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Nail salons in Brown County, OH

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Brown County, OH, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

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

Listings
1
1 chain location (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$15.9M
On personal care products and services · $930 a household
Spending per listing
$15.9M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
44,397
+1.6% 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

Households in Brown County spend about $15.9M a year on personal care products and services, or $930 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $15.9M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

There is 1 nail salon on map listings in Brown County as of September 2026. That is 0.6 per 10,000 households.

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

Population estimates put the population change in Brown County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 nail salon on map listings, Brown County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Brown County compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Brown County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureBrown CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.64.06.0
Spending per listing$15.9M$2.5M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a6,4243,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.9%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.6%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$930$976$1,005
Median household income$71,270$71,389$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
11 chain location
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 Brown 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 Brown County

Population, 2025 estimate
44,397+1.6% since 2020
Households
17,138
Median age
42.7
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
490 sq. mi.
People per square mile
90
Median household income
$71,270+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,014
Median home value
$196,200
Jobs located here
7,340
Daytime population
31,966Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Ohio

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The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for nail salons, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Brown County marked.

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Union County, OH9772.9$4.2M+16.5%#1 of 1,328
2Madison County, OH8753.2$3.3M+7.1%#11 of 1,328
3Pickaway County, OH8652.3$4.3M+7.4%#17 of 1,328
4Licking County, OH84182.6$4M+3.8%#23 of 1,328
5Miami County, OH81122.7$3.7M+3.4%#36 of 1,328
6Fairfield County, OH81305.0$2.2M+6.5%#44 of 1,328
7Warren County, OH79303.3$3.7M+5.7%#52 of 1,328
8Clermont County, OH79293.4$3.1M+3.9%#54 of 1,328
9Geauga County, OH7661.7$7.2M+0.3%#68 of 1,328
10Wood County, OH75213.9$2.6M+1.5%#87 of 1,328
Brown County, OHNot scored10.6$15.9M+1.6%

Other business types in Brown County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Brown County, OH?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 nail salon in Brown County. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Brown County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Brown County, OH spend on personal care products and services?

About $15.9M a year, or $930 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 nail salon on map listings, it comes to $15.9M 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 17,138 households in Brown County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Brown County, OH compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Brown 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, Brown County would have about 10, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Brown County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Brown County at 44,397 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,138 households. Median household income in Brown County is $71,270, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.6%, 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. Brown 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 Brown 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 Brown County

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