Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Minnesota
Nail salons in the Albert Lea, MN area
The nail salons in the Albert Lea, MN area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #260 of 387 scored small-town markets
#10 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 7
- 3 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.1M
- On personal care products and services · $945 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.4
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,440
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Albert Lea area comes to about $12.1M a year: $945 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 4% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
The Albert Lea area has 7 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (43%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 5.4 for every 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in the Albert Lea area classed as nail salons. That is one for every 4,282 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show the Albert Lea area declined 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For nail salons, the Albert Lea area has a Groundwork market score of 41 (lower middle): #260 of 387 scored small-town markets and #10 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota.
How the Albert Lea area compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Albert Lea area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.4 | 3.8 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $2.9M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,282 | 3,434 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.5% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $945 | $1,091 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $71,023 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 8
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $340K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 73 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 Albert Lea 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 Albert Lea area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,440−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 12,846
- Median age
- 45.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 707 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 43
- Median household income
- $71,023+32.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,926
- Median home value
- $171,100
- Jobs located here
- 11,051
- Daytime population
- 27,708Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Minnesota for nail salons, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with the Albert Lea area marked.
Top small-town markets in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brainerd, MN | 80 | 11 | 2.6 | $3.7M | +4.3% | #12 of 387 |
| 2Faribault-Northfield, MN | 70 | 6 | 2.6 | $4M | +4.2% | #60 of 387 |
| 3Willmar, MN | 69 | 5 | 2.8 | $3.5M | +2.3% | #69 of 387 |
| 4Winona, MN | 69 | 8 | 4.0 | $2.4M | +1.8% | #74 of 387 |
| 5Bemidji, MN | 67 | 5 | 2.8 | $3.4M | +1.8% | #79 of 387 |
| 6Alexandria, MN | 66 | 5 | 2.9 | $3.5M | +2.6% | #85 of 387 |
| 7Owatonna, MN | 60 | 5 | 3.3 | $3.1M | +0.2% | #125 of 387 |
| 8Detroit Lakes, MN | 60 | 7 | 4.9 | $2M | +0.9% | #129 of 387 |
| 9Worthington, MN | 46 | 5 | 6.5 | $1.5M | +0.6% | #225 of 387 |
| 10Albert Lea, MN | 41 | 7 | 5.4 | $1.7M | −1.5% | #260 of 387 |
Other business types in the Albert Lea 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 spas53
- Hair salons53
- Barbershops
- Nail salons41
- 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 the Albert Lea, MN area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 nail salons in the Albert Lea area. 3 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Albert Lea, MN area spend on personal care products and services?
About $12.1M a year, or $945 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 12,846 households in the Albert Lea area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Albert Lea, MN area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Albert Lea area has 5.4 nail salons per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.7M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,282 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is the Albert Lea, MN area growing?
Population estimates put the Albert Lea area at 30,440 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,846 households. Median household income in the Albert Lea area is $71,023, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.4%, 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 Albert Lea area scores 41 for nail salons (lower middle), #260 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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