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Nail salons in Douglas County, NE

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Douglas County, NE, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 75 out of 100: High

Ranked #92 of 1,328 scored counties
#2 of 12 scored counties in Nebraska

Listings
125
27 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$249.8M
On personal care products and services · $1,048 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
20% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.2
13% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
606,460
+3.6% 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

Douglas County scores 75 (high) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #92 of 1,328 scored counties and #2 of 12 scored counties in Nebraska. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for nail salons.

Households in Douglas County spend about $249.8M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,048 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 20% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

There are 125 nail salons on map listings in Douglas County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That is 5.2 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Douglas County was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 14,902 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $2M have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Douglas County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Douglas County grew 3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Douglas County compares

The same measures for Nebraska 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 Douglas County, NE compared with Nebraska and the U.S.
MeasureDouglas CountyNebraskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.24.46.0
Spending per listing$2M$2.3M$1.7M
Households per official establishment14,90215,3433,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+20.9%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.6%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,048$1,004$1,005
Median household income$80,391$76,475$80,734
Groundwork market score7570

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
15 → 16
Employees, 2023
92
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
681Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
12527 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
150The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Douglas 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 Douglas County

Population, 2025 estimate
606,460+3.6% since 2020
Households
238,430
Median age
36.8
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
327 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,809
Median household income
$80,391+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$114,185
Median home value
$266,100
Jobs located here
360,817
Daytime population
660,547Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Nebraska

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

Top counties in Nebraska

Counties in Nebraska ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sarpy County, NE84385.1$2.3M+9.0%#25 of 1,328
2Douglas County, NE751255.2$2M+3.6%#92 of 1,328
3Dodge County, NE6653.3$2.9M+2.6%#240 of 1,328
4Lancaster County, NE65785.8$1.7M+3.4%#275 of 1,328
5Buffalo County, NE6384.0$2.4M+1.9%#324 of 1,328
6Adams County, NE5853.8$2.5M−0.3%#445 of 1,328
7Platte County, NE5385.9$1.6M+3.9%#600 of 1,328
8Madison County, NE5174.8$1.9M+1.6%#664 of 1,328
9Lincoln County, NE4174.7$1.9M−3.6%#921 of 1,328
10Hall County, NE35187.3$1.3M+1.4%#1,052 of 1,328

Other business types in Douglas County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Douglas County, NE?

As of September 2026, map listings count 125 nail salons in Douglas County. 27 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Another 681 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Douglas County, NE spend on personal care products and services?

About $249.8M a year, or $1,048 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 125 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $2M 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 238,430 households in Douglas County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Douglas County, NE compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Douglas County has 5.2 nail salons per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $2M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Douglas County would have about 150, against 125 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,902 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.

How fast is Douglas County, NE growing?

Population estimates put Douglas County at 606,460 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 238,430 households. Median household income in Douglas County is $80,391, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.4%, 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. Douglas County scores 75 for nail salons (high), #92 of 1,328 scored counties.

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