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Nail salons in Clarke County, IA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Clarke County, IA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3.9M
On personal care products and services · $949 a household
Spending per listing
$3.9M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
9,574
−1.6% 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 Clarke County spend about $3.9M a year on personal care products and services, or $949 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.9M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

There is 1 nail salon on map listings in Clarke County as of September 2026. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households.

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

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Clarke County declined 1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Clarke 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 Clarke County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureClarke CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.54.16.0
Spending per listing$3.9M$2.4M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a8,5443,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+42.6%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.6%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$949$990$1,005
Median household income$71,641$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
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Clarke 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 Clarke County

Population, 2025 estimate
9,574−1.6% since 2020
Households
4,071
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
431 sq. mi.
People per square mile
22
Median household income
$71,641
Average household income
$95,019
Median home value
$161,100
Jobs located here
4,411
Daytime population
9,348Residents 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 Clarke 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
Clarke County, IANot scored12.5$3.9M−1.6%

Other business types in Clarke County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many nail salons are in Clarke County, IA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 nail salon in Clarke County. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Clarke County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $3.9M a year, or $949 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 nail salon on map listings, it comes to $3.9M 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 4,071 households in Clarke County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Clarke County has 1 nail salon on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Clarke County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Clarke County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Clarke County at 9,574 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,071 households. Median household income in Clarke County is $71,641, 11% 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for nail salons · All 56 business types in Clarke County

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