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Nail salons in Montgomery County, IA

How Montgomery 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 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$4.1M
On personal care products and services · $884 a household
Spending per listing
$4.1M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
10,002
−3.2% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 nail salon in Montgomery County. That is 2.2 per 10,000 households.

Households in Montgomery County spend about $4.1M a year on personal care products and services, or $884 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.1M per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which nail salons share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Montgomery County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Montgomery County declined 3.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 nail salon on map listings, Montgomery County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Montgomery 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 Montgomery County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureMontgomery CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.24.16.0
Spending per listing$4.1M$2.4M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a8,5443,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+42.6%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.2%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$884$990$1,005
Median household income$63,666$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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,002−3.2% since 2020
Households
4,585
Median age
43.6
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
424 sq. mi.
People per square mile
24
Median household income
$63,666+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,366
Median home value
$121,400
Jobs located here
3,930
Daytime population
9,463Residents 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 Montgomery 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
Montgomery County, IANot scored12.2$4.1M−3.2%

Other business types in Montgomery County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Montgomery County, IA?

Montgomery County has 1 nail salon on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Montgomery County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $4.1M a year, or $884 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 nail salon on map listings, it comes to $4.1M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,585 households in Montgomery County and national spending patterns by income.

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

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

How fast is Montgomery County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Montgomery County at 10,002 people in 2025, down 3.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,585 households. The median household income in Montgomery County is $63,666 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.2% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Montgomery County has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Montgomery County. It maps the nail salons on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

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