Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Texas
Salons, barbers and spas in the Waco, TX metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for salons, barbers and spas in the Waco, TX metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #251 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 504
- 89 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 90
- +21.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $94.6M
- On personal care products and services · $851 a household
- Spending per listing
- $188K
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 45.3
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 308,807
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Waco metro area comes to about $94.6M a year: $851 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $188K of household spending for each business on map listings, 12% below the U.S. figure of $213K.
The Waco metro area has 504 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. 89 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 15% across the U.S. That is 45.3 per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
Official counts show 90 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in the Waco metro area in 2023, up 21.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,235 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Another 1,253 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $3.2M have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in the Waco metro area.
Population estimates show the Waco metro area grew 4.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For salons, barbers and spas, the Waco metro area has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #251 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas.
How the Waco metro 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 | Waco metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 45.3 | 55.0 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $188K | $170K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,235 | 990 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +21.9% | +30.1% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $851 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $66,205 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 90+21.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 529
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $15M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,253Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50489 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 445The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $3.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in the Waco metro 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 Waco metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 308,807+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 111,178
- Median age
- 37.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,785 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 108
- Median household income
- $66,205
- Average household income
- $91,997
- Median home value
- $234,100
- Jobs located here
- 129,143
- Daytime population
- 295,622Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Waco metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Midland, TX | 57 | 364 | 52.3 | $195K | +9.8% | #124 of 387 |
| 2Odessa, TX | 56 | 281 | 43.5 | $201K | +5.0% | #135 of 387 |
| 3Sherman-Denison, TX | 56 | 283 | 51.2 | $173K | +12.8% | #136 of 387 |
| 4College Station-Bryan, TX | 55 | 391 | 37.0 | $225K | +6.9% | #143 of 387 |
| 5Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 53 | 5,003 | 50.6 | $210K | +14.0% | #162 of 387 |
| 6Eagle Pass, TX | 50 | 61 | 33.7 | $217K | +1.7% | #196 of 387 |
| 7Waco, TX | 45 | 504 | 45.3 | $188K | +4.2% | #251 of 387 |
| 8San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 45 | 5,101 | 52.7 | $174K | +9.5% | #254 of 387 |
| 9Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 44 | 17,638 | 61.0 | $165K | +10.6% | #267 of 387 |
| 10Amarillo, TX | 43 | 486 | 47.2 | $185K | +2.7% | #273 of 387 |
Other business types in the Waco metro 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 spas45
- Hair salons43
- Barbershops45
- Nail salons38
- Spas and skin care53
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 Waco, TX metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 504 salons, barbers and spas in the Waco metro area. 89 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 90 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023, up 21.9% from 2019. Official counts list 1,253 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Waco, TX metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $94.6M a year, or $851 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 504 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $188K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 111,178 households in the Waco metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Waco, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
The Waco metro area has 45.3 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $188K, 12% below the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Waco metro area would have about 445, against 504 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,235 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. The official count rose 21.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +14.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Waco, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Waco metro area at 308,807 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 111,178 households. The median household income in the Waco metro area is $66,205 a year, 18% 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. 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 Waco metro area scores 45 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #251 of 387 scored metro areas.
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