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Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Texas

Salons, barbers and spas in the Plainview, TX area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for salons, barbers and spas in the Plainview, TX area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 20 out of 100: Low

Ranked #522 of 538 scored small-town markets
#36 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas

Listings
49
9 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
12
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$9.8M
On personal care products and services · $754 a household
Spending per listing
$200K
6% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
37.8
20% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
36,700
−3.0% 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

The Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas in the Plainview area is 20 (low), #522 of 538 scored small-town markets and #36 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Households in the Plainview area spend about $9.8M a year on personal care products and services, or $754 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That works out to $200K per business, 6% below the U.S. figure of $213K.

There are 49 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in the Plainview area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 37.8, 20% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in the Plainview area was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 1,081 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Plainview area declined 3.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Plainview 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.

Salons, barbers and spas in Plainview, TX area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasurePlainview areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households37.855.047.2
Spending per listing$200K$170K$213K
Households per official establishment1,081990804
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+30.1%+14.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$754$937$1,005
Median household income$52,707$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score2040

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12
Employees, 2023
28
Annual payroll, 2023
$645K
One-person businesses, 2023
149Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
499 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
46The 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 Plainview 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 Plainview area

Population, 2025 estimate
36,700−3.0% since 2020
Households
12,976
Median age
36.2
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,997 sq. mi.
People per square mile
19
Median household income
$52,707
Average household income
$72,268
Median home value
$109,000
Jobs located here
12,210
Daytime population
32,764Residents 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 small-town markets in Texas for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Plainview area marked.

Top small-town markets in Texas

Small-town markets in Texas ranked for salons, barbers and spas by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Jacksonville, TX804524.7$328K+5.4%#11 of 538
2Bonham, TX723829.8$296K+9.2%#42 of 538
3Gainesville, TX656237.5$243K+6.5%#89 of 538
4Corsicana, TX637539.4$209K+8.2%#115 of 538
5Brenham, TX597145.9$196K+7.0%#161 of 538
6Athens, TX5814142.0$198K+7.5%#173 of 538
7Mineral Wells, TX554237.4$222K+8.2%#214 of 538
8Port Lavaca, TX543135.8$255K−2.3%#224 of 538
9Andrews, TX532840.9$221K+1.6%#234 of 538
10Granbury, TX5112348.2$199K+13.6%#261 of 538
36Plainview, TX204937.8$200K−3.0%#522 of 538

Other business types in the Plainview area

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

Questions

How many salons, barbers and spas are in the Plainview, TX area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 49 salons, barbers and spas in the Plainview area. 9 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Another 149 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Plainview, TX area spend on personal care products and services?

About $9.8M a year, or $754 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $200K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,976 households in the Plainview area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Plainview, TX area compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?

The Plainview area has 37.8 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $200K, 6% below the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Plainview area would have about 46, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,081 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.

How fast is the Plainview, TX area growing?

Population estimates put the Plainview area at 36,700 people in 2025, down 3.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,976 households. The median household income in the Plainview area is $52,707 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Plainview area scores 20 for salons, barbers and spas (low), #522 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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