Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Missouri
Nail salons in the St. Joseph, MO-KS metro area
How the St. Joseph, MO-KS metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #149 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri
- Listings
- 13
- 6 chain locations (46%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $42.5M
- On personal care products and services · $907 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- 96% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.8
- 53% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 119,170
- −2.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 nail salons in the St. Joseph metro area. 6 of them (46%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.8, 53% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Households in the St. Joseph metro area spend about $42.5M a year on personal care products and services, or $907 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.3M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 96% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in the St. Joseph metro area classed as nail salons. That is one for every 5,209 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Another 63 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in the St. Joseph metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For nail salons, the St. Joseph metro area has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #149 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri.
How the St. Joseph metro area 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.
| Measure | St. Joseph metro area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.8 | 4.7 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $2.1M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,209 | 6,286 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +32.1% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.0% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $907 | $970 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $65,005 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 37
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 63Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 136 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 the St. Joseph metro area, 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 the St. Joseph metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 119,170−2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 46,883
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,656 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 72
- Median household income
- $65,005+23.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,665
- Median home value
- $171,300
- Jobs located here
- 53,778
- Daytime population
- 120,693Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Missouri for nail salons, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the St. Joseph metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Columbia, MO | 67 | 40 | 4.6 | $2.1M | +3.9% | #60 of 387 |
| 2Jefferson City, MO | 65 | 25 | 4.3 | $2.3M | +2.2% | #68 of 387 |
| 3Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 58 | 17 | 4.4 | $2.1M | +1.7% | #119 of 387 |
| 4Kansas City, MO-KS | 57 | 456 | 5.1 | $2.1M | +3.4% | #129 of 387 |
| 5Springfield, MO | 56 | 98 | 4.9 | $1.9M | +5.1% | #139 of 387 |
| 6St. Joseph, MO-KS | 54 | 13 | 2.8 | $3.3M | −2.0% | #149 of 387 |
| 7St. Louis, MO-IL | 54 | 621 | 5.4 | $1.9M | −0.2% | #157 of 387 |
| 8Joplin, MO-KS | 54 | 37 | 4.7 | $1.9M | +3.9% | #158 of 387 |
Other business types in the St. Joseph metro area
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 spas58
- Hair salons45
- Barbershops54
- Nail salons54
- Spas and skin care63
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the St. Joseph, MO-KS metro area?
There are 13 nail salons on map listings in the St. Joseph metro area as of September 2026. 6 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts list 63 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the St. Joseph, MO-KS metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $42.5M a year, or $907 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $3.3M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 46,883 households in the St. Joseph metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the St. Joseph, MO-KS metro area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The St. Joseph metro area has 2.8 nail salons per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $3.3M, 96% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, the St. Joseph metro area would have about 26, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,209 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is the St. Joseph, MO-KS metro area growing?
Population estimates put the St. Joseph metro area at 119,170 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 46,883 households. The median household income in the St. Joseph metro area is $65,005 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.1% 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. The St. Joseph metro area scores 54 for nail salons (upper middle), #149 of 387 scored metro areas.
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