Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Montana
Nail salons in the Kalispell, MT area
How the Kalispell, MT area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #20 of 387 scored small-town markets
The only scored small-town market based 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
The Kalispell area scores 77 (high) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #20 of 387 scored small-town markets and the only scored small-town market based in Montana. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for nail salons.
As of September 2026, map listings count 23 nail salons in the Kalispell area. 5 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.2, 13% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Kalispell area comes to about $43.2M a year: $976 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 12% 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 4 businesses with payroll in the Kalispell area classed as nail salons. 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 the Kalispell area. Population estimates put the population change in the Kalispell area from 2020 to 2025 at +10.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Kalispell area 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 | Kalispell area | 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 | 77 | 77 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 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 the Kalispell 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 Kalispell area
- 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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Free10 actions over 3 days, no cardOther business types in the Kalispell 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 spas42
- Hair salons51
- Barbershops75
- Nail salons77
- Spas and skin care40
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Kalispell, MT area?
The Kalispell area has 23 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 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 the Kalispell, MT area 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. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 44,233 households in the Kalispell area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kalispell, MT area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Kalispell area 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 national ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Kalispell area 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 the Kalispell, MT area growing?
Population estimates put the Kalispell area at 115,429 people in 2025, up 10.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,233 households. The median household income in the Kalispell area is $73,925 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.6% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Kalispell area scores 77 for nail salons (high), #20 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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