Beauty and personal care · County · Iowa
Nail salons in Black Hawk County, IA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Black Hawk County, IA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #364 of 1,328 scored counties
#12 of 22 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 20
- 11 chain locations (55%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $51M
- On personal care products and services · $935 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 53% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- 38% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 131,532
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Black Hawk County spend about $51M a year on personal care products and services, or $935 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.6M per salon, 53% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
There are 20 nail salons on map listings in Black Hawk County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 55% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That is 3.7 per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in Black Hawk County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 126 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $165K have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Black Hawk County.
Population estimates put the population change in Black Hawk County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Black Hawk County scores 61 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #364 of 1,328 scored counties and #12 of 22 scored counties in Iowa.
How Black Hawk 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.
| Measure | Black Hawk County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 4.1 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $2.4M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 8,544 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +42.6% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $935 | $990 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $66,417 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 66 |
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
- 126Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2011 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $165K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Black Hawk 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 Black Hawk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 131,532+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 54,563
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 566 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 232
- Median household income
- $66,417+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,158
- Median home value
- $188,900
- Jobs located here
- 75,052
- Daytime population
- 146,507Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for nail salons, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Black Hawk County marked.
Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warren County, IA | 85 | 7 | 3.4 | $3.2M | +9.0% | #20 of 1,328 |
| 2Linn County, IA | 75 | 39 | 4.1 | $2.5M | +0.7% | #88 of 1,328 |
| 3Johnson County, IA | 72 | 33 | 5.2 | $2M | +4.6% | #124 of 1,328 |
| 4Dubuque County, IA | 71 | 13 | 3.2 | $3.1M | +0.1% | #134 of 1,328 |
| 5Story County, IA | 70 | 15 | 3.9 | $2.5M | +2.7% | #150 of 1,328 |
| 6Pottawattamie County, IA | 67 | 9 | 2.4 | $4M | −0.7% | #200 of 1,328 |
| 7Dallas County, IA | 63 | 30 | 7.1 | $1.7M | +17.8% | #336 of 1,328 |
| 8Clinton County, IA | 62 | 6 | 3.1 | $3.1M | −0.9% | #340 of 1,328 |
| 9Jasper County, IA | 62 | 6 | 4.0 | $2.4M | +0.9% | #341 of 1,328 |
| 10Sioux County, IA | 62 | 7 | 5.5 | $1.9M | +2.5% | #352 of 1,328 |
| 12Black Hawk County, IA | 61 | 20 | 3.7 | $2.6M | +0.4% | #364 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Black Hawk 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 spas48
- Hair salons47
- Barbershops54
- Nail salons61
- Spas and skin care52
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Black Hawk County, IA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 20 nail salons in Black Hawk County. 11 of them (55%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Black Hawk County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 126 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Black Hawk County, IA spend on personal care products and services?
About $51M a year, or $935 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 54,563 households in Black Hawk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Black Hawk County, IA compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Black Hawk County has 3.7 nail salons per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $2.6M, 53% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Black Hawk County would have about 31, against 20 on map listings.
How fast is Black Hawk County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Black Hawk County at 131,532 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 54,563 households. Median household income in Black Hawk County is $66,417, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.1%, 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. Black Hawk County scores 61 for nail salons (upper middle), #364 of 1,328 scored counties.
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