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Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Colorado

Nail salons in the Durango, CO area

The nail salons in the Durango, CO area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 88 out of 100: High

Ranked #4 of 387 scored small-town markets
#1 of 7 scored small-town markets based in Colorado

Listings
6
5 chain locations (83%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$25.5M
On personal care products and services · $1,048 a household
Spending per listing
$4.3M
2.6 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.5
58% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
56,898
+2.2% 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 Durango area scores 88 (high) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #4 of 387 scored small-town markets and #1 of 7 scored small-town markets based in Colorado. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for nail salons.

As of September 2026, map listings count 6 nail salons in the Durango area. Chain locations make up 83% of them, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.5, 58% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Households in the Durango area spend about $25.5M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,048 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That works out to $4.3M per salon, 2.6 times 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Durango area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Durango area grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Durango 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.

Nail salons in Durango, CO area compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureDurango areaColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.55.36.0
Spending per listing$4.3M$2.1M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a3,2133,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+26.3%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,048$1,118$1,005
Median household income$86,056$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score8856

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
15Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
65 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The 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 the Durango 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 Durango area

Population, 2025 estimate
56,898+2.2% since 2020
Households
24,378
Median age
43.3
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,690 sq. mi.
People per square mile
33
Median household income
$86,056+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$113,780
Median home value
$591,500
Jobs located here
25,833
Daytime population
57,893Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Colorado

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Colorado for nail salons, numbered among those based in Colorado, with the Durango area marked.

Top small-town markets in Colorado

Small-town markets in Colorado ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Durango, CO8862.5$4.3M+2.2%#4 of 387
2Rifle, CO7772.1$5.1M+1.2%#18 of 387
3Steamboat Springs, CO7084.8$2.3M+0.9%#64 of 387
4Breckenridge, CO5295.8$2.1M+1.1%#192 of 387
5Montrose, CO52105.5$1.7M+4.1%#194 of 387
6Edwards, CO44125.4$2.2M−2.4%#237 of 387
7Sterling, CO1778.5$978K−2.7%#363 of 387

Other business types in the Durango area

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in the Durango, CO area?

The Durango area has 6 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (83%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in the Durango area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 15 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Durango, CO area spend on personal care products and services?

About $25.5M a year, or $1,048 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $4.3M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,378 households in the Durango area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Durango, CO area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

The Durango area has 2.5 nail salons per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $4.3M, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Durango area would have about 15, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is the Durango, CO area growing?

Population estimates put the Durango area at 56,898 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,378 households. The median household income in the Durango area is $86,056 a year, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.3% 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. 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 Durango area scores 88 for nail salons (high), #4 of 387 scored small-town markets.

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How the score works · Top markets for nail salons · All 56 business types in the Durango area

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