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Nail salons in Kandiyohi County, MN

How Kandiyohi County, MN compares with other counties and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #203 of 1,328 scored counties
#7 of 24 scored counties in Minnesota

Listings
5
3 chain locations (60%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$17.4M
On personal care products and services · $988 a household
Spending per listing
$3.5M
2.1 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.8
53% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
44,720
+2.3% 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

Households in Kandiyohi County spend about $17.4M a year on personal care products and services, or $988 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.5M per salon, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

There are 5 nail salons on map listings in Kandiyohi County as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 60%, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.8, 53% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Kandiyohi County classed as nail salons. That is one for every 4,401 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kandiyohi County grew 2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For nail salons, Kandiyohi County has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #203 of 1,328 scored counties and #7 of 24 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Kandiyohi 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.

Nail salons in Kandiyohi County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureKandiyohi CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.83.86.0
Spending per listing$3.5M$2.9M$1.7M
Households per official establishment4,4013,4343,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.5%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.3%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$988$1,091$1,005
Median household income$76,592$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score6764

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 4
Employees, 2023
16
Annual payroll, 2023
$637K
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
53 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The 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 Kandiyohi 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 Kandiyohi County

Population, 2025 estimate
44,720+2.3% since 2020
Households
17,603
Median age
39.7
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
797 sq. mi.
People per square mile
55
Median household income
$76,592+27.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,382
Median home value
$243,200
Jobs located here
24,957
Daytime population
46,873Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Minnesota

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The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for nail salons, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Kandiyohi County marked.

Top counties in Minnesota

Counties in Minnesota ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wright County, MN82163.0$4M+11.1%#28 of 1,328
2St. Louis County, MN75172.0$4.9M+0.2%#78 of 1,328
3Carver County, MN74153.6$3.6M+6.6%#99 of 1,328
4Sherburne County, MN74133.7$3.2M+6.8%#100 of 1,328
5Scott County, MN73234.2$3.1M+5.1%#113 of 1,328
6Rice County, MN6962.6$4M+4.2%#161 of 1,328
7Kandiyohi County, MN6752.8$3.5M+2.3%#203 of 1,328
8Crow Wing County, MN67103.4$2.9M+4.3%#207 of 1,328
9Douglas County, MN6652.9$3.5M+2.6%#234 of 1,328
10Winona County, MN6684.0$2.4M+1.8%#244 of 1,328

Other business types in Kandiyohi County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Kandiyohi County, MN?

As of September 2026, map listings count 5 nail salons in Kandiyohi County. 3 of them (60%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023.

How much do households in Kandiyohi County, MN spend on personal care products and services?

About $17.4M a year, or $988 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 17,603 households in Kandiyohi County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Kandiyohi County, MN compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Kandiyohi County has 2.8 nail salons per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $3.5M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Kandiyohi County would have about 10, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,401 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.

How fast is Kandiyohi County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Kandiyohi County at 44,720 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,603 households. Median household income in Kandiyohi County is $76,592, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.0%, 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. Kandiyohi County scores 67 for nail salons (upper middle), #203 of 1,328 scored counties.

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