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Nail salons in Pennington County, MN
The nail salons in Pennington County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
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
- $6M
- On personal care products and services · $968 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.6
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 13,686
- −1.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Pennington County comes to about $6M a year: $968 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
There is 1 nail salon on map listings in Pennington County as of September 2026. That is 1.6 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in Pennington County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pennington County declined 1.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 nail salon on map listings, Pennington County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Pennington 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 | Pennington County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.6 | 3.8 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6M | $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 | −1.8% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $968 | $1,091 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $77,325 | $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
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Pennington 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 Pennington County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,686−1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 6,207
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 617 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $77,325+28.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,104
- Median home value
- $195,500
- Jobs located here
- 10,431
- Daytime population
- 16,641Residents 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 |
| Pennington County, MN | Not scored | 1 | 1.6 | $6M | −1.8% |
Other business types in Pennington 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 spas36
- Hair salons24
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care50
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Pennington County, MN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 nail salon in Pennington County. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Pennington County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Pennington County, MN spend on personal care products and services?
About $6M a year, or $968 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 nail salon on map listings, it comes to $6M 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 6,207 households in Pennington County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pennington County, MN compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Pennington County has 1 nail salon on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Pennington County would have about 4, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Pennington County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Pennington County at 13,686 people in 2025, down 1.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,207 households. Median household income in Pennington County is $77,325, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.6%, 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. Pennington 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?
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