Beauty and personal care · County · Indiana
Nail salons in Dearborn County, IN
How Dearborn 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 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #63 of 1,328 scored counties
#3 of 38 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 5
- 3 chain locations (60%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $20.5M
- On personal care products and services · $1,009 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.1M
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- 58% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 51,609
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for nail salons in Dearborn County is 77 (high), #63 of 1,328 scored counties and #3 of 38 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for nail salons.
Households in Dearborn County spend about $20.5M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,009 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $4.1M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
There are 5 nail salons on map listings in Dearborn County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 60% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 2.5 for every 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in Dearborn County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Dearborn County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Dearborn 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 | Dearborn County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 4.5 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.1M | $2.2M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 14,000 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +67.2% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,009 | $971 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $84,735 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 63 |
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
- 29Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 53 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Dearborn 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 Dearborn County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 51,609+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 20,282
- Median age
- 43.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 85%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 305 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 167
- Median household income
- $84,735+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,812
- Median home value
- $243,400
- Jobs located here
- 13,887
- Daytime population
- 39,625Residents 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 Dearborn 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 spas72
- Hair salons69
- Barbershops77
- Nail salons77
- Spas and skin care73
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Dearborn County, IN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 nail salons in Dearborn County. 3 of them (60%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Dearborn County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 29 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Dearborn County, IN spend on personal care products and services?
About $20.5M a year, or $1,009 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $4.1M 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 20,282 households in Dearborn County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dearborn County, IN compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Dearborn County has 2.5 nail salons per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $4.1M, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Dearborn County would have about 12, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Dearborn County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Dearborn County at 51,609 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,282 households. Median household income in Dearborn County is $84,735, 5% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. Dearborn County scores 77 for nail salons (high), #63 of 1,328 scored counties.
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