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Salons, barbers and spas in Fort Bend County, TX

How Fort Bend 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,135 of 2,385 scored counties
#70 of 162 scored counties in Texas

Listings
1,573
254 chain locations (16%)
Official establishments
430
+29.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$327.1M
On personal care products and services · $1,118 a household
Spending per listing
$208K
2% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
53.7
14% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
975,191
+17.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on personal care products and services in Fort Bend County comes to about $327.1M a year: $1,118 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. Spread across 1,573 salons, barbers and spas, that is $208K per business, 2% below the U.S. figure of $213K.

There are 1,573 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in Fort Bend County as of September 2026. Of those, 254 are chain locations, or 16%, against 15% across the U.S. That comes to 53.7 for every 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 47.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in Fort Bend County was 430 in 2023, up 29.9% from 2019. That is one for every 681 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Another 6,520 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 23 SBA-backed loans worth $9.7M have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in Fort Bend County.

Population estimates put the population change in Fort Bend County from 2020 to 2025 at +17.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas in Fort Bend County is 51 (upper middle), #1,135 of 2,385 scored counties and #70 of 162 scored counties in Texas.

How Fort Bend 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.

Salons, barbers and spas in Fort Bend County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureFort Bend CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households53.755.047.2
Spending per listing$208K$170K$213K
Households per official establishment681990804
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+29.9%+30.1%+14.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+17.4%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,118$937$1,005
Median household income$114,041$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5140

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
331 → 430+29.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,139
Annual payroll, 2023
$62.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
6,520Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1,573254 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1,538The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
23
Amount
$9.7M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in Fort Bend 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 Fort Bend County

Population, 2025 estimate
975,191+17.4% since 2020
Households
292,713
Median age
38.0
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
862 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,037
Median household income
$114,041+16.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$145,132
Median home value
$374,500
Jobs located here
248,090
Daytime population
729,530Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Salons, barbers and spas across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Texas, with Fort Bend County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for salons, barbers and spas by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Waller County, TX893519.1$510K+21.9%#15 of 2,385
2Blanco County, TX891121.3$456K+18.6%#16 of 2,385
3Clay County, TX81614.0$653K+5.0%#57 of 2,385
4Burleson County, TX801721.5$400K+16.2%#68 of 2,385
5Grimes County, TX792524.4$351K+16.3%#90 of 2,385
6San Jacinto County, TX7865.5$1.5M+7.1%#94 of 2,385
7Callahan County, TX77815.3$561K+5.4%#115 of 2,385
8Guadalupe County, TX7720431.2$316K+15.8%#127 of 2,385
9Upshur County, TX763824.4$339K+8.2%#150 of 2,385
10Gaines County, TX751724.5$368K+10.4%#171 of 2,385
70Fort Bend County, TX511,57353.7$208K+17.4%#1,135 of 2,385

Other business types in Fort Bend County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many salons, barbers and spas are in Fort Bend County, TX?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1,573 salons, barbers and spas in Fort Bend County. 254 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 430 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023, up 29.9% from 2019. Official counts list 6,520 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Fort Bend County, TX spend on personal care products and services?

About $327.1M a year, or $1,118 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,573 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $208K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 292,713 households in Fort Bend County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Fort Bend County, TX compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?

Fort Bend County has 53.7 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $208K, 2% below the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Fort Bend County would have about 1,538, against 1,573 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 681 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. The official count rose 29.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +14.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Fort Bend County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Fort Bend County at 975,191 people in 2025, up 17.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 292,713 households. The median household income in Fort Bend County is $114,041 a year, 41% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.7% 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. Fort Bend County scores 51 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #1,135 of 2,385 scored counties.

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