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Nail salons in Cascade County, MT

How Cascade County, MT compares with other counties and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #681 of 1,328 scored counties
#7 of 7 scored counties in Montana

Listings
23
4 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$32.8M
On personal care products and services · $922 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
15% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.5
8% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
85,029
+0.7% 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 23 nail salons in Cascade County. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That is 6.5 per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Cascade County comes to about $32.8M a year: $922 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 23 nail salons, that is $1.4M per salon, 15% below 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.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Cascade County in 2023. That is one for every 11,872 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts list 40 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Cascade County grew 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For nail salons, Cascade County has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #681 of 1,328 scored counties and #7 of 7 scored counties in Montana.

How Cascade County compares

The same measures for Montana 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 Cascade County, MT compared with Montana and the U.S.
MeasureCascade CountyMontanaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.53.66.0
Spending per listing$1.4M$2.7M$1.7M
Households per official establishment11,87211,7663,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+56.0%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.7%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$922$964$1,005
Median household income$67,690$72,509$80,734
Groundwork market score5177

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
12
Annual payroll, 2023
$453K
One-person businesses, 2023
40Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
234 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
20The 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 Cascade 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 Cascade County

Population, 2025 estimate
85,029+0.7% since 2020
Households
35,615
Median age
40.1
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
2,698 sq. mi.
People per square mile
31
Median household income
$67,690+35.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,832
Median home value
$265,300
Jobs located here
35,854
Daytime population
84,523Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Montana

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

Top counties in Montana

Counties in Montana ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ravalli County, MT8252.7$3.5M+9.4%#29 of 1,328
2Gallatin County, MT80193.7$3M+7.7%#48 of 1,328
3Lewis and Clark County, MT76134.2$2.4M+5.8%#74 of 1,328
4Yellowstone County, MT76294.1$2.4M+4.5%#75 of 1,328
5Flathead County, MT74235.2$1.9M+10.1%#112 of 1,328
6Missoula County, MT73224.2$2.4M+4.4%#117 of 1,328
7Cascade County, MT51236.5$1.4M+0.7%#681 of 1,328

Other business types in Cascade County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Cascade County, MT?

There are 23 nail salons on map listings in Cascade County as of September 2026. 4 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts also show 40 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Cascade County, MT spend on personal care products and services?

About $32.8M a year, or $922 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,615 households in Cascade County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Cascade County, MT compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Cascade County has 6.5 nail salons per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.4M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Cascade County would have about 20, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,872 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.

How fast is Cascade County, MT growing?

Population estimates put Cascade County at 85,029 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,615 households. The median household income in Cascade County is $67,690 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.6% 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. Cascade County scores 51 for nail salons (upper middle), #681 of 1,328 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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

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