Beauty and personal care · County · Nevada
Nail salons in Carson City, NV
The nail salons in Carson City, NV, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #806 of 1,328 scored counties
#6 of 7 scored counties in Nevada
- Listings
- 13
- 6 chain locations (46%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $22.8M
- On personal care products and services · $961 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.5
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 58,571
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 nail salons in Carson City. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 46%, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 5.5 for every 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Carson City comes to about $22.8M a year: $961 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 13 nail salons, that is $1.8M per salon, 5% 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 Carson City: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 59 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carson City declined 0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Carson City scores 46 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #806 of 1,328 scored counties and #6 of 7 scored counties in Nevada.
How Carson City compares
The same measures for Nevada 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 | Carson City | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.5 | 6.8 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.5M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,117 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +75.4% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $961 | $1,005 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $72,355 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 45 |
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
- 59Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 136 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Carson City, 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 Carson City
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 58,571−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 23,692
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 145 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 404
- Median household income
- $72,355+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,042
- Median home value
- $453,000
- Jobs located here
- 29,300
- Daytime population
- 60,751Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nevada
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lyon County, NV | 87 | 6 | 2.5 | $3.9M | +9.5% | #8 of 1,328 |
| 2Elko County, NV | 76 | 6 | 3.1 | $3.3M | +2.1% | #71 of 1,328 |
| 3Douglas County, NV | 71 | 9 | 4.2 | $2.6M | +1.2% | #136 of 1,328 |
| 4Washoe County, NV | 70 | 107 | 5.4 | $2M | +4.4% | #155 of 1,328 |
| 5Clark County, NV | 48 | 661 | 7.7 | $1.3M | +5.8% | #767 of 1,328 |
| 6Carson City, NV | 46 | 13 | 5.5 | $1.8M | −0.2% | #806 of 1,328 |
| 7Humboldt County, NV | 36 | 5 | 7.2 | $1.3M | 0.0% | #1,029 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Carson City
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 spas31
- Hair salons26
- Barbershops61
- Nail salons46
- Spas and skin care38
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Carson City, NV?
There are 13 nail salons on map listings in Carson City as of September 2026. 6 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Carson City: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 59 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Carson City, NV spend on personal care products and services?
About $22.8M a year, or $961 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,692 households in Carson City and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carson City, NV compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Carson City has 5.5 nail salons per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.8M, 5% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Carson City would have about 14, against 13 on map listings.
How fast is Carson City, NV growing?
Population estimates put Carson City at 58,571 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,692 households. The median household income in Carson City is $72,355 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.9% 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. Carson City scores 46 for nail salons (lower middle), #806 of 1,328 scored counties.
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