Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Indiana
Nail salons in the Fort Wayne, IN metro area
The nail salons in the Fort Wayne, IN metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #17 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana
- Listings
- 76
- 18 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $175M
- On personal care products and services · $961 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 38% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.2
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 466,258
- +3.9% since 2020
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What this means
For nail salons, the Fort Wayne metro area has a Groundwork market score of 75 (high): #17 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for nail salons.
Households in the Fort Wayne metro area spend about $175M a year on personal care products and services, or $961 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 38% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
The Fort Wayne metro area has 76 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 18 are chain locations, or 24%, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 4.2 for every 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Fort Wayne metro area was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 15,179 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $175K has gone to businesses classed as nail salons in the Fort Wayne metro area. Population estimates show the Fort Wayne metro area grew 3.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Fort Wayne 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 | Fort Wayne metro area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.2 | 4.5 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.2M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 15,179 | 14,000 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +67.2% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.9% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $961 | $971 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $71,213 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 25
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $970K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 651Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7618 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 105The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $175K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in the Fort Wayne 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 Fort Wayne metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 466,258+3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 182,145
- Median age
- 37.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,361 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 335
- Median household income
- $71,213
- Average household income
- $93,321
- Median home value
- $214,100
- Jobs located here
- 229,223
- Daytime population
- 467,926Residents 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 Fort Wayne 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 Fort Wayne 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 spas61
- Hair salons59
- Barbershops45
- Nail salons75
- Spas and skin care59
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Fort Wayne, IN metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 76 nail salons in the Fort Wayne metro area. 18 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Another 651 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Fort Wayne, IN metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $175M a year, or $961 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 76 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 182,145 households in the Fort Wayne metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fort Wayne, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Fort Wayne metro area has 4.2 nail salons per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $2.3M, 38% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Fort Wayne metro area would have about 105, against 76 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 15,179 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is the Fort Wayne, IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Fort Wayne metro area at 466,258 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 182,145 households. Median household income in the Fort Wayne metro area is $71,213, 12% 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 Fort Wayne metro area scores 75 for nail salons (high), #17 of 387 scored metro areas.
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