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Nail salons in Kit Carson County, CO

How Kit Carson 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

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$2.7M
On personal care products and services · $934 a household
Spending per listing
$2.7M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
3.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
7,069
+0.1% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 nail salon in Kit Carson County. That is 3.5 per 10,000 households.

At $934 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Kit Carson County spend about $2.7M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $2.7M of household spending for each salon on map listings. 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 Kit Carson County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Kit Carson County grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Kit Carson 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.

Nail salons in Kit Carson County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureKit Carson CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.55.36.0
Spending per listing$2.7M$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+0.1%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$934$1,118$1,005
Median household income$70,259$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored56

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
6Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Kit Carson 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 Kit Carson County

Population, 2025 estimate
7,069+0.1% since 2020
Households
2,896
Median age
39.7
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
2,161 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3
Median household income
$70,259
Average household income
$99,976
Median home value
$239,500
Jobs located here
2,756
Daytime population
6,710Residents 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 counties in Colorado for nail salons, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Kit Carson County marked.

Top counties in Colorado

Counties in Colorado ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Garfield County, CO8152.1$5M+2.7%#33 of 1,328
2Weld County, CO81483.9$2.8M+14.2%#39 of 1,328
3La Plata County, CO8062.5$4.3M+2.2%#46 of 1,328
4Mesa County, CO69294.4$2.2M+4.4%#178 of 1,328
5Larimer County, CO67775.0$2.2M+4.8%#215 of 1,328
6Routt County, CO6576.2$1.9M+2.0%#271 of 1,328
7Adams County, CO64934.9$2.2M+6.6%#298 of 1,328
8Douglas County, CO601027.3$1.9M+10.9%#400 of 1,328
9El Paso County, CO591505.2$2.1M+3.2%#424 of 1,328
10Broomfield County, CO59206.3$2M+6.3%#427 of 1,328
Kit Carson County, CONot scored13.5$2.7M+0.1%

Other business types in Kit Carson County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many nail salons are in Kit Carson County, CO?

Kit Carson County has 1 nail salon on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Kit Carson County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Kit Carson County, CO spend on personal care products and services?

About $2.7M a year, or $934 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 nail salon on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,896 households in Kit Carson County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Kit Carson County, CO compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Kit Carson County has 1 nail salon on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Kit Carson County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Kit Carson County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Kit Carson County at 7,069 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,896 households. The median household income in Kit Carson County is $70,259 a year, 13% below 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for nail salons · All 56 business types in Kit Carson County

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