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Nail salons in Gage County, NE

How Gage County, NE 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
$8.6M
On personal care products and services · $919 a household
Spending per listing
$2.9M
71% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.2
47% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
21,711
+0.2% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 3 nail salons in Gage County. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.2, 47% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Gage County comes to about $8.6M a year: $919 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.9M per salon, 71% 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 Gage County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Gage County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 nail salons on map listings, Gage County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Gage 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 Gage County, NE compared with Nebraska and the U.S.
MeasureGage CountyNebraskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.24.46.0
Spending per listing$2.9M$2.3M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a15,3433,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+20.9%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.2%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$919$1,004$1,005
Median household income$67,247$76,475$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored70

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
8Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
31 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Gage 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 Gage County

Population, 2025 estimate
21,711+0.2% since 2020
Households
9,327
Median age
43.4
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
852 sq. mi.
People per square mile
25
Median household income
$67,247+26.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,338
Median home value
$174,000
Jobs located here
8,371
Daytime population
18,346Residents 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 Gage 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
Gage County, NENot scored33.2$2.9M+0.2%

Other business types in Gage County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Gage County, NE?

Gage County has 3 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Gage County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $8.6M a year, or $919 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,327 households in Gage County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Gage County has 3.2 nail salons per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $2.9M, 71% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Gage County would have about 5, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is Gage County, NE growing?

Population estimates put Gage County at 21,711 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,327 households. The median household income in Gage County is $67,247 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.6% 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. Gage 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?

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

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