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Nail salons in Del Norte County, CA

How Del Norte County, CA compares with other counties and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$8.8M
On personal care products and services · $920 a household
Spending per listing
$4.4M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.1
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
26,410
−4.4% 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

At $920 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Del Norte County spend about $8.8M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $4.4M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

Del Norte County has 2 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. That is 2.1 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in Del Norte County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Del Norte County declined 4.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 nail salons on map listings, Del Norte County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Del Norte County compares

The same measures for California and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the nail salons counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Nail salons in Del Norte County, CA compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureDel Norte CountyCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.16.96.0
Spending per listing$4.4M$1.7M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a2,0073,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+27.0%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.4%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$920$1,149$1,005
Median household income$67,058$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored34

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
10Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 nail salons in Del Norte 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 Del Norte County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,410−4.4% since 2020
Households
9,522
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,006 sq. mi.
People per square mile
27
Median household income
$67,058+48.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,665
Median home value
$342,000
Jobs located here
7,729
Daytime population
25,295Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across California

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The highest-scoring counties in California for nail salons, numbered among those based in California, with Del Norte County marked.

Top counties in California

Counties in California ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Yuba County, CA8662.1$4.6M+8.2%#15 of 1,328
2Merced County, CA69333.8$2.4M+5.1%#174 of 1,328
3San Benito County, CA67104.9$2.5M+8.6%#209 of 1,328
4Calaveras County, CA6794.9$2.1M+2.8%#218 of 1,328
5Tuolumne County, CA6552.2$4.5M−4.0%#256 of 1,328
6Nevada County, CA64153.5$3.1M−0.4%#284 of 1,328
7Madera County, CA64214.6$2.1M+7.4%#301 of 1,328
8Humboldt County, CA63152.7$3.3M−3.4%#313 of 1,328
9Imperial County, CA62193.8$2.3M+1.1%#343 of 1,328
10Santa Cruz County, CA61353.6$3.4M−4.7%#358 of 1,328
Del Norte County, CANot scored22.1$4.4M−4.4%

Other business types in Del Norte County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Del Norte County, CA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 nail salons in Del Norte County. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Del Norte County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Del Norte County, CA spend on personal care products and services?

About $8.8M a year, or $920 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $4.4M per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which nail salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,522 households in Del Norte County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Del Norte County, CA compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Del Norte County has 2 nail salons on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Del Norte County would have about 5, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Del Norte County, CA growing?

Population estimates put Del Norte County at 26,410 people in 2025, down 4.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,522 households. Median household income in Del Norte County is $67,058, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 48.1%, 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. Del Norte County has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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