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Nail salons in Houghton County, MI
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Houghton County, MI, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $12.8M
- On personal care products and services · $896 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.4M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 37,842
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 nail salons in Houghton County. That is 1.4 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Houghton County comes to about $12.8M a year: $896 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.4M 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 Houghton County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Houghton County grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 nail salons on map listings, Houghton County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Houghton 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 | Houghton County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.4 | 4.3 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.4M | $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 | $896 | $986 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $58,899 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Houghton 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 Houghton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,842+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 14,305
- Median age
- 36.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,009 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $58,899+36.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,899
- Median home value
- $159,900
- Jobs located here
- 11,811
- Daytime population
- 36,847Residents 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 |
| Houghton County, MI | Not scored | 2 | 1.4 | $6.4M | +1.6% |
Other business types in Houghton 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 spas74
- Hair salons73
- Barbershops57
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care66
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Houghton County, MI?
There are 2 nail salons on map listings in Houghton County as of September 2026. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Houghton County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Houghton County, MI spend on personal care products and services?
About $12.8M a year, or $896 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $6.4M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,305 households in Houghton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Houghton County, MI compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Houghton 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, Houghton County would have about 8, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Houghton County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Houghton County at 37,842 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,305 households. The median household income in Houghton County is $58,899 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.4% 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. Houghton 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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