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Spas and skin care studios in Gray County, TX

How Gray County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for spas and skin care studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,589 of 1,769 scored counties
#108 of 118 scored counties in Texas

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6.4M
On personal care products and services · $807 a household
Spending per listing
$921K
5% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.8
23% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,919
−1.3% 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 spas and skin care studios in Gray County is 27 (lower middle), #1,589 of 1,769 scored counties and #108 of 118 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $807 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Gray County spend about $6.4M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 7 spas and skin care studios, that is $921K per studio, 5% above the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.

Gray County has 7 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 8.8 for every 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for other personal care services in Gray County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Gray County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Gray 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 spas and skin care studios counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Spas and skin care in Gray County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureGray CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.813.311.5
Spending per listing$921K$705K$876K
Households per official establishmentn/a4,1694,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+46.4%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$807$937$1,005
Median household income$59,614$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score2739

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
70 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 other personal care services in Gray 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 Gray County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,919−1.3% since 2020
Households
7,991
Median age
37.6
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
926 sq. mi.
People per square mile
23
Median household income
$59,614+24.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,713
Median home value
$102,900
Jobs located here
7,219
Daytime population
19,509Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Spas and skin care across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Texas, with Gray County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for spas and skin care studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Waller County, TX9073.8$2.5M+21.9%#10 of 1,769
2Guadalupe County, TX81456.9$1.4M+15.8%#59 of 1,769
3Chambers County, TX81148.1$1.3M+22.6%#60 of 1,769
4Johnson County, TX79507.6$1.2M+20.5%#83 of 1,769
5Caldwell County, TX7874.2$2M+20.0%#85 of 1,769
6Wood County, TX7752.7$3.1M+10.3%#95 of 1,769
7Medina County, TX76105.6$1.6M+11.4%#110 of 1,769
8Hunt County, TX75266.8$1.3M+23.0%#129 of 1,769
9Liberty County, TX72185.8$1.5M+31.3%#175 of 1,769
10Kaufman County, TX72428.2$1.2M+42.2%#184 of 1,769
108Gray County, TX2778.8$921K−1.3%#1,589 of 1,769

Other business types in Gray County

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

Questions

How many spas and skin care studios are in Gray County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 spas and skin care studios in Gray County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. No official count is published for other personal care services in Gray County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $6.4M a year, or $807 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $921K per studio. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which spas and skin care studios share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,991 households in Gray County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Gray County, TX compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?

Gray County has 8.8 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $921K, 5% above the U.S. figure of $876K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending.

How fast is Gray County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Gray County at 20,919 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,991 households. The median household income in Gray County is $59,614 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.3% 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. Gray County scores 27 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #1,589 of 1,769 scored counties.

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