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Nail salons in Williams County, ND

How Williams County, ND compares with other counties and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #802 of 1,328 scored counties
#7 of 7 scored counties in North Dakota

Listings
9
3 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$16.4M
On personal care products and services · $1,080 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
9% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.9
2% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
41,767
+1.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 nail salons in Williams County. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 33%, against 27% across the U.S. That is 5.9 per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Households in Williams County spend about $16.4M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,080 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 9% 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 7 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Williams County in 2023. That is one for every 2,165 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts list 13 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Williams County grew 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For nail salons, Williams County has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #802 of 1,328 scored counties and #7 of 7 scored counties in North Dakota.

How Williams 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 Williams County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureWilliams CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.94.46.0
Spending per listing$1.8M$2.3M$1.7M
Households per official establishment2,1655,4273,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+90.6%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.4%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,080$1,002$1,005
Median household income$85,595$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market score4659

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7
Employees, 2023
20
Annual payroll, 2023
$588K
One-person businesses, 2023
13Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
93 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The 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 Williams 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 Williams County

Population, 2025 estimate
41,767+1.4% since 2020
Households
15,154
Median age
33.3
Homes lived in by their owners
53%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
2,078 sq. mi.
People per square mile
19
Median household income
$85,595−1.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$117,741
Median home value
$284,800
Jobs located here
25,521
Daytime population
44,045Residents 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 Williams 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

Other business types in Williams County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Williams County, ND?

There are 9 nail salons on map listings in Williams County as of September 2026. 3 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts also show 13 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $16.4M a year, or $1,080 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 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 15,154 households in Williams County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Williams County has 5.9 nail salons per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.8M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Williams County would have about 10, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,165 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.

How fast is Williams County, ND growing?

Population estimates put Williams County at 41,767 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,154 households. The median household income in Williams County is $85,595 a year, 6% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That fell 1.8% 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. Williams County scores 46 for nail salons (lower middle), #802 of 1,328 scored counties.

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