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Nail salons in Benton County, IA

How Benton County, IA compares with other counties and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$10.6M
On personal care products and services · $1,037 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
26,004
+1.8% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Benton County spend about $10.6M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,037 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no nail salons in Benton County. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Benton County would have about 6, against none on map listings.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in Benton County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Benton County grew 1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With no nail salons on map listings, Benton County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Benton County compares

The same measures for Iowa 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.

Nail salons in Benton County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureBenton CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.04.16.0
Spending per listingn/a$2.4M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a8,5443,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+42.6%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.8%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,037$990$1,005
Median household income$86,962$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored66

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
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Benton 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 Benton County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,004+1.8% since 2020
Households
10,202
Median age
43.4
Homes lived in by their owners
85%
Vehicles per household
2.4
Land area
716 sq. mi.
People per square mile
36
Median household income
$86,962+28.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$101,158
Median home value
$208,200
Jobs located here
5,505
Daytime population
17,562Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Iowa

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The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for nail salons, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Benton County marked.

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Warren County, IA8573.4$3.2M+9.0%#20 of 1,328
2Linn County, IA75394.1$2.5M+0.7%#88 of 1,328
3Johnson County, IA72335.2$2M+4.6%#124 of 1,328
4Dubuque County, IA71133.2$3.1M+0.1%#134 of 1,328
5Story County, IA70153.9$2.5M+2.7%#150 of 1,328
6Pottawattamie County, IA6792.4$4M−0.7%#200 of 1,328
7Dallas County, IA63307.1$1.7M+17.8%#336 of 1,328
8Clinton County, IA6263.1$3.1M−0.9%#340 of 1,328
9Jasper County, IA6264.0$2.4M+0.9%#341 of 1,328
10Sioux County, IA6275.5$1.9M+2.5%#352 of 1,328
Benton County, IANot scored00.0n/a+1.8%

Other business types in Benton County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many nail salons are in Benton County, IA?

There are no nail salons on map listings in Benton County as of September 2026. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Benton County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Benton County, IA spend on personal care products and services?

About $10.6M a year, or $1,037 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 10,202 households in Benton County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Benton County, IA compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Benton County has no nail salons on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Benton County would have about 6, against none on map listings.

How fast is Benton County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Benton County at 26,004 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,202 households. Median household income in Benton County is $86,962, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.4%, 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. Benton County has no market score for nail salons, having none on map listings.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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