Beauty and personal care · County · Montana
Nail salons in Lincoln County, MT
How Lincoln County, MT compares with other counties and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 1 chain location (33%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.2M
- On personal care products and services · $792 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 43% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 45% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 22,328
- +13.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 nail salons in Lincoln County. That comes to 3.3 for every 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Lincoln County comes to about $7.2M a year: $792 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.4M per salon, 43% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Lincoln County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Lincoln County from 2020 to 2025 at +13.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 nail salons on map listings, Lincoln County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Lincoln 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 | Lincoln County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 3.6 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $2.7M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 11,766 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +56.0% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +13.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $792 | $964 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $47,143 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 77 |
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
- 13Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 31 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 22,328+13.1% since 2020
- Households
- 9,082
- Median age
- 50.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 3,613 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 6
- Median household income
- $47,143+17.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $66,699
- Median home value
- $296,500
- Jobs located here
- 6,146
- Daytime population
- 20,374Residents 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 |
| Lincoln County, MT | Not scored | 3 | 3.3 | $2.4M | +13.1% |
Other business types in Lincoln 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 spas48
- Hair salons42
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care52
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Lincoln County, MT?
There are 3 nail salons on map listings in Lincoln County as of September 2026. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Lincoln County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lincoln County, MT spend on personal care products and services?
About $7.2M a year, or $792 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,082 households in Lincoln County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lincoln County, MT compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Lincoln County has 3.3 nail salons per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $2.4M, 43% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Lincoln County would have about 4, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Lincoln County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Lincoln County at 22,328 people in 2025, up 13.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,082 households. The median household income in Lincoln County is $47,143 a year, 42% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.5% 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. Lincoln County has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Lincoln County. It maps the nail salons on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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