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Nail salons in Barnes County, ND

The nail salons in Barnes County, ND, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$4.5M
On personal care products and services · $925 a household
Spending per listing
$4.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.0
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
10,573
−2.7% 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

At $925 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Barnes County spend about $4.5M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $4.5M of household spending for each salon on map listings. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

Barnes County has 1 nail salon on map listings as of September 2026. That is 2.0 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in Barnes County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Barnes County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 nail salon on map listings, Barnes County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Barnes County compares

The same measures for North Dakota 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 Barnes County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureBarnes CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.04.46.0
Spending per listing$4.5M$2.3M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a5,4273,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+90.6%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.7%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$925$1,002$1,005
Median household income$68,038$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored59

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
5Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Barnes 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 Barnes County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,573−2.7% since 2020
Households
4,908
Median age
43.1
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
1,492 sq. mi.
People per square mile
7
Median household income
$68,038+16.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,055
Median home value
$173,700
Jobs located here
4,766
Daytime population
10,084Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across North Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in North Dakota for nail salons, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with Barnes County marked.

Top counties in North Dakota

Counties in North Dakota ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Morton County, ND7053.6$2.8M+3.8%#146 of 1,328
2Burleigh County, ND64204.8$2.2M+4.7%#300 of 1,328
3Grand Forks County, ND56144.5$2.1M+1.9%#504 of 1,328
4Cass County, ND54607.1$1.4M+9.1%#572 of 1,328
5Ward County, ND49144.9$2.1M−2.4%#723 of 1,328
6Stark County, ND4675.2$1.9M+0.5%#797 of 1,328
7Williams County, ND4695.9$1.8M+1.4%#802 of 1,328
Barnes County, NDNot scored12.0$4.5M−2.7%

Other business types in Barnes County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Barnes County, ND?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 nail salon in Barnes County. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Barnes County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Barnes County, ND spend on personal care products and services?

About $4.5M a year, or $925 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 nail salon on map listings, it comes to $4.5M 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 4,908 households in Barnes County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Barnes County, ND compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Barnes County has 1 nail salon on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Barnes County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Barnes County, ND growing?

Population estimates put Barnes County at 10,573 people in 2025, down 2.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,908 households. Median household income in Barnes County is $68,038, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.6%, 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. Barnes County has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Barnes County. It maps the nail salons on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

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

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