has 63 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 15% across the U.S. That comes to 42.1 for every 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in the Brownwood area was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 1,497 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Brownwood area grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Brownwood area 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 | Brownwood area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 42.1 | 55.0 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $184K | $170K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,497 | 990 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +30.1% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $773 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $57,470 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 29
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $754K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 134Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6311 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 54The 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 personal care services in the Brownwood area, 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 the Brownwood area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,711+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 14,972
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 945 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $57,470+18.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,477
- Median home value
- $158,900
- Jobs located here
- 14,839
- Daytime population
- 36,518Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacksonville, TX | 80 | 45 | 24.7 | $328K | +5.4% | #11 of 538 |
| 2Bonham, TX | 72 | 38 | 29.8 | $296K | +9.2% | #42 of 538 |
| 3Gainesville, TX | 65 | 62 | 37.5 | $243K | +6.5% | #89 of 538 |
| 4Corsicana, TX | 63 | 75 | 39.4 | $209K | +8.2% | #115 of 538 |
| 5Brenham, TX | 59 | 71 | 45.9 | $196K | +7.0% | #161 of 538 |
| 6Athens, TX | 58 | 141 | 42.0 | $198K | +7.5% | #173 of 538 |
| 7Mineral Wells, TX | 55 | 42 | 37.4 | $222K | +8.2% | #214 of 538 |
| 8Port Lavaca, TX | 54 | 31 | 35.8 | $255K | −2.3% | #224 of 538 |
| 9Andrews, TX | 53 | 28 | 40.9 | $221K | +1.6% | #234 of 538 |
| 10Granbury, TX | 51 | 123 | 48.2 | $199K | +13.6% | #261 of 538 |
| 27Brownwood, TX | 35 | 63 | 42.1 | $184K | +1.7% | #446 of 538 |
Other business types in the Brownwood area
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 salons39
- Barbershops
- Nail salons34
- Spas and skin care25
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 the Brownwood, TX area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 63 salons, barbers and spas in the Brownwood area. 11 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Official counts list 134 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Brownwood, TX area spend on personal care products and services?
About $11.6M a year, or $773 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 63 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $184K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,972 households in the Brownwood area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Brownwood, TX area compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
The Brownwood area has 42.1 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $184K, 14% below the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Brownwood area would have about 54, against 63 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,497 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.
How fast is the Brownwood, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Brownwood area at 38,711 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,972 households. The median household income in the Brownwood area is $57,470 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.8% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Brownwood area scores 35 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #446 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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