Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Indiana
Nail salons in the Evansville, IN metro area
The nail salons in the Evansville, IN metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #97 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana
- Listings
- 51
- 18 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $108.5M
- On personal care products and services · $952 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 27% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 25% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 273,786
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 51 nail salons in the Evansville metro area. Of those, 18 are chain locations, or 35%, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.5, 25% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Evansville metro area comes to about $108.5M a year: $952 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 27% 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.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Evansville metro area in 2023. That is one for every 9,497 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Another 160 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Evansville metro area grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Evansville metro area scores 60 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #97 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana.
How the Evansville metro area 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 | Evansville metro area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 4.5 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $2.2M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 9,497 | 14,000 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +67.2% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $952 | $971 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $68,232 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 53
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 160Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5118 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 65The 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 Evansville 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 Evansville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 273,786+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 113,966
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,027 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 263
- Median household income
- $68,232
- Average household income
- $93,981
- Median home value
- $204,000
- Jobs located here
- 134,954
- Daytime population
- 275,710Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Indiana for nail salons, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Evansville metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fort Wayne, IN | 75 | 76 | 4.2 | $2.3M | +3.9% | #17 of 387 |
| 2Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 71 | 491 | 5.8 | $1.8M | +5.4% | #36 of 387 |
| 3South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 69 | 48 | 3.7 | $2.5M | +0.1% | #43 of 387 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 68 | 368 | 4.1 | $2.5M | +2.7% | #49 of 387 |
| 4Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 67 | 21 | 2.9 | $3.3M | +0.9% | #54 of 387 |
| 5Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | 67 | 33 | 3.6 | $2.5M | +2.1% | #57 of 387 |
| 6Columbus, IN | 64 | 18 | 5.4 | $1.9M | +4.3% | #73 of 387 |
| 7Evansville, IN | 60 | 51 | 4.5 | $2.1M | +1.6% | #97 of 387 |
| 8Bloomington, IN | 56 | 28 | 4.1 | $2.3M | +2.0% | #134 of 387 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 56 | 288 | 5.2 | $1.8M | +2.9% | #142 of 387 |
Other business types in the Evansville 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 spas49
- Hair salons49
- Barbershops49
- Nail salons60
- Spas and skin care40
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Evansville, IN metro area?
There are 51 nail salons on map listings in the Evansville metro area as of September 2026. 18 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts list 160 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Evansville, IN metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $108.5M a year, or $952 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 51 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 113,966 households in the Evansville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Evansville, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Evansville metro area has 4.5 nail salons per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $2.1M, 27% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Evansville metro area would have about 65, against 51 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,497 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is the Evansville, IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Evansville metro area at 273,786 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 113,966 households. The median household income in the Evansville metro area is $68,232 a year, 15% 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 Evansville metro area scores 60 for nail salons (upper middle), #97 of 387 scored metro areas.
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