Beauty and personal care · County · Indiana
Nail salons in Boone County, IN
How Boone County, IN compares with other counties and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #93 of 1,328 scored counties
#5 of 38 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 18
- 7 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $35.4M
- On personal care products and services · $1,233 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 18% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.3
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 80,689
- +13.5% since 2020
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What this means
For nail salons, Boone County has a Groundwork market score of 75 (high): #93 of 1,328 scored counties and #5 of 38 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for nail salons.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 nail salons in Boone County. Chain locations make up 39% of them, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.3, 5% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Households in Boone County spend about $35.4M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,233 per household, 23% above the U.S. average. Spread across 18 nail salons, that is $2M per salon, 18% 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 Boone County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 5,748 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Boone County from 2020 to 2025 at +13.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Boone County compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Boone County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.3 | 4.5 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.2M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,748 | 14,000 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +67.2% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +13.5% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,233 | $971 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $111,250 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 10
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $417K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 53Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 187 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 Boone 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 Boone County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 80,689+13.5% since 2020
- Households
- 28,738
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 423 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 177
- Median household income
- $111,250+33.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $154,426
- Median home value
- $376,200
- Jobs located here
- 43,536
- Daytime population
- 80,146Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hancock County, IN | 90 | 13 | 3.9 | $2.9M | +13.5% | #5 of 1,328 |
| 2Warrick County, IN | 85 | 7 | 2.8 | $3.9M | +4.4% | #19 of 1,328 |
| 3Dearborn County, IN | 77 | 5 | 2.5 | $4.1M | +1.7% | #63 of 1,328 |
| 4Allen County, IN | 75 | 70 | 4.5 | $2.1M | +4.2% | #90 of 1,328 |
| 5Boone County, IN | 75 | 18 | 6.3 | $2M | +13.5% | #93 of 1,328 |
| 6Porter County, IN | 74 | 30 | 4.4 | $2.4M | +1.6% | #105 of 1,328 |
| 7Morgan County, IN | 74 | 12 | 4.2 | $2.4M | +4.4% | #106 of 1,328 |
| 8Clark County, IN | 74 | 26 | 5.1 | $1.9M | +7.5% | #111 of 1,328 |
| 9Hendricks County, IN | 72 | 50 | 7.5 | $1.5M | +10.2% | #127 of 1,328 |
| 10Kosciusko County, IN | 71 | 9 | 2.8 | $3.5M | +0.9% | #130 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Boone 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 spas74
- Hair salons78
- Barbershops95
- Nail salons75
- Spas and skin care79
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Boone County, IN?
There are 18 nail salons on map listings in Boone County as of September 2026. 7 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts list 53 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Boone County, IN spend on personal care products and services?
About $35.4M a year, or $1,233 per household. That is 23% above the U.S. average (an index of 123, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $2M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 28,738 households in Boone County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Boone County, IN compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Boone County has 6.3 nail salons per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $2M, 18% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Boone County would have about 21, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,748 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is Boone County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Boone County at 80,689 people in 2025, up 13.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,738 households. The median household income in Boone County is $111,250 a year, 38% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.9% 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. 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. Boone County scores 75 for nail salons (high), #93 of 1,328 scored counties.
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