Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Colorado
Nail salons in the Breckenridge, CO area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in the Breckenridge, CO area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #192 of 387 scored small-town markets
#4 of 7 scored small-town markets based in Colorado
- Listings
- 9
- 3 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.7M
- On personal care products and services · $1,202 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 24% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.8
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 39,069
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 nail salons in the Breckenridge area. 3 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. That is 5.8 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Breckenridge area comes to about $18.7M a year: $1,202 per household, 20% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 24% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which nail salons share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Breckenridge area was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 3,113 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $6,000 has gone to businesses classed as nail salons in the Breckenridge area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Breckenridge area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For nail salons, the Breckenridge area has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #192 of 387 scored small-town markets and #4 of 7 scored small-town markets based in Colorado.
How the Breckenridge area compares
The same measures for Colorado 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.
| Measure | Breckenridge area | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.8 | 5.3 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,113 | 3,213 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +26.3% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,202 | $1,118 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $105,544 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 7
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $346K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 93 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $6,000
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in the Breckenridge 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 Breckenridge area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 39,069+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 15,565
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 985 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 39
- Median household income
- $105,544
- Average household income
- $141,268
- Median home value
- $748,200
- Jobs located here
- 26,426
- Daytime population
- 40,672Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Colorado market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Colorado for nail salons, numbered among those based in Colorado, with the Breckenridge area marked.
Top small-town markets in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Durango, CO | 88 | 6 | 2.5 | $4.3M | +2.2% | #4 of 387 |
| 2Rifle, CO | 77 | 7 | 2.1 | $5.1M | +1.2% | #18 of 387 |
| 3Steamboat Springs, CO | 70 | 8 | 4.8 | $2.3M | +0.9% | #64 of 387 |
| 4Breckenridge, CO | 52 | 9 | 5.8 | $2.1M | +1.1% | #192 of 387 |
| 5Montrose, CO | 52 | 10 | 5.5 | $1.7M | +4.1% | #194 of 387 |
| 6Edwards, CO | 44 | 12 | 5.4 | $2.2M | −2.4% | #237 of 387 |
| 7Sterling, CO | 17 | 7 | 8.5 | $978K | −2.7% | #363 of 387 |
Other business types in the Breckenridge 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 salons57
- Barbershops
- Nail salons52
- Spas and skin care32
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Breckenridge, CO area?
The Breckenridge area has 9 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023.
How much do households in the Breckenridge, CO area spend on personal care products and services?
About $18.7M a year, or $1,202 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,565 households in the Breckenridge area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Breckenridge, CO area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Breckenridge area has 5.8 nail salons per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $2.1M, 24% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Breckenridge area would have about 11, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,113 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is the Breckenridge, CO area growing?
Population estimates put the Breckenridge area at 39,069 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,565 households. The median household income in the Breckenridge area is $105,544 a year, 31% above 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Breckenridge area scores 52 for nail salons (upper middle), #192 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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