Beauty and personal care · County · Nevada
Nail salons in Washoe County, NV
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Washoe County, NV, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #155 of 1,328 scored counties
#4 of 7 scored counties in Nevada
- Listings
- 107
- 24 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 30
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $212.6M
- On personal care products and services · $1,067 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.4
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 509,386
- +4.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 107 nail salons in Washoe County. 24 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 5.4 for every 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Households in Washoe County spend about $212.6M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,067 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. Spread across 107 nail salons, that is $2M per salon, 19% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Washoe County was 30 in 2023. That is one for every 6,643 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts also show 463 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $470K have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Washoe County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Washoe County grew 4.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Washoe County scores 70 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #155 of 1,328 scored counties and #4 of 7 scored counties in Nevada. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Washoe County 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 | Washoe County | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.4 | 6.8 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $1.5M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,643 | 5,117 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +75.4% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,067 | $1,005 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $88,096 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 30
- Employees, 2023
- 160
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 463Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10724 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 127The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $470K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Washoe 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 Washoe County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 509,386+4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 199,296
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 6,316 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 79
- Median household income
- $88,096+36.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $120,937
- Median home value
- $539,900
- Jobs located here
- 242,902
- Daytime population
- 492,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Nevada market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Nevada for nail salons, numbered among those based in Nevada, with Washoe County marked.
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 Washoe County
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 spas54
- Hair salons61
- Barbershops89
- Nail salons70
- Spas and skin care51
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Washoe County, NV?
Washoe County has 107 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 24 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Another 463 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Washoe County, NV spend on personal care products and services?
About $212.6M a year, or $1,067 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 107 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $2M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 199,296 households in Washoe County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Washoe County, NV compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Washoe County has 5.4 nail salons per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $2M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Washoe County would have about 127, against 107 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,643 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is Washoe County, NV growing?
Population estimates put Washoe County at 509,386 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 199,296 households. The median household income in Washoe County is $88,096 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.0% 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. Washoe County scores 70 for nail salons (upper middle), #155 of 1,328 scored counties.
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