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Nail salons in the Midland, MI metro area

How the Midland, MI metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #32 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan

Listings
12
6 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$35.8M
On personal care products and services · $1,022 a household
Spending per listing
$3M
78% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.4
43% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
83,754
+0.3% 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

The Midland metro area scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #32 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for nail salons.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 nail salons in the Midland metro area. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That is 3.4 per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.

At $1,022 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in the Midland metro area spend about $35.8M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $3M per salon, 78% above 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Midland metro area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $40K has gone to businesses classed as nail salons in the Midland metro area. Population estimates show the Midland metro area grew 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Midland metro area 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.

Nail salons in Midland, MI metro area compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureMidland metro areaMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.44.36.0
Spending per listing$3M$2.3M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a16,7063,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+71.8%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.3%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,022$986$1,005
Median household income$77,705$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market score7165

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
55Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
126 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
21The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$40K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in the Midland metro area, 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 the Midland metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
83,754+0.3% since 2020
Households
34,993
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
518 sq. mi.
People per square mile
162
Median household income
$77,705+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$104,160
Median home value
$195,400
Jobs located here
33,850
Daytime population
84,932Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Michigan

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Michigan for nail salons, numbered among those based in Michigan (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Midland metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Michigan

Metro areas in Michigan ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Traverse City, MI81233.5$2.9M+2.2%#6 of 387
2Ann Arbor, MI76533.5$3.1M−0.4%#13 of 387
3Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI752114.8$2.2M+2.8%#18 of 387
4Monroe, MI74132.1$4.9M+0.7%#19 of 387
5Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI72213.1$2.9M+1.8%#27 of 387
6Midland, MI71123.4$3M+0.3%#32 of 387
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI69483.7$2.5M+0.1%#43 of 387
7Lansing-East Lansing, MI69854.4$2.2M+1.4%#44 of 387
8Jackson, MI68223.5$2.7M−0.4%#48 of 387
9Kalamazoo-Portage, MI68504.7$2.1M+0.8%#50 of 387

Other business types in the Midland metro area

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in the Midland, MI metro area?

There are 12 nail salons on map listings in the Midland metro area as of September 2026. 6 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in the Midland metro area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 55 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Midland, MI metro area spend on personal care products and services?

About $35.8M a year, or $1,022 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $3M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 34,993 households in the Midland metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Midland, MI metro area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

The Midland metro area has 3.4 nail salons per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $3M, 78% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Midland metro area would have about 21, against 12 on map listings.

How fast is the Midland, MI metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Midland metro area at 83,754 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 34,993 households. The median household income in the Midland metro area is $77,705 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.1% 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. The Midland metro area scores 71 for nail salons (upper middle), #32 of 387 scored metro areas.

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