Beauty and personal care · County · Texas
Spas and skin care studios in Zapata County, TX
The spas and skin care studios in Zapata County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 10 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,753 of 1,769 scored counties
#118 of 118 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.1M
- On personal care products and services · $669 a household
- Spending per listing
- $610K
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.0
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,753
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios in Zapata County is 10 (low), #1,753 of 1,769 scored counties and #118 of 118 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 spas and skin care studios in Zapata County. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 11.0 for every 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Zapata County comes to about $3.1M a year: $669 per household, 33% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 spas and skin care studios, that is $610K per studio, 30% below the U.S. figure of $876K. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which spas and skin care studios share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Zapata County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Zapata County declined 0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Zapata 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.
| Measure | Zapata County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.0 | 13.3 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $610K | $705K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,169 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +46.4% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $669 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $39,239 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 10 | 39 |
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
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Zapata 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 Zapata County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,753−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 4,565
- Median age
- 33.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 998 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 14
- Median household income
- $39,239+15.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $55,044
- Median home value
- $97,100
- Jobs located here
- 2,023
- Daytime population
- 10,968Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Waller County, TX | 90 | 7 | 3.8 | $2.5M | +21.9% | #10 of 1,769 |
| 2Guadalupe County, TX | 81 | 45 | 6.9 | $1.4M | +15.8% | #59 of 1,769 |
| 3Chambers County, TX | 81 | 14 | 8.1 | $1.3M | +22.6% | #60 of 1,769 |
| 4Johnson County, TX | 79 | 50 | 7.6 | $1.2M | +20.5% | #83 of 1,769 |
| 5Caldwell County, TX | 78 | 7 | 4.2 | $2M | +20.0% | #85 of 1,769 |
| 6Wood County, TX | 77 | 5 | 2.7 | $3.1M | +10.3% | #95 of 1,769 |
| 7Medina County, TX | 76 | 10 | 5.6 | $1.6M | +11.4% | #110 of 1,769 |
| 8Hunt County, TX | 75 | 26 | 6.8 | $1.3M | +23.0% | #129 of 1,769 |
| 9Liberty County, TX | 72 | 18 | 5.8 | $1.5M | +31.3% | #175 of 1,769 |
| 10Kaufman County, TX | 72 | 42 | 8.2 | $1.2M | +42.2% | #184 of 1,769 |
| 118Zapata County, TX | 10 | 5 | 11.0 | $610K | −0.9% | #1,753 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Zapata County
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 spas8
- Hair salons7
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care10
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many spas and skin care studios are in Zapata County, TX?
Zapata County has 5 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. 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 Zapata County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Zapata County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $3.1M a year, or $669 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $610K per studio. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,565 households in Zapata County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Zapata County, TX compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Zapata County has 11.0 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $610K, 30% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Zapata County would have about 4, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Zapata County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Zapata County at 13,753 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,565 households. Median household income in Zapata County is $39,239, 51% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.6%, 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. Zapata County scores 10 for spas and skin care studios (low), #1,753 of 1,769 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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