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Nail salons in Benton County, MO

The nail salons in Benton County, MO, 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 3.

Listings
3
1 chain location (33%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6.9M
On personal care products and services · $806 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
38% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.5
42% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,536
+5.7% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 nail salons in Benton County. That comes to 3.5 for every 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.

At $806 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Benton County spend about $6.9M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 38% above 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Benton County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Benton County grew 5.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 nail salons on map listings, Benton County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Benton County compares

The same measures for Missouri 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 Benton County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureBenton CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.54.76.0
Spending per listing$2.3M$2.1M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a6,2863,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+32.1%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.7%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$806$970$1,005
Median household income$52,567$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored46

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
6Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
31 chain location
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 Benton 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 Benton County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,536+5.7% since 2020
Households
8,573
Median age
51.5
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
704 sq. mi.
People per square mile
29
Median household income
$52,567+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,221
Median home value
$177,900
Jobs located here
3,694
Daytime population
16,868Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Missouri

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

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Christian County, MO9082.3$4.5M+8.3%#2 of 1,328
2Lincoln County, MO9062.6$3.9M+11.4%#4 of 1,328
3Cass County, MO78163.7$2.9M+7.1%#58 of 1,328
4Jefferson County, MO75424.8$2.1M+2.7%#91 of 1,328
5Boone County, MO71364.7$2.1M+4.2%#137 of 1,328
6Franklin County, MO69174.0$2.5M+3.1%#173 of 1,328
7Lafayette County, MO6854.0$2.5M+1.4%#192 of 1,328
8St. Charles County, MO68945.8$2M+4.9%#195 of 1,328
9Pettis County, MO6652.9$3M+2.9%#239 of 1,328
10Pulaski County, MO6353.0$3M+0.8%#317 of 1,328
Benton County, MONot scored33.5$2.3M+5.7%

Other business types in Benton County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Benton County, MO?

There are 3 nail salons on map listings in Benton County as of September 2026. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Benton County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Benton County, MO spend on personal care products and services?

About $6.9M a year, or $806 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,573 households in Benton County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Benton County, MO compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Benton County has 3.5 nail salons per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $2.3M, 38% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Benton County would have about 4, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is Benton County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Benton County at 20,536 people in 2025, up 5.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,573 households. The median household income in Benton County is $52,567 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.6% 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. Benton County has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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How the score works · Top markets for nail salons · All 56 business types in Benton County

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