Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Michigan
Nail salons in the Sault Ste. Marie, MI area
How the Sault Ste. Marie, MI area compares with other small-town markets 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 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 3 chain locations (75%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $12.3M
- On personal care products and services · $872 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 84% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.8
- 53% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,081
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Sault Ste. Marie area comes to about $12.3M a year: $872 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 nail salons, that is $3.1M per salon, 84% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
The Sault Ste. Marie area has 4 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 2.8 for every 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in the Sault Ste. Marie area, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Sault Ste. Marie area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 nail salons on map listings, the Sault Ste. Marie area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Sault Ste. Marie 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.
| Measure | Sault Ste. Marie area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.8 | 4.3 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $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 | −1.9% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $872 | $986 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $62,217 | $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
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 43 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 the Sault Ste. Marie 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 Sault Ste. Marie area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,081−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 14,080
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,559 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 23
- Median household income
- $62,217+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,569
- Median home value
- $161,900
- Jobs located here
- 11,286
- Daytime population
- 35,358Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Michigan for nail salons, numbered among those based in Michigan (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Sault Ste. Marie area marked.
Top small-town markets in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Holland, MI | 87 | 11 | 2.4 | $4.3M | +2.1% | #5 of 387 |
| 2Marquette, MI | 80 | 6 | 2.1 | $4.3M | +2.3% | #11 of 387 |
| Marinette, WI-MI | 72 | 5 | 1.7 | $5.2M | +0.3% | #38 of 387 |
| 3Owosso, MI | 72 | 6 | 2.1 | $4.3M | −0.4% | #39 of 387 |
| 4Petoskey, MI | 72 | 5 | 3.3 | $3.1M | −1.0% | #42 of 387 |
| 5Adrian, MI | 69 | 10 | 2.6 | $3.7M | −1.6% | #68 of 387 |
| 6Mount Pleasant, MI | 67 | 6 | 2.4 | $3.5M | +0.3% | #78 of 387 |
| 7Sturgis, MI | 63 | 8 | 3.4 | $2.7M | +0.1% | #107 of 387 |
| 8Big Rapids, MI | 62 | 7 | 4.2 | $2.1M | +4.7% | #117 of 387 |
| Sault Ste. Marie, MI | Not scored | 4 | 2.8 | $3.1M | −1.9% |
Other business types in the Sault Ste. Marie area
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 spas51
- Hair salons44
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care53
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Sault Ste. Marie, MI area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 nail salons in the Sault Ste. Marie area. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in the Sault Ste. Marie area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Sault Ste. Marie, MI area spend on personal care products and services?
About $12.3M a year, or $872 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 14,080 households in the Sault Ste. Marie area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sault Ste. Marie, MI area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Sault Ste. Marie area has 2.8 nail salons per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $3.1M, 84% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Sault Ste. Marie area would have about 7, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is the Sault Ste. Marie, MI area growing?
Population estimates put the Sault Ste. Marie area at 36,081 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,080 households. Median household income in the Sault Ste. Marie area is $62,217, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.8%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Sault Ste. Marie area has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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