Beauty and personal care · County · Colorado
Nail salons in Gunnison County, CO
How Gunnison County, CO 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
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $8.8M
- On personal care products and services · $1,032 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.4M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 17,439
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,032 per household (3% above the U.S. average), households in Gunnison County spend about $8.8M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $4.4M of household spending for each salon on map listings. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
There are 2 nail salons on map listings in Gunnison County as of September 2026. That is 2.4 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in Gunnison County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Gunnison County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 nail salons on map listings, Gunnison County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Gunnison County 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 | Gunnison County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.4 | 5.3 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.4M | $2.1M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 3,213 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +26.3% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,032 | $1,118 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $84,527 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 56 |
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
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- 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 Gunnison 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 Gunnison County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,439+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 8,494
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 3,239 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $84,527+49.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,255
- Median home value
- $621,800
- Jobs located here
- 8,882
- Daytime population
- 16,889Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Garfield County, CO | 81 | 5 | 2.1 | $5M | +2.7% | #33 of 1,328 |
| 2Weld County, CO | 81 | 48 | 3.9 | $2.8M | +14.2% | #39 of 1,328 |
| 3La Plata County, CO | 80 | 6 | 2.5 | $4.3M | +2.2% | #46 of 1,328 |
| 4Mesa County, CO | 69 | 29 | 4.4 | $2.2M | +4.4% | #178 of 1,328 |
| 5Larimer County, CO | 67 | 77 | 5.0 | $2.2M | +4.8% | #215 of 1,328 |
| 6Routt County, CO | 65 | 7 | 6.2 | $1.9M | +2.0% | #271 of 1,328 |
| 7Adams County, CO | 64 | 93 | 4.9 | $2.2M | +6.6% | #298 of 1,328 |
| 8Douglas County, CO | 60 | 102 | 7.3 | $1.9M | +10.9% | #400 of 1,328 |
| 9El Paso County, CO | 59 | 150 | 5.2 | $2.1M | +3.2% | #424 of 1,328 |
| 10Broomfield County, CO | 59 | 20 | 6.3 | $2M | +6.3% | #427 of 1,328 |
| Gunnison County, CO | Not scored | 2 | 2.4 | $4.4M | +2.9% |
Other business types in Gunnison County
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 spas46
- Hair salons59
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care30
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Gunnison County, CO?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 nail salons in Gunnison County. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Gunnison County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Gunnison County, CO spend on personal care products and services?
About $8.8M a year, or $1,032 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, 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 8,494 households in Gunnison County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gunnison County, CO compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Gunnison 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, Gunnison County would have about 5, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Gunnison County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Gunnison County at 17,439 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,494 households. Median household income in Gunnison County is $84,527, 5% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 49.4%, 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. Gunnison County has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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