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Nail salons in Sedgwick County, KS

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #987 of 1,328 scored counties
#13 of 17 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
136
43 chain locations (32%)
Official establishments
79
+79.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$197.8M
On personal care products and services · $957 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
13% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.6
10% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
538,433
+2.6% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 136 nail salons in Sedgwick County. Chain locations make up 32% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 6.6 for every 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Sedgwick County comes to about $197.8M a year: $957 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.5M per salon, 13% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which nail salons share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Sedgwick County was 79 in 2023, up 79.6% from 2019. That is one for every 2,617 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts list 476 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $300K have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Sedgwick County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sedgwick County grew 2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Sedgwick County scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #987 of 1,328 scored counties and #13 of 17 scored counties in Kansas.

How Sedgwick County compares

The same measures for Kansas 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 Sedgwick County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureSedgwick CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.64.46.0
Spending per listing$1.5M$2.3M$1.7M
Households per official establishment2,6174,5513,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+79.6%+63.3%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.6%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$957$996$1,005
Median household income$69,365$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score3851

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
44 → 79+79.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
403
Annual payroll, 2023
$9.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
476Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
13643 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
118The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$300K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Sedgwick 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 Sedgwick County

Population, 2025 estimate
538,433+2.6% since 2020
Households
206,768
Median age
37.3
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
997 sq. mi.
People per square mile
530
Median household income
$69,365+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,235
Median home value
$203,300
Jobs located here
261,004
Daytime population
549,658Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Kansas

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

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Leavenworth County, KS8662.0$5.4M+3.2%#14 of 1,328
2Wyandotte County, KS72172.8$3.2M+1.0%#120 of 1,328
3Shawnee County, KS65233.0$3.1M0.0%#260 of 1,328
4Douglas County, KS59214.2$2.4M+1.8%#418 of 1,328
5Johnson County, KS581536.1$2M+4.2%#460 of 1,328
6Harvey County, KS5653.6$2.6M−1.2%#501 of 1,328
7Butler County, KS48166.3$1.6M+3.1%#758 of 1,328
8Riley County, KS46134.7$1.9M+0.8%#796 of 1,328
9Finney County, KS4675.3$1.8M−2.1%#799 of 1,328
10Crawford County, KS4474.4$1.9M+0.1%#860 of 1,328
13Sedgwick County, KS381366.6$1.5M+2.6%#987 of 1,328

Other business types in Sedgwick County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Sedgwick County, KS?

Sedgwick County has 136 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 43 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 79 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 79.6% from 2019. Official counts also show 476 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Sedgwick County, KS spend on personal care products and services?

About $197.8M a year, or $957 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 136 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 206,768 households in Sedgwick County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Sedgwick County, KS compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Sedgwick County has 6.6 nail salons per 10,000 households, 10% 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 national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Sedgwick County would have about 118, against 136 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,617 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 79.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Sedgwick County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Sedgwick County at 538,433 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 206,768 households. The median household income in Sedgwick County is $69,365 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.7% 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. Sedgwick County scores 38 for nail salons (lower middle), #987 of 1,328 scored counties.

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