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Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Nebraska

Nail salons in the Lexington, NE area

How the Lexington, NE area compares with other small-town markets 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
$9.5M
On personal care products and services · $954 a household
Spending per listing
$3.2M
90% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.0
50% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
26,255
+1.1% 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

Household spending on personal care products and services in the Lexington area comes to about $9.5M a year: $954 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.2M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 90% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

The Lexington area has 3 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. That is 3.0 per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in the Lexington area, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show the Lexington area grew 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 nail salons on map listings, the Lexington area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Lexington area 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 Lexington, NE area compared with Nebraska and the U.S.
MeasureLexington areaNebraskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.04.46.0
Spending per listing$3.2M$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+1.1%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$954$1,004$1,005
Median household income$70,652$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
14Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
31 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 the Lexington 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 Lexington area

Population, 2025 estimate
26,255+1.1% since 2020
Households
9,981
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
1,472 sq. mi.
People per square mile
18
Median household income
$70,652+29.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,728
Median home value
$169,200
Jobs located here
12,857
Daytime population
25,770Residents 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 small-town markets in Nebraska for nail salons, numbered among those based in Nebraska, with the Lexington area marked.

Top small-town markets in Nebraska

Small-town markets in Nebraska ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hastings, NE7152.9$3.2M−0.2%#51 of 387
2Columbus, NE7184.6$2.1M+3.8%#56 of 387
3Kearney, NE7083.5$2.8M+1.9%#63 of 387
4Fremont, NE6753.3$2.9M+2.6%#81 of 387
5Norfolk, NE6384.1$2.3M+1.1%#108 of 387
6North Platte, NE4374.6$2M−3.6%#244 of 387
7Scottsbluff, NE3795.9$1.5M−1.2%#284 of 387
Lexington, NENot scored33.0$3.2M+1.1%

Other business types in the Lexington area

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in the Lexington, NE area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 nail salons in the Lexington area. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in the Lexington area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Lexington, NE area spend on personal care products and services?

About $9.5M a year, or $954 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 9,981 households in the Lexington area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Lexington, NE area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

The Lexington area has 3.0 nail salons per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $3.2M, 90% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Lexington area would have about 6, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is the Lexington, NE area growing?

Population estimates put the Lexington area at 26,255 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,981 households. Median household income in the Lexington area is $70,652, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.1%, 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 Lexington area has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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