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Nail salons in Howard County, IN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Howard County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,049 of 1,328 scored counties
#37 of 38 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 22
- 10 chain locations (45%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $32.1M
- On personal care products and services · $903 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.2
- 3% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 83,904
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Howard County scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #1,049 of 1,328 scored counties and #37 of 38 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $903 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Howard County spend about $32.1M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 22 nail salons, that is $1.5M per salon, 13% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
Howard County has 22 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (45%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.2, 3% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in Howard County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Howard County grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Howard 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 | Howard County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.2 | 4.5 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $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 | +0.4% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $903 | $971 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $64,027 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 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
- 83Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2210 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Howard 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 Howard County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 83,904+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 35,593
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 293 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 286
- Median household income
- $64,027+22.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,020
- Median home value
- $165,000
- Jobs located here
- 35,309
- Daytime population
- 82,151Residents 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 |
| 37Howard County, IN | 35 | 22 | 6.2 | $1.5M | +0.4% | #1,049 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Howard 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 spas41
- Hair salons51
- Barbershops36
- Nail salons35
- Spas and skin care42
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Howard County, IN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 nail salons in Howard County. 10 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Howard County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 83 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Howard County, IN spend on personal care products and services?
About $32.1M a year, or $903 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 35,593 households in Howard County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Howard County, IN compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Howard County has 6.2 nail salons per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.5M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Howard County would have about 19, against 22 on map listings.
How fast is Howard County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Howard County at 83,904 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,593 households. Median household income in Howard County is $64,027, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.3%, 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. Howard County scores 35 for nail salons (lower middle), #1,049 of 1,328 scored counties.
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