Beauty and personal care · County · Michigan
Nail salons in Clinton County, MI
How Clinton County, MI 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 80 out of 100: High
Ranked #45 of 1,328 scored counties
#3 of 34 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 5
- 3 chain locations (60%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $34M
- On personal care products and services · $1,075 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.8M
- 4.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.6
- 73% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 80,432
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
For nail salons, Clinton County has a Groundwork market score of 80 (high): #45 of 1,328 scored counties and #3 of 34 scored counties in Michigan. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for nail salons.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Clinton County comes to about $34M a year: $1,075 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That works out to $6.8M per salon, 4.1 times the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
There are 5 nail salons on map listings in Clinton County as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 60%, against 27% across the U.S. That is 1.6 per 10,000 households, 73% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in Clinton County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Clinton County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Clinton County compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Clinton County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.6 | 4.3 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.8M | $2.3M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 16,706 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +71.8% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,075 | $986 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $88,210 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 65 |
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
- 28Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 53 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 Clinton 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 Clinton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 80,432+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 31,639
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 567 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 140
- Median household income
- $88,210+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,690
- Median home value
- $259,500
- Jobs located here
- 19,511
- Daytime population
- 64,429Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ottawa County, MI | 87 | 38 | 3.4 | $3.2M | +3.9% | #13 of 1,328 |
| 2Livingston County, MI | 84 | 28 | 3.7 | $3.2M | +1.7% | #24 of 1,328 |
| 3Clinton County, MI | 80 | 5 | 1.6 | $6.8M | +1.6% | #45 of 1,328 |
| 4Allegan County, MI | 79 | 11 | 2.4 | $4.3M | +2.1% | #51 of 1,328 |
| 5Barry County, MI | 77 | 6 | 2.5 | $4.1M | +2.2% | #64 of 1,328 |
| 6Washtenaw County, MI | 77 | 53 | 3.5 | $3.1M | −0.4% | #66 of 1,328 |
| 7Monroe County, MI | 75 | 13 | 2.1 | $4.9M | +0.7% | #79 of 1,328 |
| 8Montcalm County, MI | 74 | 6 | 2.4 | $3.7M | +4.1% | #98 of 1,328 |
| 9Muskegon County, MI | 73 | 21 | 3.1 | $2.9M | +1.8% | #114 of 1,328 |
| 10Marquette County, MI | 71 | 6 | 2.1 | $4.3M | +2.3% | #129 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Clinton 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 spas73
- Hair salons73
- Barbershops74
- Nail salons80
- Spas and skin care75
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Clinton County, MI?
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 nail salons in Clinton County. 3 of them (60%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Clinton County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 28 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Clinton County, MI spend on personal care products and services?
About $34M a year, or $1,075 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $6.8M 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 31,639 households in Clinton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clinton County, MI compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Clinton County has 1.6 nail salons per 10,000 households, 73% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $6.8M, 4.1 times the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Clinton County would have about 20, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Clinton County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Clinton County at 80,432 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,639 households. Median household income in Clinton County is $88,210, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Clinton County scores 80 for nail salons (high), #45 of 1,328 scored counties.
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