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Nail salons in Butler County, MO

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Butler County, MO, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 20 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,235 of 1,328 scored counties
#32 of 32 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
11
6 chain locations (55%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$13.3M
On personal care products and services · $803 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
28% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.6
10% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
41,904
−0.4% 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

Butler County scores 20 (low) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #1,235 of 1,328 scored counties and #32 of 32 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Butler County comes to about $13.3M a year: $803 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.2M per salon, 28% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

Butler County has 11 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 55%, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.6, 10% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in Butler County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Butler County declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Butler 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 Butler County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureButler CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.64.76.0
Spending per listing$1.2M$2.1M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a6,2863,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+32.1%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.4%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$803$970$1,005
Median household income$49,089$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score2046

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
39Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
116 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Butler 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 Butler County

Population, 2025 estimate
41,904−0.4% since 2020
Households
16,594
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
695 sq. mi.
People per square mile
60
Median household income
$49,089+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$67,066
Median home value
$145,100
Jobs located here
18,059
Daytime population
43,334Residents 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 Butler 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
32Butler County, MO20116.6$1.2M−0.4%#1,235 of 1,328

Other business types in Butler County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Butler County, MO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 nail salons in Butler County. 6 of them (55%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Butler County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 39 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $13.3M a year, or $803 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 16,594 households in Butler County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Butler County has 6.6 nail salons per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.2M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Butler County would have about 8, against 11 on map listings.

How fast is Butler County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Butler County at 41,904 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,594 households. Median household income in Butler County is $49,089, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.0%, 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. Butler County scores 20 for nail salons (low), #1,235 of 1,328 scored counties.

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