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Nail salons in Waseca County, MN

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Waseca 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
$7.2M
On personal care products and services · $963 a household
Spending per listing
$7.2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.3
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
18,688
−1.5% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 nail salon in Waseca County. That is 1.3 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Waseca County comes to about $7.2M a year: $963 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $7.2M of household spending for each salon on map listings. 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 Waseca County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Waseca County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 nail salon on map listings, Waseca County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Waseca 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 Waseca County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureWaseca CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.33.86.0
Spending per listing$7.2M$2.9M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a3,4343,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.5%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.5%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$963$1,091$1,005
Median household income$76,261$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored64

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
0Businesses 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 Waseca 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 Waseca County

Population, 2025 estimate
18,688−1.5% since 2020
Households
7,477
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
423 sq. mi.
People per square mile
45
Median household income
$76,261+34.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,562
Median home value
$220,800
Jobs located here
5,375
Daytime population
15,240Residents 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 Waseca 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
Waseca County, MNNot scored11.3$7.2M−1.5%

Other business types in Waseca County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Waseca County, MN?

Waseca 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 Waseca County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $7.2M a year, or $963 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 $7.2M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,477 households in Waseca County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Waseca 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, Waseca County would have about 4, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Waseca County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Waseca County at 18,688 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,477 households. The median household income in Waseca County is $76,261 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.4% 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. Waseca 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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