Beauty and personal care · County · Montana
Nail salons in Flathead County, MT
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Flathead County, MT, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #112 of 1,328 scored counties
#5 of 7 scored counties in Montana
- Listings
- 23
- 5 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $43.2M
- On personal care products and services · $976 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.2
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 115,429
- +10.1% since 2020
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What this means
For nail salons, Flathead County has a Groundwork market score of 74 (upper middle): #112 of 1,328 scored counties and #5 of 7 scored counties in Montana. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for nail salons.
Households in Flathead County spend about $43.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $976 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.9M per salon, 12% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
Flathead County has 23 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 22%, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.2, 13% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Flathead County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 11,058 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $917K have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Flathead County. Population estimates show Flathead County grew 10.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Flathead 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.
| Measure | Flathead County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.2 | 3.6 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $2.7M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 11,058 | 11,766 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +56.0% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $976 | $964 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $73,925 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 77 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 4
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $179K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 61Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 235 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
- 5
- Amount
- $917K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Flathead 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 Flathead County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 115,429+10.1% since 2020
- Households
- 44,233
- Median age
- 43.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 5,087 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $73,925+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,728
- Median home value
- $535,500
- Jobs located here
- 49,504
- Daytime population
- 110,772Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ravalli County, MT | 82 | 5 | 2.7 | $3.5M | +9.4% | #29 of 1,328 |
| 2Gallatin County, MT | 80 | 19 | 3.7 | $3M | +7.7% | #48 of 1,328 |
| 3Lewis and Clark County, MT | 76 | 13 | 4.2 | $2.4M | +5.8% | #74 of 1,328 |
| 4Yellowstone County, MT | 76 | 29 | 4.1 | $2.4M | +4.5% | #75 of 1,328 |
| 5Flathead County, MT | 74 | 23 | 5.2 | $1.9M | +10.1% | #112 of 1,328 |
| 6Missoula County, MT | 73 | 22 | 4.2 | $2.4M | +4.4% | #117 of 1,328 |
| 7Cascade County, MT | 51 | 23 | 6.5 | $1.4M | +0.7% | #681 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Flathead County
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 spas43
- Hair salons50
- Barbershops67
- Nail salons74
- Spas and skin care37
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Flathead County, MT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 nail salons in Flathead County. 5 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Another 61 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Flathead County, MT spend on personal care products and services?
About $43.2M a year, or $976 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 44,233 households in Flathead County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Flathead County, MT compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Flathead County has 5.2 nail salons per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.9M, 12% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Flathead County would have about 26, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,058 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is Flathead County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Flathead County at 115,429 people in 2025, up 10.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,233 households. Median household income in Flathead County is $73,925, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.6%, 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. Flathead County scores 74 for nail salons (upper middle), #112 of 1,328 scored counties.
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