Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Nebraska
Nail salons in the Lincoln, NE metro area
How the Lincoln, NE metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #77 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nebraska
- Listings
- 80
- 21 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $139.6M
- On personal care products and services · $990 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.7
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 352,081
- +3.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 80 nail salons in the Lincoln metro area. Chain locations make up 26% of them, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.7, 5% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
At $990 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Lincoln metro area spend about $139.6M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $1.7M per salon, 4% 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.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Lincoln metro area in 2023. That is one for every 10,840 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts list 728 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $253K have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in the Lincoln metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lincoln metro area grew 3.3%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Lincoln metro area scores 63 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #77 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nebraska. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Lincoln metro 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.
| Measure | Lincoln metro area | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.7 | 4.4 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $2.3M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 10,840 | 15,343 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.9% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.3% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $990 | $1,004 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $75,049 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 70 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $847K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 728Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8021 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 84The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $253K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in the Lincoln metro 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 Lincoln metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 352,081+3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 140,914
- Median age
- 36.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,409 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 244
- Median household income
- $75,049+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,431
- Median home value
- $273,500
- Jobs located here
- 186,541
- Daytime population
- 361,853Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Nebraska market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Nebraska for nail salons, numbered among those based in Nebraska (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Lincoln metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Omaha, NE-IA | 82 | 180 | 4.6 | $2.3M | +4.2% | #3 of 387 |
| 2Lincoln, NE | 63 | 80 | 5.7 | $1.7M | +3.3% | #77 of 387 |
| Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 41 | 34 | 6.1 | $1.6M | +1.0% | #278 of 387 |
| 3Grand Island, NE | 40 | 18 | 5.9 | $1.6M | +1.5% | #295 of 387 |
Other business types in the Lincoln metro 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 spas50
- Hair salons53
- Barbershops63
- Nail salons63
- Spas and skin care39
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Lincoln, NE metro area?
The Lincoln metro area has 80 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 21 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts also show 728 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Lincoln, NE metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $139.6M a year, or $990 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 80 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 140,914 households in the Lincoln metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lincoln, NE metro area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Lincoln metro area has 5.7 nail salons per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.7M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Lincoln metro area would have about 84, against 80 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,840 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is the Lincoln, NE metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lincoln metro area at 352,081 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 140,914 households. The median household income in the Lincoln metro area is $75,049 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.0% 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. The Lincoln metro area scores 63 for nail salons (upper middle), #77 of 387 scored metro areas.
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