Where this is
Start with the whole country, then zoom to the state and the county.
What stands out
Each number compares Anderson County with the 60 U.S. counties closest to it in population and income, not with the state average.
Every business type, at a glance
Tap a tile for the numbers behind it.
Cities and towns
By 2024 population. Tap one to find it on the map.
One-person shops here
Businesses with no employees, from the Census Nonemployer Statistics for 2023. These are average yearly sales per shop, before any costs. Many owners run them part-time.
Checked against local listings
For these types we compared the Census count with local listings before publishing.
| Type | Census says | Local listings | Result |
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Directories and Google Maps listings, read October 25, 2026.
For reporters and researchers
Every figure is published Census data and can be rebuilt from the sources below.
Cite as: Groundwork Business Advisory, “Anderson County, Texas: business counts compared with similar counties,” Groundwork Peer-County Method, October 25, 2026. Data requests and interviews: info@groundworkbusinessadvisory.com.
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How we know this
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The method, in plain words
We count businesses in Anderson County and in the 60 U.S. counties most like it in size and household income. For each business type we show how many Anderson County has, how many a typical similar county has at its size, and the range the middle half of similar counties fall in. A type is marked fewer when Anderson County is below that range by at least 2 businesses and at least a quarter of the typical count. It is marked more when it is above the range by the same margin.
Small counts. The Census does not publish a business type in a county when it has fewer than 3 establishments. We show those as “under 3” or as a range, never as zero, and we never mark a type fewer when its count is hidden: it shows as a range and is left "not rated." A type is marked more only when even the low end of its range is above the middle half of similar counties.
How to use it. A gap shows where to look first. Confirm demand on your own street before you sign a lease: a county can have fewer shops because people shop in the next county, and more because it serves its neighbors.
What is counted
Businesses with employees come from County Business Patterns 2023. For hair salons, barbers, child care, auto repair, caterers and food trucks, coffee shops, laundries and pet grooming we add one-person businesses from Nonemployer Statistics 2023. For the other types the Census publishes one-person counts only in broad groups, so those use businesses with employees only, for Anderson County and its peers alike. A store inside a bigger store is counted under the bigger store. Counts are for the county, not any one town.
The 60 similar counties
Closeness is measured by population and median household income, equally weighted, in logarithms. Connecticut and Puerto Rico are left out because the Census defines their counties differently across files.
Sources
Groundwork: Groundwork Startup Industry Database (startup costs and survival rates on the business tiles); the Groundwork Peer-County Method (similar-county comparison, small-count rules and local listing checks, described above).
Public data: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates (Vintage 2024, county totals for 2020 and 2024); U.S. Census Bureau: County Business Patterns 2023; Nonemployer Statistics 2023; American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates (population, median household income); Vintage 2024 population estimates (places); cartographic boundary files 2023 and Gazetteer 2023. Read October 25, 2026.
Groundwork Business Advisory LLC. Plain and sourced.
