Beauty and personal care · County · Minnesota
Nail salons in Carver County, MN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Carver County, MN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #99 of 1,328 scored counties
#3 of 24 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 15
- 4 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $53.8M
- On personal care products and services · $1,307 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.6
- 40% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 114,379
- +6.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for nail salons in Carver County is 74 (upper middle), #99 of 1,328 scored counties and #3 of 24 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for nail salons.
As of September 2026, map listings count 15 nail salons in Carver County. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 3.6 for every 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Carver County comes to about $53.8M a year: $1,307 per household, 30% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.6M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 2.2 times 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Carver County was 15 in 2023. That is one for every 2,745 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Population estimates show Carver County grew 6.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Carver County 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 | Carver County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.6 | 3.8 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $2.9M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,745 | 3,434 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.5% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.6% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,307 | $1,091 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $125,946 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 99
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 154 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The 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 Carver 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 Carver County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 114,379+6.6% since 2020
- Households
- 41,175
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 354 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 311
- Median household income
- $125,946+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $159,987
- Median home value
- $453,600
- Jobs located here
- 38,239
- Daytime population
- 88,928Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wright County, MN | 82 | 16 | 3.0 | $4M | +11.1% | #28 of 1,328 |
| 2St. Louis County, MN | 75 | 17 | 2.0 | $4.9M | +0.2% | #78 of 1,328 |
| 3Carver County, MN | 74 | 15 | 3.6 | $3.6M | +6.6% | #99 of 1,328 |
| 4Sherburne County, MN | 74 | 13 | 3.7 | $3.2M | +6.8% | #100 of 1,328 |
| 5Scott County, MN | 73 | 23 | 4.2 | $3.1M | +5.1% | #113 of 1,328 |
| 6Rice County, MN | 69 | 6 | 2.6 | $4M | +4.2% | #161 of 1,328 |
| 7Kandiyohi County, MN | 67 | 5 | 2.8 | $3.5M | +2.3% | #203 of 1,328 |
| 8Crow Wing County, MN | 67 | 10 | 3.4 | $2.9M | +4.3% | #207 of 1,328 |
| 9Douglas County, MN | 66 | 5 | 2.9 | $3.5M | +2.6% | #234 of 1,328 |
| 10Winona County, MN | 66 | 8 | 4.0 | $2.4M | +1.8% | #244 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Carver 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 spas71
- Hair salons72
- Barbershops82
- Nail salons74
- Spas and skin care81
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Carver County, MN?
Carver County has 15 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Another 11 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Carver County, MN spend on personal care products and services?
About $53.8M a year, or $1,307 per household. That is 30% above the U.S. average (an index of 130, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 41,175 households in Carver County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carver County, MN compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Carver County has 3.6 nail salons per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $3.6M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Carver County would have about 32, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,745 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is Carver County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Carver County at 114,379 people in 2025, up 6.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 41,175 households. The median household income in Carver County is $125,946 a year, 56% above 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. Carver County scores 74 for nail salons (upper middle), #99 of 1,328 scored counties.
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