Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Colorado
Nail salons in the Grand Junction, CO metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in the Grand Junction, CO metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #71 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado
- Listings
- 29
- 7 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $63.4M
- On personal care products and services · $962 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 31% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.4
- 27% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 162,845
- +4.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Grand Junction metro area comes to about $63.4M a year: $962 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 31% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
The Grand Junction metro area has 29 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 4.4 for every 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Grand Junction metro area in 2023. That is one for every 7,314 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Another 122 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in the Grand Junction metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for nail salons in the Grand Junction metro area is 65 (upper middle), #71 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Grand Junction metro 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 | Grand Junction metro area | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.4 | 5.3 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $2.1M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 7,314 | 3,213 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +26.3% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.4% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $962 | $1,118 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $73,658 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 28
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 122Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 297 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 38The 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 Grand Junction metro 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 Grand Junction metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 162,845+4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 65,830
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 3,329 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $73,658+33.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,145
- Median home value
- $378,600
- Jobs located here
- 65,394
- Daytime population
- 156,691Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Greeley, CO | 81 | 48 | 3.9 | $2.8M | +14.2% | #7 of 387 |
| 2Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 65 | 77 | 5.0 | $2.2M | +4.8% | #70 of 387 |
| 3Grand Junction, CO | 65 | 29 | 4.4 | $2.2M | +4.4% | #71 of 387 |
| 4Colorado Springs, CO | 57 | 153 | 5.1 | $2.1M | +3.1% | #128 of 387 |
| 5Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 55 | 755 | 6.2 | $1.9M | +4.1% | #146 of 387 |
| 6Boulder, CO | 54 | 69 | 5.0 | $2.4M | −0.7% | #153 of 387 |
| 7Pueblo, CO | 40 | 35 | 5.1 | $1.8M | +0.6% | #290 of 387 |
Other business types in the Grand Junction metro 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 salons40
- Barbershops60
- Nail salons65
- Spas and skin care44
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Grand Junction, CO metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 nail salons in the Grand Junction metro area. 7 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts list 122 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Grand Junction, CO metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $63.4M a year, or $962 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $2.2M 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 65,830 households in the Grand Junction metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Grand Junction, CO metro area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Grand Junction metro area has 4.4 nail salons per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $2.2M, 31% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Grand Junction metro area would have about 38, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,314 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is the Grand Junction, CO metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Grand Junction metro area at 162,845 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 65,830 households. Median household income in the Grand Junction metro area is $73,658, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.0%, 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. The Grand Junction metro area scores 65 for nail salons (upper middle), #71 of 387 scored metro areas.
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