Beauty and personal care · County · Minnesota
Nail salons in Houston County, MN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Houston County, MN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $8.2M
- On personal care products and services · $1,010 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.2M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 18,400
- −2.3% since 2020
See the nail salons around any address in Houston County
The site report maps the nail salons on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Houston County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 nail salon in Houston County. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households.
At $1,010 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Houston County spend about $8.2M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $8.2M 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 Houston County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Houston County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 nail salon on map listings, Houston County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Houston 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 | Houston County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 3.8 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $8.2M | $2.9M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 3,434 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.5% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,010 | $1,091 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $79,825 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 64 |
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
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Houston 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 Houston County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,400−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 8,134
- Median age
- 45.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 552 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $79,825+32.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,996
- Median home value
- $239,000
- Jobs located here
- 5,470
- Daytime population
- 15,004Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Houston County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the nail salons on map listings by name and distance.
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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 |
| Houston County, MN | Not scored | 1 | 1.2 | $8.2M | −2.3% |
Other business types in Houston 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 spas64
- Hair salons59
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care63
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Houston County, MN?
Houston County has 1 nail salon on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Houston County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Houston County, MN spend on personal care products and services?
About $8.2M a year, or $1,010 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 nail salon on map listings, it comes to $8.2M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,134 households in Houston County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Houston County, MN compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Houston County has 1 nail salon on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Houston County would have about 5, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Houston County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Houston County at 18,400 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,134 households. The median household income in Houston County is $79,825 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.2% 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. Houston County has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Houston County. It maps the nail salons on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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