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Nail salons in Simpson County, KY

How Simpson County, KY 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 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6.4M
On personal care products and services · $796 a household
Spending per listing
$3.2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
20,788
+5.9% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 nail salons in Simpson County. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households.

At $796 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in Simpson County spend about $6.4M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $3.2M 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 Simpson County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Simpson County grew 5.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 nail salons on map listings, Simpson County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Simpson County compares

The same measures for Kentucky 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 Simpson County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureSimpson CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.53.96.0
Spending per listing$3.2M$2.1M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a15,5083,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+46.3%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.9%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$796$833$1,005
Median household income$59,858$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored56

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
6Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Simpson 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 Simpson County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,788+5.9% since 2020
Households
8,025
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
234 sq. mi.
People per square mile
85
Median household income
$59,858+23.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,938
Median home value
$229,400
Jobs located here
9,389
Daytime population
20,592Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Kentucky

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

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Oldham County, KY9062.6$4.4M+4.9%#3 of 1,328
2Kenton County, KY78243.6$2.6M+3.9%#59 of 1,328
3Campbell County, KY7492.3$4.1M+2.5%#96 of 1,328
4Jessamine County, KY7252.5$3.6M+7.8%#119 of 1,328
5Madison County, KY70113.0$2.8M+9.4%#147 of 1,328
6Bullitt County, KY66134.1$2.3M+5.0%#247 of 1,328
7Nelson County, KY6273.7$2.3M+4.8%#342 of 1,328
8Shelby County, KY6294.9$1.9M+6.2%#351 of 1,328
9Scott County, KY60135.7$1.7M+8.2%#406 of 1,328
10Daviess County, KY59122.9$2.9M+1.5%#413 of 1,328
Simpson County, KYNot scored22.5$3.2M+5.9%

Other business types in Simpson County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Simpson County, KY?

There are 2 nail salons on map listings in Simpson County as of September 2026. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Simpson County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Simpson County, KY spend on personal care products and services?

About $6.4M a year, or $796 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $3.2M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,025 households in Simpson County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Simpson County, KY compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Simpson County has 2 nail salons on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Simpson County would have about 4, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Simpson County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Simpson County at 20,788 people in 2025, up 5.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,025 households. The median household income in Simpson County is $59,858 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.1% 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. Simpson County has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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